Patrick Henry

About this eBook

Author

Tyler, Moses Coit, 1835-1900

Credits

E-text prepared by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)

Subject

Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799

Category

Text

eBook-No.

29368

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29368

Release Date

July 10, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PATRICK HENRY
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION
4. 4.CONTENTS — PATRICK HENRY
5. 5.CHAPTER I EARLY YEARS — FOOTNOTES:
6. 6.CHAPTER II WAS HE ILLITERATE? — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.CHAPTER III BECOMES A LAWYER — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER IV A CELEBRATED CASE — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER V FIRST TRIUMPHS AT THE CAPITAL — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER VI CONSEQUENCES — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER VII STEADY WORK — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII IN THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER IX “AFTER ALL, WE MUST FIGHT” — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER X THE RAPE OF THE GUNPOWDER — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER XI IN CONGRESS AND IN CAMP — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.CHAPTER XII INDEPENDENCE — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII FIRST GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV GOVERNOR A SECOND TIME — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.CHAPTER XV THIRD YEAR IN THE GOVERNORSHIP — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI AT HOME AND IN THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII SHALL THE CONFEDERATION BE MADE STRONGER? — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII THE BATTLE IN VIRGINIA OVER THE NEW CONSTITUTION — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX THE AFTER-FIGHT FOR AMENDMENTS — FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.CHAPTER XX LAST LABORS AT THE BAR — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI IN RETIREMENT — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII LAST DAYS — FOOTNOTES:
27. 27.LIST OF PRINTED DOCUMENTS CITED IN THIS BOOK, WITH TITLES, PLACES, AND DATES OF THE EDITIONS USED.
28. 28.INDEX
29. 29.Transcriber’s Note:

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