James McClurg

John Blair, a judge of Virginia's high court, no orator, whose good sense and most excellent principles compensate for other deficiencies.

Dr. James McClurg, the delegation's physician, attempted once or twice to speak, but with no great success.

And George Reith, the law teacher who had chaired the rules committee, drew from Major Pierce a scholar's tribute.

one of the most learned legal characters of the present age, with one reservation.