THE ESMONDS OF VIRGINIA.
The estate of Castlewood, in Virginia, which was given to our ancestors by King Charles the First, as some return for the sacrifices made in his Majesty's cause by the Esmond family, lies in Westmoreland county, between the rivers Potomac and Rappahannock, and was once as great as an English Principality, though in the early times its revenues were but small. Indeed, for near eighty years after our forefathers possessed them, our plantations were in the hands of factors, who enriched themselves one after another, though a few scores of hogsheads of tobacco were all the produce that, for long after the Restoration, our family received from their Virginian estates.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.
prin・ci・pal
━━ n. 長, 頭; 〔米〕 校長; 〔英〕 (大学の)学長; 社長, 会長; 主役; 主導者; 元金; 基本財産; 【法】(代理人に対し)本人; 主犯; (債務者の)第一(連帯)責任者; 【建】主材.
factor
━━ n. 要素, 素因 ((in)); 【数】因数; 【機】係数; 【遺伝】(遺伝)因子; 代理人; 仲買人; 問屋; 〔スコットランド〕 土地差配人.
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