East of the square is the State Library, containing a remarkable collection of portraits and documents, including likenesses of all governors of Virginia from John Smith to Tyler, a portrait of Pocahontas, and the bail bond of Jefferson Davis, signed by Horace Greeley, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Gerrit Smith, and seventeen other distinguished men of the day.

To the west of the square is old St.Paul's Church, with the pews of Lee and Davis.

It was while attending service in this church, on Sunday, April 2, 1865, that Davis received Lee's telegram from Petersburg, saying that Richmond must be evacuated.

A block or two west of the church, in East Franklin Street, is a former residence of Lee.

It was given by the late Mrs.Joseph Bryan and her sisters to the Virginia Historical Society, and is now, appropriately enough, the home of that organization.
In the old drawing room, now the office of the Historical Society, I found Mr.William G.Stanard, the corresponding secretary, and from him heard something of Lee's life there immediately after the War.
By the Northerners in Richmond at that time, including the Federal troops stationed in the city, Lee was of course respected and admired, while by the whole South he was, and is to-day, adored.