Patrick Henry to Wythe, 5 December 1777

Letter text, December 5, 1777

GOV. HENRY TO GEORGE WYTHE, SPEAKER OF THE HOU^SE

OF DELEGATES.

(From Virginia State Archives, Ex. Com.)

Dec^r 5^th 1777-

Sir.

I beg Leave to communicate to the General Assembly, the Resolutions of Congress²⁴¹ & the Letter from M^r Laurens²⁴², which accompany this²⁴³. I also inclose [sic] you a Letter from General Washington & have the Honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient servant

P. HENRY.

The Hon^ble

George Wythe Esq^r

Speaker of the House of Delegates

Footnotes

²⁴¹On 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.

²⁴²On November 1 Henry Laurens, vice-president of South Carolina, had been chosen, by a unanimous vote, to succeed John Hancock as President of Congress.

²⁴³The 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.