Document relating to Resolutions against the Stamp Act [manuscript], 1765.

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Document relating to Resolutions against the Stamp Act [manuscript], 1765.

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A draft of Resolutions against the Stamp Act, 1765, with an account by Patrick Henry, ca. 1775, on the verso of the events leading to the passage of the resolutions in the House of Burgesses and their subsequent role in starting the Revolution.

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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 ...

Stamp Act Congress (1765 : New York, N.Y.)

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Virginia. General Assembly. House of Burgesses

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