XL.
“Colonel Carter Braxton was chiefly instrumental in persuading
Henry to halt at Doncastle's, and in negotiating the settlement of the
affair.... Finding that Henry would not disband without receiving
the powder, or compensation for it, Mr. Braxton returned to
Williamsburg and procured from his father-in-law, Corbin, the
deputy receiver-general, the amount demanded, and delivering it to
Henry, succeeded in warding off the threatened blow. In this pacific
course he coincided with the moderate counsels of Pendleton,
Nicholas, and Peyton Randolph. He was an active member of the
Assembly and the convention that met in Richmond,... one
of the Committee of Safety,... elected a delegate to Congress
in the place of Peyton Randolph,... and was a signer of the
Declaration of Independence.”
Campbell's Virginia.
