Here, people talked of politics and the land.

The men who came into Williamsburg on horseback or in their high coaches were owners of great plantations, where they lived as patriarchs, and feudal lords.

The human stock was purely British and the personal customs and modes of thought of the British gentry had been transplanted.
"I like it," said Grosvenor.

"I feel that I've found England again." "There appears to be very little town life," said Robert.

"It seems strange that Williamsburg is so small, when Virginia has many more people than New York or Pennsylvania or Massachusetts." "They're spread upon the land," said Willet.