Patrick Henry to Wythe, 5 December 1777
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Letter text
Decr 5th 1777-
Sir.
I beg Leave to communicate to the General Assembly, the Resolutions of Congress & the Letter from Mr Laurens, which accompany this. I also inclose you a Letter from General Washington & have the Honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant
P. HENRY.
The Honble
George Wythe Esqr
Speaker of the House of Delegates[1]
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- ↑ "Gov. Henry to George Wythe, Speaker of the House of Delegates (From the Va. State Archives, Ex. Com.)" in Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia, vol. 1, The Letters of Patrick Henry, ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 210. The printed letter includes 3 footnotes (241-243): 241(after "Congress") On November 20 Congress considered a lengthy report on the subject of conditions at Detroit and at Fort Pitt etc. See “Journals of the Continental Congress,” Vol. IX, p. 942 et seq. 242 (after "Laurens") On November 1 Henry Laurens, vice-president of South Carolina, had been chosen, by a unanimous vote, to succeed John Hancock as President of Congress. 243 (after "accompany this") The above letter was laid before the House of Delegates the same day. Ordered, That the said resolutions and papers be referred to the committee of the whole House, on the letters from the Governor, which, with several other papers, were ordered to lie on the table.
