Letter and memorandum regarding the Fontaine estate [manuscript], 1791, 1794.

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Letter and memorandum regarding the Fontaine estate [manuscript], 1791, 1794.

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Letter regarding the Fontaine estate, 2 Oct. 1791, and a memorandum from Henry to Mrs. Martha Fontaine on the same subject, 4 Feb. 1794. With these is a photostat of a bowie knife alleged to have belonged to Rev. Edward Fontaine,

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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 ...

Fontaine, Martha, Mrs.,

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