he Virginia
Resolves, 82.

Thomson, Charles, the "Sam Adams" of Philadelphia, 104;
meets John Adams at Continental Congress, 105;
nominated for secretary, 107;
accepts position, 108, 109;
describes Henry's first speech, 109.

Tillotson, Archbishop John, his sermons enjoyed by Henry, 391.

Tobacco, its use as currency and to pay salaries, 37 ff.

Tories, loathed by Henry, 274;
popular execration of, 289;
repeal of their exile favored by Henry, 290-291.

Tucker, St. George, describes debate on military resolutions in
Virginia convention, 137;
describes motives of Henry's opponents, 137;
describes his speech, 143, 144;
agreement of his version with Wirt's, 150;
fears that Jefferson will be no more active than Henry, 269.

Tyler, Judge John, reports Henry's narrative of his bar examination,
24, 25;
gives anecdote of Henry's speech against Stamp Act, 73, note;
said to have been author of Wirt's version of Henry's militia speech,
150;
with Henry in flight from Tarleton, 281, 282;
opposes Henry's bill to relieve Tories, 290;
opposes ratification of federal Constitution, 320;
helps Henry in debate, 320.

Union of the colonies, advocated by Henry as necessary prelude to
independence, 194, 199, 304.

Virginia, education in, 5, 13;
dialects in, 11;
society in, 21;
church government in, 37;
pays ministers in tobacco, 37, 38;
makes vestry liable for salary, 39;
passes option laws to prevent clergy from profiting from high price
of tobacco, 40, 41;
injustice of action, 42;
popularity of laws in, 43;
popular reluctance to grant clergy legal redress, 44, 45, 48;
the Parsons' Cause, 46-55;
enthusiasm in, for eloquence, 60;
popular affection for Henry begun by Parsons' Cause, 59, 60;
repudiation of Stamp Act, 66-76;
old leaders of, displaced by Henry, 66, 71, 88, 89;
officials of, angered by Henry's resolutions, 86;
popular enthusiasm for Henry, 88, 89;
courts in, closed by Revolution, 92;
conservative and radical parties in, 95;
practical unanimity of opinion, 95, 96;
its influence in Continental Congress, 113;
officers of its militia prepared for war, 131;
raises militia in various counties, 131, 133, 136;
first overt act of war in, committed by Henry, 155;
popular indignation at Dunmore's seizure of gunpowder,