1832 J. Hinton Antique Print Natural Bridge, Rockbridge County, Virginia (35219)

Description: contact usebay profileebay store Natural Bridge, Virginia...Boston....S Walker Cartographer : - Hinton, John Howard 1791 - 1873 Date: - 1832 Size: - 10in x 8in (260mm x 210mm)Ref#: - 35219Condition: - (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine original and elaborate antique print of the Natural Bridge, Rockbridge County, Virginia by William Goodacre was published in the 1832 edition of John Howard Hintons History and Topography of the United States. General Definitions: Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable Paper color : - off white Age of map color: - Colors used: - General color appearance: - Paper size: - 10in x 8in (260mm x 210mm) Plate size: - 10in x 8in (260mm x 210mm) Margins: - Min 1/2in (12mm) Imperfections: Margins: - None Plate area: - None Verso: - NoneBackground: Natural Bridge is a geological formation in Rockbridge County, Virginia, comprising a 215-foot-high (66 m) natural arch with a span of 90 feet (27 m). It is situated within a gorge carved from the surrounding mountainous limestone terrain by Cedar Creek, a small tributary of the James River. Consisting of horizontal limestone strata, Natural Bridge is the remains of the roof of a cave or tunnel through which the Cedar Creek once flowed. Natural Bridge has been designated a Virginia Historic Landmark and a National Historic Landmark. The Natural Bridge was a sacred site of the Native American Monacan tribe, who believed it to be the site of a major victory over pursuing Powhatans centuries before the arrival of Europeans in Virginia. In March 1742, a frontiersman named John Howard — along with his son and others — was commissioned by Governor Gooch to explore the southwest of Virginia as far as the Mississippi River. The party followed Cedar Creek through the Natural Bridge, then floated in buffalo-skin boats down the New, Coal, Kanawha, and Ohio rivers to the Mississippi. It is alleged that George Washington also came to the site in 1750 as a young surveyor. To support claims that Washington surveyed the area, tour guides claim the initials G.W. on the wall of the bridge, 23 feet (7.0 m) up, were carved by the future president. Legend also has it that George Washington threw a rock from the bottom of Cedar Creek over the bridge. In 1927, a large stone was found, also engraved G.W. and bearing a surveyor\\\'s cross, which historians accepted as proof that he indeed surveyed the bridge. Thomas Jefferson purchased 157 acres (64 ha) of land including the Natural Bridge from King George III of England for 20 shillings in 1774. He called it the most Sublime of nature\\\'s works. Jefferson built a two-room log cabin, with one room reserved for guests, beginning its use as a retreat. While President, in 1802, he personally surveyed the area. Many famous guests stayed here, including John Marshall, James Monroe, Henry Clay, Sam Houston, and Martin Van Buren. Natural Bridge was one of the biggest tourist attractions of the new world that Europeans visited during the 18th and 19th centuries. Vacationing guests from all over the world took day trips from Natural Bridge on horseback or horse-drawn carriages to explore the countryside. In 1833, a new owner erected the Forest Inn to accommodate the increasing number of people. The bridge had considerable notoriety during the 19th century. Herman Melville alluded to the bridge in describing Moby-Dick: But soon the fore part of him slowly rose from the water; for an instant his whole marbleized body formed a high arch, like Virginia\\\'s Natural Bridge... William Cullen Bryant, another American literary figure, said that Natural Bridge and Niagara Falls were the two most remarkable features of North America. During the 1880s Natural Bridge was a resort owned by Colonel Henry Parsons, who also owned the nearby Rockbridge Inn. Hinton, John Howard 1791 - 1873 Hinton was an English author and Baptist minister who published, along with many other works, The History and Topography of the United States of North America together with his brother Isaac Taylor Hinton (1799-1847). He is the father of surgeon James Hinton and grandfather of mathematician and science fiction author Charles Howard Hinton. John Howard Hinton was born in Oxford in 1791 to James Hinton (1761â€“1823) and Ann Hinton. His Father, James Hinton, was a pastor in Oxford, and ran a school. Hinton was taught at his fathers school where he became friends with Edward Steane. Hinton first preached in Reading, afterwards became pastor of a Baptist church in London, and was distinguished as an independent and original preacher, and a zealous advocate for liberty in religion and politics, for example arguing that it was the church\'s responsibility to punish violations of morality, such as lying, whereas the state should limit itself to enforcing offences against society (which might encompass the former, such as theft). For many yeats Hinton was a joint secretary of the Baptist Union with his lifelong friend Edward Steane. In 1840 he attended the Worlds Anti-Slavery Convention where he was captured in a group painting just in front of Isaac Crewdson. In 1865 he published the sixth and last volume of his sermons. He is thought to view God as not necessarily good but a being who deserves adoration irrespective of his works. Hinton died in 1873 in Bristol. 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