Papers, 1741-1792.

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 ...

Eustace, Margaret, Lady, -1738

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Blair, John, 1732-1800.

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American judge, delegate from Virginia to the Constitutional Convention and associate justice on the Supreme Court from 1789-1796. From the description of Receipt, 1793 March 2. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 173203791 John Blair, the writer of this letter was a Virginian legal scholar, educated at the College of William and Mary and studied law at London's Middle Temple. He was a delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention (1787) and serv...

Cuthbert, Seth John, d. 1788.

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Blair, John, 1687-1771

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John Blair served as president of the Council and acting governor of Virginia from the time Governor Dinwiddie left Virginia in January 1758 until Governor Fauquier arrived in June of that year. He returned to that capacity after Fauquier's death in March 1768, serving until the arrival of Lord Botetourt in October. From the guide to the Land Grant to Samuel Lusk, 1768 July 20, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) President of the [Virginia] C...

Georgia. Superior Court (Chatham County)

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For several decades after the American Revolution (1775-1783), Georgia was the only state that did not have a supreme court to review the decisions made by the trial courts. Until then, the courts were divided regionally. The Supreme Court was not established until 1845. George Walton (c.1749-1804) served in many political roles in Georgia during and after the Revolutionary War. He was elected to the Provincial Congress and a delegate to the Second Continental Congress in 1776 where he was one o...

Greenhow, Robert

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Meredith, Samuel, 1807-1899

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Member of the Continental Congress. From the description of Autograph signature to a resolution in Committee of Safety, 1776 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270638895 Samuel Caldwell Meredith was born in Pennsylvania to John Wheeler and Elizabeth (Busbey) Meredith. Samuel married Margaret Ballard in 1829 and they had two children, a son William and a daughter Emily. Emily married Edward Willis Nicholson and their son Meredith Nicholson became a leader in creating the ...

Blair, James, 1741-1772.

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Blair, James, 1656-1743

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Henry Hartwell was a member of the Council of Virginia. James Blair was president of the College of William and Mary. Edward Chilton, served as attorney general of Virginia. From the guide to the "An Account of the Present State and Government of Virginia, ", 1697., (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Born in Scotland in 1655 or 1656. M. A. University of Edinburgh. Ordained in Church of England. Rector of parish of Cranston. Came to Virginia ...

Blair family.

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