permits Rowe of North Carolina to supersede himself, 180;
his officers, however, prefer Henry, 183;
letter of Pendleton to, on Henry's unfitness to command, 185.

Wythe, George, one of Henry's legal examiners, 23;
on committee to protest to England against Stamp Act, 66;
believes submission necessary, 67;
opposes Henry's resolves, 71;
loses leadership to Henry, 89;
prominent at Virginia bar, 93;
leader of conservatives, 95;
in convention of 1776, 190;
favors ratification of federal Constitution, 320.

Young, Captain H., testimony concerning a proposed dictatorship in 1781,
286.

Zane, Isaac, on committee for arming Virginia militia, 151.

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