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  • ...s Governor of Virginia from 1834 to 1836, and then retired. He died at his home in Norfolk, in 1860. ...nerosity in allowing Tazewell and other young men to board with him in his home. Tazewell notes with great affection Wythe's special fondness for teaching,
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  • ...nce, and his instruction of [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[John Marshall]], and [[Henry Clay]]. The thesis is presented here in its entirety, with permission:<ref> ...[[John Marshall]], [[Henry Clay]], [[James Monroe]], [[Spencer Roane]], [[Henry St. George Tucker]], [[John Wickham]], [[Daniel Call]], [[William Munford]]
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  • {{DISPLAYTITLE: ''The Life and Public Services of Henry Clay, Down to 1848''}} ...|thumb|right|350px|Title page from Sargent's ''Life and Public Services of Henry Clay, Down to 1848'' (Auburn, NY: Derby & Miller, 1852).]]
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  • |name=Henry Izard Henry Izard (1771 &ndash; 1826) was born at sea on May 15, 1771, while his parent
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  • This year, 1755, when he decided to make his home in the capital, may be fixed in mind as one of the important years in his l ...dence"&mdash;a foreign affairs committee, or shall we say, a committee for home affairs across the sea, since the hated "[[wikipedia:Stamp Act 1765|Stamp a
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  • |2ndofficepreceded= [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Tazewell Henry Tazewell] ...y in Albermarle County. There, Nicholas lived as a planter and built a new home, which he named "Mt. Warren." In 1785 he married Margaret Smith, with whom
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  • ...When he was missed, search was made for him, and he was found and brought home, but not until the funeral was over. ...that era. I well remember hearing him describe a visit he made to Patrick Henry, when the orator lived at Venable's Ford in Prince Edward, and his finding
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  • ...appeared in the ''Virginia Gazette'' in September, 1766, regarding Richard Henry Lee's involvement with the Stamp Act. ...regard to the Stamp Act must convince every (Text obscured) (even Richard Henry Lee himself) that it had no (Text obscured) that I now condemn the hero of
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  • ...</ref> Wythe's parents, however, enslaved people at their [[Chesterville]] home, so Margaret may not have shared her grandfather's anti-slavery worldview.< ...ved many people both at his family plantation in Elizabeth City County and home in Williamsburg, Virginia, but these are the slaves who are named in surviv
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  • Ordered, That the statute made in the twenty sixth year of the reign of King Henry the Eighth, intituled, "An act whereby offense be made high treason, and ta ...he provisions of the statute of the thirty-fifth year of the reign of King Henry the eighth, in case your Majesty shall, upon receiving the said information
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  • ...Old Richmond''] (Richmond, VA: Valentine Museum, 1941), 203-204. Tinsley's home was located where the Richmond Coliseum stands today (2018).</ref> He marri ...[[Life and Public Services of Henry Clay|''The Life and Public Services of Henry Clay, Down to 1848,'']] edited by Horace Greeley (Auburn, NY: Derby & Mille
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  • ...r-in-law, the Reverend Thomas Price, after he and his wife left the family home in Gloucester, Virginia (now Mathews Co.), taking with him the carriage, a ...rom 1760 to 1780. It contains interesting entries in reference to John and Henry Armistead, Nathaniel Burwell, William Byrd, John Buckner, Carter Braxton, J
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  • ...[wikipedia:Benjamin Franklin|Franklin]], [[wikipedia:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]], [[wikipedia:Benjamin Rush|Benjamin Rush]], and other distinguished Ameri ...nd of them the most important are now published with the consent of Doctor Henry R. Mcllwaine, State Librarian. They are chiefly valuable for throwing light
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  • {{DISPLAYTITLE:Patrick Henry's Stamp Act Resolves}} [[File:HenryResolutions30May1765P1.jpg|right|thumb|500px|Recto of Patrick Henry's "Stamp Act Resolves," 29-30 May, 1765. Image from [https://research.colon
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  • ...Elizabeth County area.<ref>There is some speculation that Wythe moves back home because of the death of his first wife, Ann Lewis. Hemphill, 52.</ref> Upon ...or the General Court and signed licenses for practitioners such as Patrick Henry.<ref>Hemphill, 106 (citing Tyler's Quarterly Magazine, IX, 97). Also signed
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