Lot 1034
Henry, Patrick (1736-1799), ALS, "P. Henry", 1p, 6½ x 8, Lex Sherwood, Mar. 15, 1790. Henry writes to his brother-in-law, General Thomas Madison. "I send the bearer for the money due me on your bond which I hope it is convenient to pay as I am in real distress for it. A messenger sent by me to Wmsburg returned last night & brot. me no money which was the errand he went on. I have met with so many disappointments that I know not what will be the consequences if the bearer returns without money. I send him also to Humphrey for his money…" The rest is mainly family matters. Mild toning and creasing with some paper loss, mainly in the integral address leaf, laminated in mylar, Fine.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
On March 23, 1775, at the third Virginia convention, held in St. John's Church in Richmond, Henry, generally considered the most powerful speaker of his time, urged his fellow Virginians to arm in self-defense, closing his appeal with the immortal words: "I know not what course others may take; but as for me give me liberty or give me death." Henry's call to arms was carried, over the protests of more conservative patriots,causing Lord Dunsmore, the British Governor of Virginia, to seize the gunpowder from the magazine at Williamsburg. Henry, then a Virginia militia Colonel, with his troops, faced down Dunsmore, forcing him to have the gunpowder returned to the militia. Henry's action followed the British march on Concord by only a few hours, and is said to have been the beginning of the American Revolution in Virginia.
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