Patrick Henry : miscellaneous papers, 1778-1786.

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Patrick Henry : miscellaneous papers, 1778-1786.

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Included are Henry's 15 Jan. 1778 letter to Gen. Edward Hand, commander at Pittsburg, stating that Col. David Rogers has Henry's instructions to proceed to New Orleans on important business and must have boats, provisions, men, ammunition, and arms to continue the journey; a 17 Dec. 1785 commission naming William Christian, John Cowan, Hugh Magary (McGary), Gabriel Madison, Alexander Robertson, Joseph Gray, Samuel Lapsley, Samuel Scott, Samuel McAfee, John Ervin, and Samuel McDowell justices of the peace for Mercer County; and land grants signed by Henry.

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Hand, Edward, 1744-1802

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Edward Hand (31 December 1744 – 3 September 1802) was an Irish soldier, physician, and politician who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, rising to the rank of general, and later was a member of several Pennsylvania governmental bodies. Born in Clyduff, King's County (now County Offaly), Ireland, Hand earned a medical certificate from Trinity College, Dublin before enlisting as a Surgeon's Mate in the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot. On 20 May 1767, he sa...

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 ...