Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry

by William Wirt

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PUBLISHED BY J. WEBSTER

PATRICK HENRY.

Entered according to Act of Congress the 2^d day of Sept. 1817 by James Webster of the State of Pennsylvania

SKETCHES

OF THE

LIFE AND CHARACTER

OF

PATRICK HENRY.

BY

WILLIAM WIRT,

OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

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"In quo hoc maximum est, quod neque ante ilium, quem ille imitaretur, neque post illum, qui eum imitari posset, inventus est."

PATERC.lib. i. cap. v.

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PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY JAMES WEBSTER, No. 10, S. EIGHTH STREET.

William Brown, Printer, Prune-street.

1817.

District of Pennsylvania, to wit:

BE IT REMEMBERED, That, on the eleventh day of October, in the forty-second year of the Independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1817, James Webster, of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit:

«Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry. By William Wirt, of Richmond, Virginia. In quo hoc maximum est, quod neque ante illum, quem ille imitaretur, neque post illum, qui eum imitari posset, inventus est. Paterc. lib. i. cap. v.”

In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled “An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned.”—And also to the act, entitled “An act supplementary to an act, entitled ‘An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned,’ and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.”

D. CALDWELL,

Clerk of the district of Pennsylvania.

TO

THE YOUNG MEN OF VIRGINIA

THIS WORK

IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY

THE AUTHOR.

Chapters (not listed in original)

• Preface
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Conclusion
• Appendix