outline is authentic, 150;
reports statement of Clement Carrington regarding Henry's military
failings, 187;
on the injustice of Henry's treatment, 188.

Hamilton, Alexander, urges magnanimous treatment of Tories, 289;
letter of Madison to, warning of Henry's intention to defeat operation
of Constitution, 344;
his financial schemes disapproved by Henry, 397.

Hamilton, Colonel Henry, governor of Detroit, 259.

Hampden-Sidney College, 16;
suspends work to hear Henry's last speech, 415.

Hancock, John, his military aspirations, 153, 154;
doubtful about federal Constitution, 330.

Hardwicke, Lord, declares Virginia option law invalid, 44.

Harrison, Benjamin, on committee to remonstrate against Stamp Act, 66;
appointed delegate to Continental Congress, 99;
described by John Adams, 106;
opposes Henry's motion in Virginia convention to organize militia, 137;
on committee to arm militia, 151;
on other committees, 152;
returns to Virginia convention, 176;
his flight from Tarleton, 281, 282;
denounces Constitution as dangerous, 319, 322;
assists Henry in debate, 320.

Harvey, "Butterwood Tom," his evidence assailed by Henry in a murder
trial, 374, 375.

Hawley, Joseph, his letter prophesying war read by John Adams to Henry,
125.

Henry, David, manager of "Gentleman's Magazine," kinsman of Henry, 3.

Henry, John, marries Sarah Syme, 2;
father of Patrick Henry, 2;
his education and character, 2, 3;
distinguished Scotch relatives, 3;
educates his son, 6, 13;
sets him up in trade, 6;
after his failure and marriage establishes him on a farm, 7;
hears his son's speech in Parsons' Cause, 49, 50.

Henry, Patrick, his birth, 2;
ancestry and relatives, 2-5;
education, 5, 6;
apprenticed at fifteen to a tradesman, 6;
fails in business with his brother, 6;
marries Sarah Skelton, 7;
established as planter by relative and fails, 7;
again tries store-keeping and fails, 8;
not cast down by embarrassments, 8, 9;
decides to study law, 9;
discussion of his alleged illiteracy, 10-19;
his pronunciation, 10, 11;
habits of self-depreciation, 11, 12;
his teachers, 13, 15;
knowledge of Latin and Greek, 13, 15;
mastery of language, 13;
signs of culture in his letters, 14;
anecdotes illustrating his k