Virginia in 1829
From Chapter 1
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From Chapter 1
Figure 1.1. Virginia in 1829. County boundaries as they existed at the time of the 1829–1830 constitutional convention. Bold lines show the four constitutional divisions of Virginia. The Blue Ridge Mountains separate the Piedmont and Shenandoah Valley. The star indicates the location of Lexington in Rockbridge County. Note that what is today West Virginia was part of Virginia until 1861.
From Chapter 2
Figure 2.1. John Thomas Lewis Preston (1811–1890). Portrait of John Thomas Lewis Preston, Preston Library, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.
From Chapter 3
Figure 3.1. Claudius Crozet (1790–1864). Portrait of Claudius Crozet, Preston Library, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA.
From Chapter 3
Figure 3.2. Francis Henney Smith (1812–1890). Portrait of Francis H. Smith, Preston Library, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA.
From Chapter 4
Figure 4.1. Cadet Descriptive Geometry Exercise. B. Cooke, January 28, 1857, “Tangent plane to a sphere through a given line,” Cadet Architectural Drawings, MS 203, Virginia Military Institute Archives. Copied from Davies, Descriptive Geometry, Plate 9, Fig. 2.
From Chapter 4
Figure 4.2. Cadet Shades and Perspective Exercise. Edward L. Smith, 1856, Untitled, Cadet Architectural Drawings, MS 203, Virginia Military Institute Archives.
From Chapter 4
Figure 4.3. Cadet Landscape and Topography Exercise. William E. Kemble, 1851, Untitled, Cadet Architectural Drawings, MS 203, Virginia Military Institute Archives.
From Chapter 6
Figure 6.1. First-Class Merit Roll. “Semi-Annual Report of the Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, Together with Accompanying Documents,” Doc. No. 28, Journals of the House of Delegates, 1845, 11.