George Washington was four years old when the first newspaper was published in the colony, and he was twenty when the first actors appeared at Williamsburg.

What was not brought was not sought.

The Virginians did not go down to the sea in ships.

They were not a seafaring race, and as they had neither trade nor commerce they were totally destitute of the inquiring, enterprising spirit, and of the knowledge brought by those pursuits which involve travel and adventure.

The English tobacco-ships worked their way up the rivers, taking the great staple, and leaving their varied goods, and their tardy news from Europe, wherever they stopped.