indolence in youth, 5, 6, 29;
influence with the people, 59, 60, 88, 89, 102, 160, 164-167,
181-184, 282-284, 316, 346, 415, 420;
keenness and quickness, 21, 33, 34;
legal ability, 24, 25, 29, 33, 92, 93, 94, 359-381;
military ability, 155, 185-188;
modesty, 212, 239;
not a mere declaimer, 98, 113, 119-125, 169, 321;
personal appearance, 220, 296, 300, 364, 416;
political sense, 109, 110, 117, 124, 125, 158, 195, 245, 258,
289-291;
practical ability, 30, 172-175, 192-193, 241, 242, 260-270, 275;
reading habits, 18, 19, 391;
religious views, 20, 56, 126, 208, 218, 389-395, 422, 423;
rusticity in early life, 10, 61;
self-depreciation, 11, 12;
simplicity of manners, 220, 379, 384;
unfriendly views of, 222, 269, 396.
See Jefferson, Thomas.
_Political Opinions._
Amendments to the Constitution, 340-349, 355;
bill of rights, 327;
church establishment, 53, 208-210;
colonial union, 116, 193-199;
Democratic party, 409;
democracy, 201, 204;
disunion, 317, 323, 409;
executive power, 328, 329;
federal Constitution, 313, 323-331, 405, 418;
French alliance, 193-199, 254, 255;
French Revolution, 409;
free trade, 291, 292;
gerrymandering, 351;
independence of colonies, 193 ff.;
Indians, 172, 173, 258, 292, 293;
Jay treaty, 405;
Mississippi navigation, 309-311;
necessity for central authority, 304-306, 322;
not connected with plan for a dictatorship, 224-229, 233, 234,
286, 287;
nullification, 417, 418;
power of crown to annul a colonial law, 53;
power of Parliament over colonies, 69-71, 95;
resistance to England, 125, 140-145;
slavery, 388, 389;
state rights, 323 ff.;
theory that colonies are dissolved by revolution, 111, 112;
Tories, 289-291;
treaty power, 405;
Virginia state Constitution, 201-206.

Henry, Rev. Patrick, uncle of Patrick Henry, helps in his education, 6;
a good classical scholar, 13, 15;
persuaded by Henry not to be present at Parsons' Cause, 57.

Henry, William, elder brother of Patrick Henry, becomes his partner in
trade, 6.

Henry, William Wirt, on difficulty of reconciling Jefferson's statements
regarding Henry's ignorance of law with his large practice, 33;
on baselessness of Jeff