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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... proposed stamp tax and his " honey- drip " suggestion that they might wish to propose an alternative as a " more convenient " way of contributing revenue to the Royal Treasury . The Burgesses , after considerable discussion of ...
... proposed stamp tax and his " honey- drip " suggestion that they might wish to propose an alternative as a " more convenient " way of contributing revenue to the Royal Treasury . The Burgesses , after considerable discussion of ...
Page 419
... proposed constitution should not be accepted until it had been amended at a second national convention . Washington and Madison had been courting the governor , urging the necessity of immediately adopting the proposed constitution as ...
... proposed constitution should not be accepted until it had been amended at a second national convention . Washington and Madison had been courting the governor , urging the necessity of immediately adopting the proposed constitution as ...
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... proposed federal legislative system , 427-28 ; on proposed federal court system , 428- 30 ; proposes new Constitutional Convention , 433-35 , 437-40 ; moves to amend Constitution , 437-40 ; re- turns to law practice ( 1791 ) , 444 ff ...
... proposed federal legislative system , 427-28 ; on proposed federal court system , 428- 30 ; proposes new Constitutional Convention , 433-35 , 437-40 ; moves to amend Constitution , 437-40 ; re- turns to law practice ( 1791 ) , 444 ff ...
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A Day to Remember | 1 |
A Hard School | 11 |
At Sheltons Tavern | 29 |
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