Patrick Henry and His WorldDoubleday, 1969 - 498 pages On May 29, 1765, a young backwoods lawyer named Patrick Henry rose in the House of Burgesses in Williamsburg, Virginia, and offered exciting resolutions that were the prelude to the American Declaration of Independence. This is an account of that young lawyer, the politics of his day, and his part in our early history. |
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Page 136
... land in vast expanses could still be acquired easily in Patrick Henry's day . To stimulate settlement , Virginia had early decreed that any responsible freeman could apply for a grant to unclaimed land , on which he had to pay a very ...
... land in vast expanses could still be acquired easily in Patrick Henry's day . To stimulate settlement , Virginia had early decreed that any responsible freeman could apply for a grant to unclaimed land , on which he had to pay a very ...
Page 137
... land than they were to pay quitrents for . " The annual quitrent of 2s . per 100 acres was not burdensome on owners of lands in cultivation . But if paid on vast tracts of idle and undeveloped lands , it was costly . Land - grabbers ...
... land than they were to pay quitrents for . " The annual quitrent of 2s . per 100 acres was not burdensome on owners of lands in cultivation . But if paid on vast tracts of idle and undeveloped lands , it was costly . Land - grabbers ...
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... lands for almost nothing . Henry used great discrim- ination in his selection of such tracts and was able to sell or ex- change them at a considerable profit . A few of his speculative land deals did not turn out so well . Henry bought ...
... lands for almost nothing . Henry used great discrim- ination in his selection of such tracts and was able to sell or ex- change them at a considerable profit . A few of his speculative land deals did not turn out so well . Henry bought ...
Contents
A Day to Remember | 1 |
A Hard School | 11 |
At Sheltons Tavern | 29 |
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