Patrick Henry, letter, Williamsburg, VA to County Lieutenant of Berkeley County, VA, 1777 November 19.

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Patrick Henry, letter, Williamsburg, VA to County Lieutenant of Berkeley County, VA, 1777 November 19.

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Letter notifying the County Lieutenant that prisoners of war are en route "under the care of Major Jos[eph] Holmes" and authorizing mobilization of militia to guard them.

1 leaf, 20.3x30.5 cm.

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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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 ...

Holmes, Joseph, fl. 1777.

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Virginia. Militia

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