Papers : of the Henry family, 1763-1920.

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Papers : of the Henry family, 1763-1920.

The collection includes correspondence (primarily copies), 1767- 1799, accounts, legal and legislative materials, and notes concerning Patrick Henry of Richmond and Williamsburg, especially while governor of Virginia and a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. Also includes correspondence, 1826-1864, legal records, and estate materials of John Henry of "Red Hill," Charlotte County, Va.; and letters, accounts, legal records, deeds, and miscellany of James Pulliam Marshall (1791-1883) of Charlotte County, Va. Also, contains correspondence, 1850-1900, accounts, literary manuscripts, speeches, essays, and miscellaneous materials of William Wirt Henry as a lawyer and historian, in part concerning the Presbyterian Church, the Virginia Historical Society, the revolutionary era of American history, and Henry's book, Patrick Henry: Life, Correspondence, and Speeches (New York, 1891). Correspondents with William Wirt Henry include Herbert Baxter Adams, George Bancroft, Philip Alexander Bruce, John Warwick Daniel, Robert E. Lee, and Justin Winsor. A letterbook, 1892-1894, and account book, 1853-1857, cover Henry's law practice in Charlotte County and Richmond, Va., while another account book, 1857-1881, in part concerns the employment of freedmen and women at "Kenwood," Charlotte County. Also, includes correspondence of James Lyons (1857-1913) of Buckingham County, Elizabeth Watkins Henry Lyons (1855-1920) of Richmond, and Wyatt Cardwell (b. 1793?) as agent for the estate of John Randolph (1773-1833); and accounts, 1796-1816, of Curtis Haynes as a tailor in Charlotte County, Va.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7279106

Virginia Historical Society Library

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Virginia Historical Society (Richmond, Va.)

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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 ...

Bancroft, George, 1800-1891

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George Bancroft was an American historian and statesman, and an active promoter of secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. As U. S. Secretary of the Navy under James K. Polk, Bancroft established the Naval Academy at Annapolis and later served as U.S. Minister to Great Britain (1846-1849), Prussia (1867-1871), and the German Empire (1871-1874). He is best remembered however for his 10-volume History of the United States, a work which fellow historian Leop...

Presbyterian church in the U.S.A.

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The Transylvania Presbytery was organized by appointment of the synods of New York and Philadelphia. The Synod of New York made part of the Presbytery of Abingdon into the Transylvania Presbytery, which encompassed the district of Kentucky and the settlements on the Cumberland River. The Reverend David Rice, Adam Rankin, Andrew McClure, and James Crawford met at the Danville, Kentucky courthouse to organize the presbytery. The synods of New York and Philadelphia appointed David Rice as moderator...

Lyons, James, 1857-1913.

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Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates

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In the General Assembly, members of the House of Delegates and the Senate vote on legislation entered during the legislative session. Legislative bills can originate either in the House of Delegates or in the Senate, with both chambers having the ability to establish study committees, each serves as a check upon the other to ensure a thorough debate on the merits of each bill. Currently the House of Delegates, together with the Senate, meets as the General Assembly in annual sessions, alternativ...

Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...

Adams, Herbert Baxter, 1850-1901

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Historian; one of the founders of the American Historical Association (1884); resident of Baltimore, Md. From the description of Papers, 1891-1913; (bulk 1891-1902). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19105170 Historian; one of the founders of the American Historical Association (1884). Resident of Baltimore, Md. From the description of Papers, 1888-1901. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32305539 Biographical Note: Herbert Baxte...

Lyons, Elizabeth Watkins Henry, 1855-1920.

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Henry, John, 1796-1868.

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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897

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Historian, cartographer, and librarian of the Boston Public Library. From the description of Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to Henry Harrisse, Paris, France, 1891 Oct. 10. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 40998446 Winsor graduated from Harvard in 1853 and was a librarian at Harvard and at the Boston Public Library. From the description of Papers of Justin Winsor, 1847-1897 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972933 Winsor was libr...

Marshall, James Pulliam, 1791-1883.

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Cardwell, Wyatt, b. 1793?

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Randolph, John, 1773-1833

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Randolph served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1799-1813, 1815-1817, 1819-1825, 1827-1829), the U.S. Senate (1825-1827), the Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-1830), and as Minister to Russia (1830-1831). From the description of Letter of introduction, 10 July 1813. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235133950 U. S. Congressman from Virginia. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Liverpool, England, to Jacob Harvey, Cork Irela...

Daniel, John W. (John Warwick), 1842-1910

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Daniel was born and educated at Lynchburg, Virginia, served in the Confederate Army and practised law afterwards. He was a member of Congress from 1885-1887 and a United States Senator from 1887-1910. From the description of Papers, 1849-1910 (inclusive), 1865-1910 (bulk). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122471372 John Warwick Daniel (1842-1910) was prominent in Virginia and national political circles. He served as a representative and senator both on a state ...

Henry, William Wirt, 1831-1900

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Charles Campbell (1807-1876) was born on 1 May 1807, in Petersburg, Virginia, the firstborn child of parents John Wilson Campbell (d.1842), and Mildred Walker Moore Campbell. John, a bookstore owner, was also a historian. In 1831 he published the History of Virginia to 1781 . Later, he held the position of Federal Collector of Customs in Petersburg, Virginia. Mildred taught at the Petersburg Classical Academy in the 1840's. In addition to Charles, the couple also had two younger chi...

Bruce, Philip Alexander, 1856-1933

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Henry family.

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Represented in the collection primarily are Patrick Henry (1736- 1799), revolutionary leader, lawyer, and governor of Virginia; his son, John Henry (1796-1868), planter of "Red Hill," Charlotte County, Va.; and grandson, William Wirt Henry (1831-1900), lawyer and historian of Charlotte County and Richmond, Va. From the description of Papers : of the Henry family, 1763-1920. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 29879624 ...

Haynes, Curtis.

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