Patrick Henry Letter 1777 September 1

Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799

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Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter, politician, and orator known for declaring 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. Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia, and was for the most part educated at home. After an unsuccessful venture running a store, and assisting his father-in-law ...

Southall, James, 1726-1801.

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Fleming, William

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Title: 8th Earl of Wigton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001161.0x0003d8 Title: 5th Earl of Wigton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001161.0x0003d7 Epithet: Professor of Oriental Languages at Glasgow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001161.0x0003d5 ...

Shelby, Evan, 1719-1794

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Evan Shelby, a native of Wales, immigrated to America with his family when he was fourteen or fifteen and settled in Pennsylvania. His family moved to Maryland a few years later. Shelby acquired nearly 24,000 acres of land in that state and engaged in the Indian fur trade as well. He entered the militia in Maryland and fought in the French and Indian War. Following the war, Shelby served as a justice of the peace for a number of years. In 1773, having lost most of his Maryland land to settle deb...

Virginia. Militia - History - Revolution, 1775-1783

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Preston, William

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Epithet: of Add MS 27401 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000614.0x0002db Epithet: junior British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000614.0x0002da Epithet: Fellow of' Trinity College, Cambridge, afterwards Bishop of Killala British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10000000061...

United States. Army - Ordnance and ordnance stores

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