Letter, 1774 October 17, Burlington, to "Respected Friend" [Patrick Henry] / Saml. Allinson.

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Letter, 1774 October 17, Burlington, to "Respected Friend" [Patrick Henry] / Saml. Allinson.

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Draft of Samuel Allinson's entreaty to Patrick Henry, asking that he join the Antislavery movements.

1 item (3 pages) ; 37 cm

Haverford College 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 ...