y Lee, 399-401;
expresses unabated regard for him, 399;
receives Henry's warm reply, 400, 401;
offers Henry secretaryship of state, 402;
offers him the chief-justiceship, 403;
appointed to command provisional army, 407;
appeals to Henry to leave retirement to combat Virginia Democratic
party, 413, 414.

Webster, Daniel, his interview with Jefferson concerning Henry, 10, 23.

White, Rev. Alexander, brings suit for damages after annulling of option
law, 45.

William and Mary College, studies of Jefferson at, 22.

Williams, John, clerk of Baptist convention in Virginia, 217.

Wilson, James, member of second Continental Congress, on committees, 172,
174.

Winston, William, uncle of Patrick Henry, his eloquence, 5.

Winston, ----, judges murder case, 376.

Winstons of Virginia, kinsmen of Patrick Henry, 4;
their characteristics, 4, 5.

Wirt, William, biographer of Henry, accepts Jefferson's statements of his
illiteracy, 15;
also his statements of his failure to gain a living as a lawyer, 27;
and his ignorance of law, 29;
describes Henry's speech in the Parsons' Cause, 48-52;
describes him as, in consequence of Stamp Act debate, the idol of
Virginia, 89;
accepts Jefferson's statement of Henry's ignorance of law, 94;
says Henry was author of draft of address rejected by Congress, 117,
122;
error of his statement, 118;
his whole treatment of Henry's part in Congress untrustworthy, 119,
120;
describes him as a mere declaimer, 120;
his mythical description of Henry's opening speech, 121;
describes his insignificance after the opening day, 122;
his error due to taking Jefferson's account, 123;
his version of Henry's militia speech considered by some apocryphal,
149;
question of its genuineness, 149, 150;
accepts Jefferson's story of a projected dictatorship, but doubts
Henry's connection, 226;
accepts a similar story for 1781, 285;
considers Virginia bar the finest in United States, 360;
describes Henry's method of argument, 368, 369;
gives false account of Henry's religious views, 391.

Witherspoon, John, at first Continental Congress, 106;
instructor of Madison, 190.

Woodford, General William, commands Virginia troops in the field to
exclusion of Henry, 179;
ignores him in his reports, 180;
defeats Dunmore at Great Bridge, 180;