Patrick Henry was an American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786.
Philadelphia July 11. 1775. Sir The continued sitting of Congress prevents us from attending our colony Convention: but, directed by a sense of duty, we transmit to the Convention such…
Philadelphia 25 July 1775 Friends and Countrymen It gives us much concern to find that disturbances have arisen and still continue among you concerning the boundaries of our colonies. In…
Decr. 19th. 1776 Sir In Pursuance of a Resolution of the Legislature, I am to appoint a fit Person in every County to collect from the Inhabitants of this Commonwealth…
Wmsburgh feb 26th. 1777 Sir Mr. Frazer is appointed first Leiutenant instead of Mr. Mossom. The other Appointments of your County remain unaltered. The inclosed Resolution respecting the prisoners will…
Wmsburg March 31. 1777. Sir By the Bearer Lieut. Jas. Meriwether I send two hundred and thirty six pounds 16/. for the recruiting Soldiers in your County and the adjacent…
Williamsburg 21st. February 1778. Sir You are desired to receive into your Custody John Goodrich the Elder, who is ordered to be removed from Bedford County, the place of his…
Wms. burgh in Virga. March 5th. 1778 My dear Friend Capt. Le Maire the Bearer tells me he saw you in Paris. 1 In Hopes this may find you there,…