Michie Tavern papers [manuscript], 1957-1958.

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Michie Tavern papers [manuscript], 1957-1958.

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The papers pertain to a controversy between the Albemarle County Historical Society and Mrs. Vestal T. Milton, owner of Michie Tavern over her advertising claims that the tavern was built by Patrick Henry's father in 1735 and that it was the boyhood home of Patrick Henry. The collection contains a letter from Patrick Henry biographer Robert D. Meade, 1957 April 30; a statement by the Michie Tavern Committee; an announcement by Charles E. Moran, Jr., for an extraordinary meeting of Society members January 14, 1958, to consider the statement; transcripts of the meeting and a report.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. 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 ...

Meade, Robert Douthat, 1903-1974

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Robert D. Meade, WWU faculty member, 1965-1993; BA Indiana University, MA, PhD University of Pennsylvania; Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Western Washington University. From the description of Robert D. Meade collection, 1967. (Western Washington University). WorldCat record id: 55950730 ...

Michie Tavern (Charlottesville, Va.)

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Albemarle County Historical Society (Va.)

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Moran, Charles E., 1913-2002

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History Officer at the University of Virginia. Interviewer of significant figures associated with the history of Charlottesville, Virginia. From the description of Oral history interview of Charles E. Moran by Andrea Eisenberg [manuscript], November 5, 1976. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920454 ...

Milton, Vestal T.

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