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 John Marshall. What was meant in the plan to be the back door opens upon a porch upon the same thoroughfare. The general entrance for vis itors is by a smaller door in the side street." In this home the Chief Justice was a most delightful host. Courteous and hospitable and a prince of entertainers, his house was always an attractive place for his friends. He

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In this home also he gave many large din ners to lawyers, which came to be quite celebrated among his friends and acquaint ances. At those affairs there were usually not less than thirty members of the bar seated at the table with the Chief Justice at the head. The table groaned with ample quantities of good things to eat, making of each repast

CHIEF-JUSTICE MARSHALL'S HOUSE AT RICHMOND.

cherished the society of young people, and they were frequently guests in his home, his gentleness and generous conduct toward them inviting confidence and inspiring affec tionate regard. Here, also, he and the wife he adored so profoundly, reared a family of six children, five sons and one daughter. They lost four others in childhood, which occasioned them much sorrow. Marshall was a kind and devoted father and deeply concerned in all that pertained to the wel fare and happiness of his children.

an event long to be remembered; these, to gether with the "finest Madeira in the land," the witty remarks and roars of laughter, as well as an abundance of wise conversation, served to add zest to the occasion, and withal they were quite grand and enjoyable affairs. Chief Justice Marshall was a social man, as well as a great jurist, and delighted in the companionship of congenial spirits. He had a jovial laugh, one which his friends liked immensely to hear — such a laugh as is never found in the possession of an intriguer.