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by Thomas S. Kidd


  investigation of Jefferson instigated by

  Jefferson’s attempt at reconciling with

  on Jefferson’s resignation

  journey from anti-federalist to Federalist

  as land speculator

  law examination of

  as law student

  as lawyer

  Leatherwood home of

  legacy of

  marriages of

  meeting and becoming friends with Jefferson

  as military commander

  militia expedition by, Virginians’ view of

  moniker for

  moral vision instilled in

  national vs. state power and

  on Native Americans

  near capture of

  negative view of Congress

  notoriety achieved by

  obituary of

  objection to the Mississippi treaty

  opposition to the U.S. Constitution

  oratory style of

  Paine and

  Parsons’ Cause and

  as a planter

  political ambitions of

  poor health of

  positioning for a political career

  posthumous biographical treatment of

  pragmatism of

  predictions of, descendant writing about

  preventing Madison’s election to the U.S. Senate

  pro-British positions of

  pursuing dual careers

  quote erroneously attributed to

  raising militias

  reconciling himself to the new government

  Red Hill home of

  reelected as governor

  religious pluralism and

  religious practice of

  remarriage of

  on repaying British creditors

  resignation from military service

  resolutions against the Stamp Act

  retirement of

  rivalry and friendship with R. H. Lee

  Roundabout Creek property of

  running again for the House of Delegates

  Scotchtown home of

  Second Continental Congress and

  and separation of church and state

  separatist intentions of

  serving again in the House of Delegates

  Seven Years’ War and

  shortcomings of

  as slave owner

  on slavery

  Stamp Act and

  as store owner

  suggesting secession as an option

  support for Washington

  Supreme Court position offered to

  thoughts on contemporary issues, speculation over

  Townshend Duties and

  Virginia Convention and

  Virginia Declaration of Rights and

  voting for president and vice president

  will of

  worries of, in the last years of the war

  Yazoo land grant and

  Henry, Patrick (uncle/pastor)

  Henry, Patsey (daughter)

  Henry, Richard (son)

  Henry, Sarah (mother)

  Henry, Sarah Shelton (1st wife)

  Henry, William (brother)

  Henry, William (son)

  Henry, William Wirt (grandson)

  Henry, Winston (son)

  Hessian troops

  Homeschoolers

  Hook, John

  House, lower. See British House of Commons; U.S. House of Representatives; Virginia House of Burgesses; Virginia House of Delegates

  House, upper. See British House of Lords; U.S. Senate; Virginia Senate

  Illinois territory

  Impending Crisis of the South (Helper)

  Incorporation bill

  Independence

  debate over, in Virginia

  national, Continental Congress declaring

  resolution in Virginia declaring

  See also Declaration of Independence

  Independence Hall, Philadelphia

  Indians. See Native Americans

  Individual rights, respect for, plan for

  Infanticide case

  Innoculation campaigns

  Intercolonial congress. See First Continental Congress; Second Continental Congress

  Intercolonial cooperation committee

  Interracial sex/marriage

  Intolerable Acts (1774)

  Iraq war

  Jamaica

  James II, King of Great Britain

  James I, King of Great Britain

  James, the disciple

  Jamestown, burning of

  Jay, James

  Jay, John

  Jay Treaty

  Jefferson, Martha

  Jefferson, Thomas

  abandoning his office

  as ambassador to France

  animosity between Henry and

  attempting reconciliation with Henry

  background on

  Boston Port Bill and

  Clark’s expedition and

  corresponding with Henry’s biographer

  cousin of

  and the Declaration of Independence

  doubts about the U.S. Constitution

  on executive power

  family of

  Gaspee commission and

  General Court and

  as governor of Virginia

  on Henry as a lawyer

  on Henry’s Federalist affiliation

  on Henry’s impost indecision

  Henry’s view of

  ideological purity of

  indebtedness of

  as lawyer

  legal investigation of

  meeting and becoming friends with Henry

  Monticello home of

  near capture of

  negative view by, of Henry posthumously

  as planter

  posthumous biographical treatment of

  as president

  as presidential candidate

  religious freedom and

  religious practice of

  Republican Party of

  resignation as governor

  response to the Alien and Sedition Acts

  Second Continental Congress and

  and separation of church and state

  skepticism of

  on slavery

  Stamp Act and

  as vice president

  on Washington’s political offers to Henry

  Jenyns, Soame

  Jeremiah 5:21

  Jeremiah 6:14

  Jeremiah 18:22

  Jeremiah, the prophet

  Jesus Christ

  John, the disciple

  Judas

  Judicial power

  Jumonville, Joseph Coulon de Villiers de

  Jury trial, right to a

  Kaskaskia, Illinois

  Kay, William

  Kentucky

  King James Bible

  King, Rufus

  King William County, Virginia

  Kings Mountain, South Carolina

  Land grants

  Laurens, Henry

  Law profession

  Lear, Tobias

  Leatherwood plantation

  Lee, Charles

  Lee, Henry “Light Horse Harry”

  Lee, Richard Henry

  on declaring independence

  on Mississippi navigation rights

  on publicly supported religion

  Left, the

  Legislative vs. executive power

  Letter to the Clergy of Virginia (Bland)

  Letter to the Right Reverend Father in God, the Lord B—p of L—n, A (Carter)

  Lewis and Clark expedition

  Lewis, Charles

  Lexington, Massachusetts, battle in

  Liberty

  asylum for

  call to defend

  career focused on, eulogy capturing Henry’s

  emerging movement for

  equal, hope for

  as a gift from God

  new id
eals of, slavery and

  principle of, Henry’s early sensitivity to the

  religious, activists for

  rhetoric of, implicating slavery in the

  true, loss of, triggers of the

  and Virginia’s Declaration of Rights

  “Liberty or Death” speech

  Library Company of Philadelphia

  Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, The (Sterne)

  Limbaugh, David

  Littlepage, James

  Locke, John

  “Log College”

  Louis XVI, King of France

  Louisa County, Virginia

  Loyalists

  Lutherans

  Madison, Dolley

  Madison, James

  Articles of Confederation and

  as Constitutional Convention delegate

  on the debate over ratifying the U.S. Constitution

  deteriorating relationship with Henry

  election to the U.S. Senate, Henry preventing

  framing the U.S. Constitution

  general assessment plan and

  ideological purity of

  Jay Treaty and

  on the Mississippi treaty

  as president

  proposing amendments

  religious freedom and

  Republican Party of

  response to the Alien and Sedition Acts

  retirement from U.S. Congress

  and separation of church and state

  on slavery

  in the U.S. House of Representatives, Henry’s efforts to prevent

  Virginia Declaration of Rights and

  Magdalen (British schooner)

  Makemie, Francis

  Malaria

  Manumissions

  See also Emancipation

  Marshall, John

  Martin, Joseph

  Mary, Queen of England

  Maryland

  Maryland Gazette

  Mason, George

  position on the U.S. Constitution

  Virginia Declaration of Rights and

  Massachusetts

  battles in

  Boston Tea Party

  massacre in

  period of quiet in

  Shays’ Rebellion in

  Stamp Act and

  Townshend Duties and

  Massachusetts Government Act

  Maury, James

  Mayo, Bernard

  Mazzei, Philip

  Memorial and Remonstrance (Madison)

  Mercer, George

  Methodists

  Military power, issue of

  Militia Act

  Militias

  assembling for march on Williamsburg

  called to defend Chesapeake Bay

  following the war

  Massachusetts

  North Carolina

  problems with

  Virginia

  See also Continental army

  Mississippi

  Mississippi River navigation rights

  Monopoly

  Monroe, James

  Montgomery County, Virginia

  Monticello estate

  Moors

  Morris, Samuel

  Mount Vernon estate

  Murray, John. See Dunmore, Governor

  National military, issue of a

  National vs. state power

  See also Consolidated power, issue with

  Nationalists

  See also Federalists

  Native Americans

  British recruiting/inciting

  calamity faced by, in Hanover County

  conflicts with

  control of

  educating and civilizing, plan of

  land taken from

  relocating

  Seven Years’ War and

  Navigation Acts

  Negro Foot (village)

  Nelson, Thomas, Jr.

  Nero

  New England

  See also Connecticut; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Rhode Island

  New Hampshire

  New Jersey

  New Light Christians

  New London, Virginia

  New Orleans port

  New York

  New York City, attack on

  Nicholas, George

  Nicholas, Robert Carter

  Nonimportation agreements

  Norfolk, Virginia

  North African coast

  North Carolina

  Notes on the State of Virginia (Jefferson)

  Obama, Barack

  Ohio River Valley

  “Olive Branch Petition”

  Oliver, Andrew

  Orange County, Virginia

  Ottawa Indians

  Paine, Thomas

  Pamunkey Indians

  Parliamentary authority

  Parsons’ Cause

  Patrick Henry College

  Patrick Henry: Life, Correspondence, and Speeches (W.W. Henry)

  Patrick Henry Road, Hanover County

  Patriotic career, eulogy capturing Henry’s

  Paul, the apostle

  Payne, John

  Peace, Joseph

  Pendleton, Edmund

  Committee of Safety and

  Pennsylvania

  See also Philadelphia

  Persecution: How Liberals Are Waging War Against Christianity (Limbaugh)

  Petersburg, Virginia

  Philadelphia

  battles around, Continental army’s defeat in

  congressional assembly in

  described

  Pickering, Timothy

  Pinckney, Thomas

  Pleasants, Robert

  Pontiac’s Rebellion

  Poplar Forest plantation

  Portsmouth, Virginia

  Power

  afforded to the president, concern over

  balance of

  of the Confederation

  conflict of

  consolidated, issue with

  executive vs. legislative

  judicial

  military, issue of

  national vs. state

  to regulate commerce

  senate, concern over

  separation of

  voting

  wartime, need for

  Powhatan

  Prayer, day of, calls for

  Presbyterians

  President, office of

  desire for Henry to run for

  powers afforded to the, concern over

  Press, freedom of the

  Price, Thomas

  Prince Edward County, Virginia

  Prince William County, Virginia

  Princeton, New Jersey

  Privy Council

  Propositions and Grievances Committee

  Protestant Reformation

  Protestants

  Proverbs passage

  Public credit, bolstering, plans for

  Purcellville, Virginia

  Puritans

  Quakers

  Quartering Act

  Quebec Act

  Race war, potential, concern over

  Racism

  Raleigh Tavern, Virginia

  Randolph, Edmund

  Randolph, John

  Randolph, Peyton

  Randolph, Richard

  Reconciliation, push for

  Red Hill estate

  Reid, James

  Religion

  general assessment plan and

  importance of, to Henry

  national establishment of

  publicly supported

  republic needing, Henry’s belief in a

  Seven Years’ War and

  See also specific religious denominations, churches, and movements

  Religious freedom

  Religious persecution

  Religious pluralism

  Republic, ideal, Henry’s view of an

  Republican ideology

  Republican Party

  Republicans

  Republics, ancient. See Greek re
public; Roman republic

  Revere, Paul

  Revivalists

  Revolutions. See American Revolution; French Revolution

  Rhode Island

  Rice, David

  Richmond, Virginia

  attack on

  Right, the

  Rights

  explicit, amendments declaring, calling for

  individual and state, respect for, plan for

  Virginia’s declaration of

  See also Bill of Rights

  Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul, The (Doddridge)

  Roane, Spencer (son-in-law)

  Robinson, John

  Robinson, William

  Roman Catholicism. See Catholics

  Roman republic

  Roundabout Creek property

  Royal (governor’s) council

  Runaway slaves

  Rush, Benjamin

  Saratoga, New York

  Savannah, Georgia

  Scotchtown plantation

  Scots-Irish immigrants

  Scottish immigrants

  Secession threats

  Second Continental Congress

  Continental army and

  declaring independence

  delegates sent to the

  Henry’s role in the

  Virginia Committee of Safety and

  See also Confederation Congress

  Sedgwick, Theodore

  Sedition Act

  Senates. See U.S. Senate; Virginia Senate

  Seneca Indians

  Separation of church and state

  Seven Islands plantation

  Seven Years’ War

  Shawnees

  Shays’ Rebellion

  Shelton, John (father-in-law)

  Shelton, Sarah. See Henry, Sarah Shelton (1st wife)

  Sherman, Roger

  Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry (Wirt)

  Slave laws

  Slave trade

  Slavery

  abolition of

  during Civil War era, opposition to

  Constitutional Convention and

  Continental Congress and

  dependence on, Henry’s hope to reduce

  early colonial period and

  during the growing crisis with Britain

  House of Burgesses and

  implicating, in the rhetoric of liberty

  negative effect of

  in Philadelphia

  Slaves

  captured in battle, fate of

  emancipating

  owned by Henry

  private manumissions of

  recruiting/inciting

  revolt by

  runaway

  taxing

  treatment of

  Smallpox

  Smith, John Blair

  Social programs, massive, issue of

  “Sons of Liberty” organizations

  South Carolina

  Southside Virginia

  Spain

  alliance with

  Mississippi River navigation rights and

  Speech, freedom of, right to

  Speeches (Henry’s)

  memorable

  myth surrounding

  St. Andrew’s Day festival

  St. John’s Church

 

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