Patrick Henry

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PREFACE

PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I EARLY YEARS

CHAPTER II WAS HE ILLITERATE?

CHAPTER III BECOMES A LAWYER

CHAPTER IV A CELEBRATED CASE

CHAPTER V FIRST TRIUMPHS AT THE CAPITAL

CHAPTER VI CONSEQUENCES

CHAPTER VII STEADY WORK

CHAPTER VIII IN THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

CHAPTER IX "AFTER ALL, WE MUST FIGHT"

CHAPTER X THE RAPE OF THE GUNPOWDER

CHAPTER XI IN CONGRESS AND IN CAMP

CHAPTER XII INDEPENDENCE

CHAPTER XIII FIRST GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA

CHAPTER XIV GOVERNOR A SECOND TIME

CHAPTER XV THIRD YEAR IN THE GOVERNORSHIP

CHAPTER XVI AT HOME AND IN THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES

CHAPTER XVII SHALL THE CONFEDERATION BE MADE STRONGER?

CHAPTER XVIII THE BATTLE IN VIRGINIA OVER THE NEW CONSTITUTION

CHAPTER XIX THE AFTER-FIGHT FOR AMENDMENTS

CHAPTER XX LAST LABORS AT THE BAR

CHAPTER XXI IN RETIREMENT

CHAPTER XXII LAST DAYS

LIST OF PRINTED DOCUMENTS CITED IN THIS BOOK, WITH TITLES, PLACES, AND DATES OF THE EDITIONS USED.

INDEX

Transcriber's Note:

Title: Patrick Henry

Author: Moses Coit Tyler

Language: English

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American Statesmen

PATRICK HENRY





BY

MOSES COIT TYLER



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