Papers, 1777-1786.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers, 1777-1786.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122481441

In four letters, Virginia Governor Patrick Henry orders Col. Charles Lewis of Albemarle to march his men to join General Washington; in letters of 1777 Feb. 21 and Mar. 15, reviews the plans for the Virginia militia to guard British troops, and notes that guns and flints will be sent to arm the guard at Albemarle barracks. To North Carolina governor Richard Caswell, Henry comments on possible actions by British forces. The 1786 April 18 land grant (under treasury warrant 18,159) for 2,000 acres in Harrison County (now W. Va.) to James Newport, William Kay, John Shields, John Redman, and Robert McNight, attorneys and trustees for Isaac Sidman is signed by Patrick Henry.

6 items.

Library of Virginia

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6729414

Library of Virginia

Related Entities

There are 10 Entities related to this resource.

Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s0045v (person)

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 ...

Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ph2hr1 (person)

Richard Caswell (August 3, 1729 – November 10, 1789) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the first and fifth governor of the state of North Carolina from 1776 to 1780 and from 1785 to 1787. He also served as a senior officer of militia in the Southern Theater of the American Revolutionary War. He was a signatory of the Continental Association and thus considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born in Harford County in the Province of Maryland (present day Ba...

McNight, Robert.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63v1kd5 (person)

McIlwaine, H. R., ed.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p291t9 (person)

Redman, John E.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69w1d1c (person)

Shields, John, 1954-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gn09w3 (person)

Newport, James.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cr7wbq (person)

Lewis, Charles, Colonel.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rj5d01 (person)

Kay, A. W. (A. William)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ns19g1 (person)

Sidman, Issac.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60c6z1x (person)