"Patrick Henry is, in more than in one particular, among the most remarkable characters of the revolutionary period of our history. He is declared by Jefferson to have been 'the greatest orator that ever lived,' and 'the person who, beyond all question, gave the first impulse to the movement, which terminated in the revolution.' Whatever exaggeration, if any, may be supposed to have crept into these sweeping statements, it is certain that the merits and services which had power to call them forth from such a quarter, must have been of no ordinary kind." This is a reprint of an important book on one of the founders of the United States. It covers Birth and Parentage, The Parsons' Cause, Elected a Member of the House of Burgesses, Repeal of the Stamp Act, Military Movements, Administration as Governor, Virginia Convention for considering the Plan of the Federal Constitution, Retirement of Henry from political and professional Life, Death and Character, and much more. The book concludes with a Note by the Editor: Virginia Resolutions on the Stamp Act. Alexander H. Everett ISBN: 9780788477010 101-GN0165
