Excerpt from Richmond, Va: A Guide to and Description of Its Principal Places and Objects of InterestThe Capitol was located on Shockoe Hill in pur suance of an act passed in 1780, entitled anact for locating the public squares, to enlarge the town, and for other purposes, also Halls of Justice, State House for Executive Boards, and a house for the Governor. 'by the same act a Public Market below the hill, on the same side of the creek, was authorized to be located. This is what is now called the Old or First Market.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.