To the Virginia History List Serv:

          We have a patron who is interested in the following quotation:
          "To be a Virginian either by birth, marriage, adoption, or even on
one's mother's side is an introduction to any state in the union, a passport
to any foreign country, and a benediction from above."  (Or "from the
Almighty God")

          The source of the quote is said to be "Anonymous."  The patron
says that there is more to this quote than what we have here.  We have
checked quotation books.  We have found the quote on the Internet, but with
no more wording that what we already have.

          Does anyone have any ideas about additional wording for this
quote?


     Sarah Huggins, Reference Librarian
     Library of Virginia

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