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A\u0026M 0091 contains copies of Revolutionary war records from this collection, some of which were used as wrappers for later case papers in this collection, and are not indexed in this collection.","Other collections with Monongalia County Court and Public records include:","A\u0026M 2410, Monongalia County Court Records, Fiduciary Settlements","A\u0026M 0926, Monongalia County Justice Dockets and Case Files","A\u0026M 0044, Monongalia County World War I Draft Records","A\u0026M 0406, Monongalia County Revolutionary Soldiers Typed Document","A\u0026Ms 0404, 0405, 0585, 0586, 0700, 0701, 2410, 1953, 2774, 0388, 4719, 0586, 4183, 0980, 2269, 3562, 2741, 1875, and 3601."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCounty court records consisting primarily of records of court proceedings including dockets, executions, orders, and fees as well as case papers and public records consisting primarily of land and property records including deeds, land, and personal property books. 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Boxes 324-341 at the end of this series contain envelopes T1-T148, which hold similar records to the rest of the paper materials. There is a separate drawer of the card index for the \"T\" envelopes, but it has not been microfilmed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3 consists of 107 record books spanning 1781 to 1936. The bulk of these records (70 books) are indexes to deeds and marriages. There are also 13 volumes of Naturalization records, as well as survey, land, deed, and estate books. There are two minute books of private organizations, the Humane Society (item 254, 1900-1902) and the Order of the Sons of Temperance (262, 1851-1857). Except for the Naturalization records and items 271, 194, 207, 208, 246, and 343, the remainder of the books have been filmed. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn addendum was added to this collection in March of 2026. This addendum consists of 175 personal property tax ledgers from 1851-1954. 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The remainder of the reels are film of the record books of this collection. These record books are records of the County, Circuit, and Circuit Superior Courts for Monongalia, and give information on the types of cases, court administration, and financing. There are a significant number of indexes for deeds and marriages, as well as some deed, land, and survey books, records of the Sheriff, and some records of private businesses and organizations.","Series 2 contains 341 boxes of court record papers from 1774-1934. These papers consist primarily of case related papers, and include various types of records such as orders, commitments, bills, warrants, and transcripts. There are many records relating to early families in Monongalia County. The material in this series is completely indexed, and the card index can be used to locate records for a specific person/family, in a specific year or court (County, Circuit, Circuit Superior), or by subject. Please note that a copy of the Alphabetical and Subject indexes, including a list of the subjects on each reel drawer, can be found on MON 293-MON 350, in Series 2. No copy of the chronological index exists, ask for assistance using this section. Boxes 324-341 at the end of this series contain envelopes T1-T148, which hold similar records to the rest of the paper materials. There is a separate drawer of the card index for the \"T\" envelopes, but it has not been microfilmed.","Series 3 consists of 107 record books spanning 1781 to 1936. The bulk of these records (70 books) are indexes to deeds and marriages. There are also 13 volumes of Naturalization records, as well as survey, land, deed, and estate books. There are two minute books of private organizations, the Humane Society (item 254, 1900-1902) and the Order of the Sons of Temperance (262, 1851-1857). Except for the Naturalization records and items 271, 194, 207, 208, 246, and 343, the remainder of the books have been filmed.","An addendum was added to this collection in March of 2026. This addendum consists of 175 personal property tax ledgers from 1851-1954. These ledgers contain information on citizens of Monongalia County by district, and volumes prior to 1863 contain information on enslavement and freedpeople."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Swem Library hopes, eventually, to have a website that will feature the project and provide more direct access to the images.","When available, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","University of Virginia","Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826","Short, William (1759-1849)","Short, William, 1759-1849","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Thomas Jefferson papers, 1761/1931"],"collection_ssim":["Thomas Jefferson papers, 1761/1931"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["01/Mss. 39.1 J35","/repositories/2/resources/9354"],"unitid_tesim":["01/Mss. 39.1 J35","/repositories/2/resources/9354"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["France--Description and travel--18th century"],"geogname_ssim":["France--Description and travel--18th century"],"places_ssim":["France--Description and travel--18th century"],"creator_ssm":["Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826","Short, William (1759-1849)"],"creator_ssim":["Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826","Short, William (1759-1849)"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826","Short, William (1759-1849)","Short, William, 1759-1849"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","University of Virginia"],"creators_ssim":["Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826","Short, William (1759-1849)","Short, William, 1759-1849","Special Collections Research Center","University of Virginia"],"access_terms_ssm":["When available, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Collection donated by Miss Mary Churchill Short in memory of her sister, Mrs. Fanny Short Butler and her brother, William Short in 1930."],"access_subjects_ssim":["France--Foreign relations--1774-1793","United States--Foreign relations--1783-1815","United States--History--Confederation, 1783-1789","United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809","United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783","Correspondence"],"access_subjects_ssm":["France--Foreign relations--1774-1793","United States--Foreign relations--1783-1815","United States--History--Confederation, 1783-1789","United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809","United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783","Correspondence"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["267.00 Items"],"extent_tesim":["267.00 Items"],"genreform_ssim":["Correspondence"],"date_range_isim":[1761,1762,1763,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. 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This will get a few hits that aren't relevant, but most of the relevant ones will be there. For instance, the letters to and from William Short may be found by adding Short in as a search and they include many fascinating ones concerning Jefferson's time in Europe. 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His son was James McGavock (1764-1838) and his grandsons were James McGavock (1804- 1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880) who was president of the Farmer's Bank of Virginia at Wytheville."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMcGavock Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["McGavock Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers (including correspondence, legal documents, and accounts) of James McGavock (1728-1812), his son James McGavock (1764-1838) and his grandsons James McGavock (1804-1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880). Many of the papers concern lead mines at Fort Chiswell, Va, slavery, agriculture, aspects of the Revolutionary War, and other.  Included are a list of parish levies before 1776; receipts for supplies issued at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Va. and at Fort Patrick Henry, Tenn. for an expedition, 1776-1777, against the Cherokees; and county tax and fee bills for Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, Washington and Wythe counties, Va. The collection includes genealogical information on the McGavock and Boyd families and letters written by members of the Cloyd family and by John Williamson McGavock while attending the University of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers (including correspondence, legal documents, and accounts) of James McGavock (1728-1812), his son James McGavock (1764-1838) and his grandsons James McGavock (1804-1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880). Many of the papers concern lead mines at Fort Chiswell, Va, slavery, agriculture, aspects of the Revolutionary War, and other.  Included are a list of parish levies before 1776; receipts for supplies issued at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Va. and at Fort Patrick Henry, Tenn. for an expedition, 1776-1777, against the Cherokees; and county tax and fee bills for Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, Washington and Wythe counties, Va. The collection includes genealogical information on the McGavock and Boyd families and letters written by members of the Cloyd family and by John Williamson McGavock while attending the University of Virginia."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","University of Virginia"],"names_coll_ssim":["University of Virginia","Boyd family","Cloyd family","McGavock family","McGavock, James, 1728-1812","McGavock, James, 1764-1838","McGavock, James, 1804-1839","McGavock, John Williamson, b. 1843","McGavock, Stephen, 1807-1880"],"famname_ssim":["McGavock family","Boyd family","Cloyd family"],"persname_ssim":["McGavock, James, 1728-1812","McGavock, James, 1764-1838","McGavock, James, 1804-1839","McGavock, John Williamson, b. 1843","McGavock, Stephen, 1807-1880"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","University of Virginia","McGavock family","Boyd family","Cloyd family","McGavock, James, 1728-1812","McGavock, James, 1764-1838","McGavock, James, 1804-1839","McGavock, John Williamson, b. 1843","McGavock, Stephen, 1807-1880"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":358,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:05:33.128Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9541_c05"}},{"id":"vi_vi00438_c02_c10","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"box 5, Folder 10, [title not supplied], 1785","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00438_c02_c10#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00438_c02_c10","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00438_c02_c10"],"id":"vi_vi00438_c02_c10","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00438","_root_":"vi_vi00438","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00438_c02","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00438_c02","parent_ssim":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786","Executive Papers of Governor Patrick Henry -\n Oversize (Clamshell box)"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00438","vi_vi00438_c02"],"title_filing_ssi":"box 5, Folder 10, [title not supplied]","title_ssm":["box 5, Folder 10, [title not supplied]"],"title_tesim":["box 5, Folder 10, [title not supplied]"],"normalized_title_ssm":["box 5, Folder 10, [title not supplied], 1785"],"text":["box 5, Folder 10, [title not supplied], 1785","Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786","Executive Papers of Governor Patrick Henry -\n Oversize (Clamshell box)","box 5","Folder 10"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786","Executive Papers of Governor Patrick Henry -\n Oversize (Clamshell box)"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786","Executive Papers of Governor Patrick Henry -\n Oversize (Clamshell box)"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1785"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1785 May 30"],"level_ssm":["File"],"level_ssim":["File"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":90,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786"],"containers_ssim":["box 5","Folder 10"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"date_range_isim":[1785],"_nest_path_":"/components#1/components#9","timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:22:44.437Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00438","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00438","_root_":"vi_vi00438","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00438","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00438.xml","title_ssm":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786"],"title_tesim":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786"],"text":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786","39700","3.05 cubic\n         feet.","There are no restrictions.","Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4918-4921.","Miscellaneous Reel 4918 - 1784 Dec. 1-1785 July 29\n\n          Miscellaneous Reel 4919 - 1785 Aug. 1-1786 Feb. 27\n\n          Miscellaneous Reel 4920 - 1786 Mar. 1-Sept. 27\n\n          Miscellaneous Reel 4921 - 1786 Oct. 2-Nov. 28","Arranged chronologically.","Patrick Henry was born on 29 May 1736 in Studley, Hanover\n         County, Virginia, the second son of John Henry and Sarah\n         Winston Syme. Henry married twice; first to Sarah Shelton in\n         1754, and later to Dorothea Spotswood Dandridge in 1776. He\n         was admitted to the bar on 15 April 1760 and was elected to\n         his first public office as a member of the Virginia House of\n         Burgesses on 29 May 1765. As a member of this body, Henry\n         fought against the Stamp Act and helped defend the rights of\n         the colonies against British tyranny. He assisted in the\n         establishment of committees of correspondence among the\n         colonies and was a delegate to the first Continental Congress\n         in 1774-1775. Henry was a staunch supporter for the\n         independence of the colonies from Great Britain. Well-known\n         for his extraordinary oratory abilities, Henry's famous \"Give\n         me liberty or give me death\" speech on 23 March 1775 helped\n         galvanize Virginian's resolve for independence. In May 1776,\n         he was elected to the Fifth Revolutionary Convention where he\n         advocated a bill of rights and constitution for Virginia. The\n         Convention named Henry the first governor of the newly\n         independent commonwealth and he served three consecutive\n         one-year terms until 1778. Following these terms as governor,\n         Henry returned the legislature, but was again elected governor\n         for two additional terms from 17 November 1784 to November\n         1786. Retiring from political office in 1791, Henry declined\n         appointments to be a United States Senator in 1794, Secretary\n         of State in 1795, Chief Justice, Minister of France \u0026\n         Spain, and a sixth term as Governor. Patrick Henry died on 6\n         June 1799 in Red Hill, Virginia.","Governor Henry's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items and pardons arranged at the\n         end of each year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Henry's fourth \u0026 fifth terms as\n         Governor from 30 November 1784 to 30 November 1786. The\n         correspondence relates to a variety of topics including\n         recommendations, resignations, \u0026 appointments for state\n         positions; Indian atrocities \u0026 treaties; Revolutionary War\n         claims; internal improvements; militia; taxation; the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal \u0026 arms; the public prison \u0026 prisoners;\n         state finances; slave labor in the lead mines; the State of\n         Franklin; piracy; foreign affairs; elections; trade; etc. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are accounts; appointments;\n         commissions; contracts; depositions; various lists of\n         escheators, invalid soldiers, justices, magistrates, county\n         commissioners, militia officers, prisoners, etc.; judicial\n         records; quarterly militia returns \u0026 returns of stores;\n         payrolls; oaths of qualification; ordinances; pardons;\n         petitions; proceedings; receipts; resolutions of Congress and\n         the Virginia House of Delegates; and treaties with various\n         Indian tribes \u0026 European powers.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Andrew Pickens, \u0026 Benjamin Hawkins, Agents for Indian\n         Affairs; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress: Richard Henry\n         Lee, James Monroe, William Grayson, Samuel Hardy, Edward\n         Carrington \u0026 Henry Lee.","Letters from Thomas Jefferson, in Paris, regard\n         arrangements for Monsieur Houdon's sculpting of a bust of the\n         Marquis de la Fayette and a statue of George Washington for\n         the State of Virginia (1785 Jan. 12, June 16, July 8, July 11,\n         Aug. 22; 1786 Jan. 24). Noteworthy is Houdon's contract\n         written in French (1785 July 8). There is also a letter from\n         Jefferson concerning resolutions of Congress to improve\n         commerce between France and the United States (1786 May 31).\n         Both Jefferson and Thomas Barclay, Consul-General, endeavored\n         to have arms manufactured in France and transported to\n         Virginia for the use of the militia (1785 Aug. 23, Oct. 12;\n         1786 Jan. 16, July 22). The letter from Barclay, dated Jan.\n         16, encloses French contract for 3,400 stand of arms to be\n         constructed at the Royal Manufactory at Tulle.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponded often\n         with Henry. He enclosed resolutions and acts of Congress,\n         monthly States of Representation, treaties, etc. Significant\n         documents transmitted to Thomson include resolutions regarding\n         the establishment of a federal town (1784 Dec. 20); an act of\n         Congress for negotiating a treaty with Southern Indians (1785\n         March 24); an act of Congress for laying out into distinct\n         states the Western Territory ceded to the Union (1785 May 28);\n         and the treaty between the United States and Prussia (1786\n         June 9).","Correspondence from John Jay relates to his position as\n         Secretary of Foreign Affairs. On 6 July 1786, Jay enclosed a\n         letter from John Adams regarding a state of grievances from\n         British merchants and other subjects owed debts in America.\n         Jay also encloses a letter to him from Thomas Jefferson, a\n         contract between Farmers General of France and Robert Morris,\n         and a letter to Jefferson from the Comte de Vergennes (1786\n         Aug. 28). Henry Knox, Secretary of War, writes Henry regarding\n         two companies ordered to the rapids of the Ohio by Maj. North\n         (1786 July 13) and instructions to the senior officer of the\n         troops to be raised in Virginia by the act of Congress passed\n         on 20 Oct. 1786 (1786 Oct. 21).","As Agents for Indian Affairs, Joseph Martin, Andrew\n         Pickens, and Benjamin Hawkins corresponded with Governor with\n         respect to issues relating to Native Americans. On 25 March\n         1785, Joseph Martin requested a commission in case of invasion\n         by the Cherokee, Creek and Chickamauga Indians. Martin also\n         requested a certificate from Governor Henry to be forwarded to\n         Congress with the offer of his services as Indian Commissioner\n         fo the entire Southern Department (1785 April 17). The three\n         agents wrote Henry on 10 June 1785 regarding their commission\n         to treat with the Cherokees and other southern tribes. Present\n         are articles of treaty between the agents concluded at\n         Hopewell, S.C. (1786 Jan. 3).","The Virginia delegates to the Continental Congress\n         submitted various documents to the Governor for his\n         examination. Included is letter from Samuel Hardy and James\n         Monroe on the subject of public buildings at the falls of the\n         Delaware and the intermediate residence of Congress in New\n         York. The delegates discuss a federal town and the decision to\n         appropriate money for more than one town (1785 March). Richard\n         Henry Lee, William Grayson, and James Monroe enclosed copies\n         of treaties with Indian tribes at Fort Stanwix and Fort\n         McIntosh on 22 Oct. 1784 and 21 Jan. 1785. They also include\n         an act appointing a treaty to be held at post St. Vincent \t\t  (1785\n         May 16). Lee and Grayson also informed Governor Henry of the\n         death of Samuel Hardy in a letter dated 24 Oct. 1785. In\n         addition, there is a resolution of Congress respecting Hardy's\n         death from 17 Oct. 1785.","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates; J.\n         Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Capt. John Peyton, Superintendent\n         of the Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; William Rose, Keeper of the\n         Public Jail; Edmund Randolph, Attorney General; Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., Solicitor General; Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant\n         Commissioner of Military Claims; Capt. James Barron, Virginia\n         Navy; and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","John Beckley enclosed resolutions from the legislature to\n         the Governor. On 15 Nov. 1785, Beckley submitted the ballot in\n         Congress electing Richard Henry Lee, William Grayson, James\n         Monroe, Edward Carrington, and Henry Lee to the Continental\n         Congress. Beckley also submitted the election of James Innes\n         to replace Edmund Randolph as Attorney General (1786 Nov. 23).\n         J. Brooke submitted similar documents from the Senate as Clerk\n         of that body.","Captain John Peyton often wrote Colonel Thomas Meriwether,\n         Clerk of the Council and Commissioner of Army Accounts, and\n         Governor Henry regarding the state of the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal. Peyton's letters concern public negroes working at\n         the lead mines, clothing and provisions for his guard at the\n         arsenal, the repair of public arms, and quarterly returns of\n         arms and military stores. Additionally, there is a letter from\n         Meriwether resigning as Commissioner of Army Accounts (1785\n         April 1).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail authored letters\n         concerning provisions and repairs to the Jail. On 6 December\n         1784, Rose drafted a letter to Col. Meriwether for the\n         construction of a wall around the jail. In addition, on 2 Oct.\n         1786, he submitted a complete list of prisoners to the\n         Governor. Captain James Barron, Virginia State Navy, submitted\n         payrolls for his state boats Liberty and Patriot, and\n         correspondence regarding smugglers, pirates in Warwick Creek\n         Bay, and the necessity of an additional ship to patrol the\n         James and Norfolk rivers.","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to specific\n         Revolutionary War claims with the United States while he\n         served as Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims.\n         Dunscomb's oath of qualification as Commissioner of Military\n         Claims can also be found in these papers (1785 March 18).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc.\n         Treasurer Jacquelin Ambler's letters too relate to the\n         financial matters of the state.","Edmund Randolph, Attorney General, wrote opinions on\n         various issues including the power fo the executive to aid\n         foreign consuls (1785 May 8), the appointment of sheriffs\n         (1785 May 12), slaves brought into Virginia (1785 June 21),\n         and the duties of searchers (1786 March 8).","Other noteworthy correspondents include Arthur Campbell,\n         county lieutenant and justice, and later as a member of the\n         House of Delegates from Washington County; Col. Jacques Le\n         Maire, a Frenchman who fought in the American Revolution;\n         George Washington; Robert Mitchell \u0026 John Harvie, Mayors of Richmond; and\n         other state governors including James Bowdoin, Governor of\n         Massachusetts, Edward Telfair, Governor of Georgia, \u0026 John\n         Sevier, Governor of the break-away State of Franklin.","Arthur Campbell figured prominently in Governor Henry's\n         executive papers. Campbell voiced concerns about the militia\n         law, the State of Franklin, the murder of Frenchman Major Le\n         Brun., and Indian outrages. In 1785, Campbell was charged with\n         misconduct, specifically for advising persons to refuse\n         payment of taxes, advising freeholders against sending members\n         to the Assembly, and attempting to induce inhabitants to\n         separate from the Commonwealth. Numerous depositions were\n         taken in February and March of 1786 with regards to this\n         case.","Colonel Le Maire wrote to Governor Henry regarding foreign\n         affairs between France and Prussia, admission into the Order\n         of Cincinnati, a commission as lieutenant-colonel of dragoons,\n         American citizenship, and a petition for the settlement of his\n         claim against the State of Virginia. On 3 Dec. 1785, Le Maire\n         requested to be sent to France in order to obtain a frigate to\n         protect the Chesapeake Bay against Algerine pirates.","George Washington writes Governor Henry concerning the cutting of the Elizabeth River to Albemarle Sound and the Great Dismal Swamp (1785 Nov. 30) (letter separated to Vault - George Washington Papers).","Robert Mitchell, Mayor of Richmond, wrote Governor Henry on\n         13 May and 26 July 1785 regarding the use of convict labor in\n         the city. He also writes with respect to escaped prisoners on\n         8 Nov. 1785. Mitchell's successor, John Harvie, declines the\n         use of prisoners as labor in a letter written 9 Jan. 1786.","The governors corresponding with Virginia included Governor\n         James Bowdoin of Massachusetts. Bowdoin writes about trade\n         with Great Britain and encloses an act of the Commonwealth of\n         Massachusetts for the suspension of the act for the regulation\n         of navigation and commerce (1786 July 10). Governor Edward\n         Telfair of Georgia writes concerning 500 stand of arms given\n         to Georgia from the State of Virginia in order to fight\n         Indians (1786 May 27). Lastly, John Sevier discusses the\n         formation of the State of Franklin from the western waters of\n         North Carolina and his appointment as governor (1785 July\n         19).","There are no restrictions.","State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["39700"],"unitid_tesim":["39700"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"access_terms_ssm":["There are no restrictions."],"acqinfo_ssim":["No acquisition information available."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["3.05 cubic\n         feet."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlso available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4918-4921.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4918 - 1784 Dec. 1-1785 July 29\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4919 - 1785 Aug. 1-1786 Feb. 27\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4920 - 1786 Mar. 1-Sept. 27\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4921 - 1786 Oct. 2-Nov. 28\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003c/list\u003e\n      "],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Alternative Form Available"],"altformavail_tesim":["Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4918-4921.","Miscellaneous Reel 4918 - 1784 Dec. 1-1785 July 29\n\n          Miscellaneous Reel 4919 - 1785 Aug. 1-1786 Feb. 27\n\n          Miscellaneous Reel 4920 - 1786 Mar. 1-Sept. 27\n\n          Miscellaneous Reel 4921 - 1786 Oct. 2-Nov. 28"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePatrick Henry was born on 29 May 1736 in Studley, Hanover\n         County, Virginia, the second son of John Henry and Sarah\n         Winston Syme. Henry married twice; first to Sarah Shelton in\n         1754, and later to Dorothea Spotswood Dandridge in 1776. He\n         was admitted to the bar on 15 April 1760 and was elected to\n         his first public office as a member of the Virginia House of\n         Burgesses on 29 May 1765. As a member of this body, Henry\n         fought against the Stamp Act and helped defend the rights of\n         the colonies against British tyranny. He assisted in the\n         establishment of committees of correspondence among the\n         colonies and was a delegate to the first Continental Congress\n         in 1774-1775. Henry was a staunch supporter for the\n         independence of the colonies from Great Britain. Well-known\n         for his extraordinary oratory abilities, Henry's famous \"Give\n         me liberty or give me death\" speech on 23 March 1775 helped\n         galvanize Virginian's resolve for independence. In May 1776,\n         he was elected to the Fifth Revolutionary Convention where he\n         advocated a bill of rights and constitution for Virginia. The\n         Convention named Henry the first governor of the newly\n         independent commonwealth and he served three consecutive\n         one-year terms until 1778. Following these terms as governor,\n         Henry returned the legislature, but was again elected governor\n         for two additional terms from 17 November 1784 to November\n         1786. Retiring from political office in 1791, Henry declined\n         appointments to be a United States Senator in 1794, Secretary\n         of State in 1795, Chief Justice, Minister of France \u0026amp;\n         Spain, and a sixth term as Governor. 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Henry was a staunch supporter for the\n         independence of the colonies from Great Britain. Well-known\n         for his extraordinary oratory abilities, Henry's famous \"Give\n         me liberty or give me death\" speech on 23 March 1775 helped\n         galvanize Virginian's resolve for independence. In May 1776,\n         he was elected to the Fifth Revolutionary Convention where he\n         advocated a bill of rights and constitution for Virginia. The\n         Convention named Henry the first governor of the newly\n         independent commonwealth and he served three consecutive\n         one-year terms until 1778. Following these terms as governor,\n         Henry returned the legislature, but was again elected governor\n         for two additional terms from 17 November 1784 to November\n         1786. Retiring from political office in 1791, Henry declined\n         appointments to be a United States Senator in 1794, Secretary\n         of State in 1795, Chief Justice, Minister of France \u0026\n         Spain, and a sixth term as Governor. Patrick Henry died on 6\n         June 1799 in Red Hill, Virginia."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia Governor Patrick Henry, Executive Papers,\n            1784-1786. Accession 39700, State Records Collection, The\n            Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia Governor Patrick Henry, Executive Papers,\n            1784-1786. Accession 39700, State Records Collection, The\n            Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGovernor Henry's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items and pardons arranged at the\n         end of each year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Henry's fourth \u0026amp; fifth terms as\n         Governor from 30 November 1784 to 30 November 1786. The\n         correspondence relates to a variety of topics including\n         recommendations, resignations, \u0026amp; appointments for state\n         positions; Indian atrocities \u0026amp; treaties; Revolutionary War\n         claims; internal improvements; militia; taxation; the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal \u0026amp; arms; the public prison \u0026amp; prisoners;\n         state finances; slave labor in the lead mines; the State of\n         Franklin; piracy; foreign affairs; elections; trade; etc. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are accounts; appointments;\n         commissions; contracts; depositions; various lists of\n         escheators, invalid soldiers, justices, magistrates, county\n         commissioners, militia officers, prisoners, etc.; judicial\n         records; quarterly militia returns \u0026amp; returns of stores;\n         payrolls; oaths of qualification; ordinances; pardons;\n         petitions; proceedings; receipts; resolutions of Congress and\n         the Virginia House of Delegates; and treaties with various\n         Indian tribes \u0026amp; European powers.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Andrew Pickens, \u0026amp; Benjamin Hawkins, Agents for Indian\n         Affairs; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress: Richard Henry\n         Lee, James Monroe, William Grayson, Samuel Hardy, Edward\n         Carrington \u0026amp; Henry Lee.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Thomas Jefferson, in Paris, regard\n         arrangements for Monsieur Houdon's sculpting of a bust of the\n         Marquis de la Fayette and a statue of George Washington for\n         the State of Virginia (1785 Jan. 12, June 16, July 8, July 11,\n         Aug. 22; 1786 Jan. 24). Noteworthy is Houdon's contract\n         written in French (1785 July 8). There is also a letter from\n         Jefferson concerning resolutions of Congress to improve\n         commerce between France and the United States (1786 May 31).\n         Both Jefferson and Thomas Barclay, Consul-General, endeavored\n         to have arms manufactured in France and transported to\n         Virginia for the use of the militia (1785 Aug. 23, Oct. 12;\n         1786 Jan. 16, July 22). The letter from Barclay, dated Jan.\n         16, encloses French contract for 3,400 stand of arms to be\n         constructed at the Royal Manufactory at Tulle.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCharles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponded often\n         with Henry. He enclosed resolutions and acts of Congress,\n         monthly States of Representation, treaties, etc. Significant\n         documents transmitted to Thomson include resolutions regarding\n         the establishment of a federal town (1784 Dec. 20); an act of\n         Congress for negotiating a treaty with Southern Indians (1785\n         March 24); an act of Congress for laying out into distinct\n         states the Western Territory ceded to the Union (1785 May 28);\n         and the treaty between the United States and Prussia (1786\n         June 9).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from John Jay relates to his position as\n         Secretary of Foreign Affairs. On 6 July 1786, Jay enclosed a\n         letter from John Adams regarding a state of grievances from\n         British merchants and other subjects owed debts in America.\n         Jay also encloses a letter to him from Thomas Jefferson, a\n         contract between Farmers General of France and Robert Morris,\n         and a letter to Jefferson from the Comte de Vergennes (1786\n         Aug. 28). Henry Knox, Secretary of War, writes Henry regarding\n         two companies ordered to the rapids of the Ohio by Maj. North\n         (1786 July 13) and instructions to the senior officer of the\n         troops to be raised in Virginia by the act of Congress passed\n         on 20 Oct. 1786 (1786 Oct. 21).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAs Agents for Indian Affairs, Joseph Martin, Andrew\n         Pickens, and Benjamin Hawkins corresponded with Governor with\n         respect to issues relating to Native Americans. On 25 March\n         1785, Joseph Martin requested a commission in case of invasion\n         by the Cherokee, Creek and Chickamauga Indians. Martin also\n         requested a certificate from Governor Henry to be forwarded to\n         Congress with the offer of his services as Indian Commissioner\n         fo the entire Southern Department (1785 April 17). The three\n         agents wrote Henry on 10 June 1785 regarding their commission\n         to treat with the Cherokees and other southern tribes. Present\n         are articles of treaty between the agents concluded at\n         Hopewell, S.C. (1786 Jan. 3).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia delegates to the Continental Congress\n         submitted various documents to the Governor for his\n         examination. Included is letter from Samuel Hardy and James\n         Monroe on the subject of public buildings at the falls of the\n         Delaware and the intermediate residence of Congress in New\n         York. The delegates discuss a federal town and the decision to\n         appropriate money for more than one town (1785 March). Richard\n         Henry Lee, William Grayson, and James Monroe enclosed copies\n         of treaties with Indian tribes at Fort Stanwix and Fort\n         McIntosh on 22 Oct. 1784 and 21 Jan. 1785. They also include\n         an act appointing a treaty to be held at post St. Vincent \t\t  (1785\n         May 16). Lee and Grayson also informed Governor Henry of the\n         death of Samuel Hardy in a letter dated 24 Oct. 1785. In\n         addition, there is a resolution of Congress respecting Hardy's\n         death from 17 Oct. 1785.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates; J.\n         Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Capt. John Peyton, Superintendent\n         of the Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; William Rose, Keeper of the\n         Public Jail; Edmund Randolph, Attorney General; Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., Solicitor General; Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant\n         Commissioner of Military Claims; Capt. James Barron, Virginia\n         Navy; and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Beckley enclosed resolutions from the legislature to\n         the Governor. On 15 Nov. 1785, Beckley submitted the ballot in\n         Congress electing Richard Henry Lee, William Grayson, James\n         Monroe, Edward Carrington, and Henry Lee to the Continental\n         Congress. Beckley also submitted the election of James Innes\n         to replace Edmund Randolph as Attorney General (1786 Nov. 23).\n         J. Brooke submitted similar documents from the Senate as Clerk\n         of that body.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCaptain John Peyton often wrote Colonel Thomas Meriwether,\n         Clerk of the Council and Commissioner of Army Accounts, and\n         Governor Henry regarding the state of the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal. Peyton's letters concern public negroes working at\n         the lead mines, clothing and provisions for his guard at the\n         arsenal, the repair of public arms, and quarterly returns of\n         arms and military stores. Additionally, there is a letter from\n         Meriwether resigning as Commissioner of Army Accounts (1785\n         April 1).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail authored letters\n         concerning provisions and repairs to the Jail. On 6 December\n         1784, Rose drafted a letter to Col. Meriwether for the\n         construction of a wall around the jail. In addition, on 2 Oct.\n         1786, he submitted a complete list of prisoners to the\n         Governor. Captain James Barron, Virginia State Navy, submitted\n         payrolls for his state boats Liberty and Patriot, and\n         correspondence regarding smugglers, pirates in Warwick Creek\n         Bay, and the necessity of an additional ship to patrol the\n         James and Norfolk rivers.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to specific\n         Revolutionary War claims with the United States while he\n         served as Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims.\n         Dunscomb's oath of qualification as Commissioner of Military\n         Claims can also be found in these papers (1785 March 18).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc.\n         Treasurer Jacquelin Ambler's letters too relate to the\n         financial matters of the state.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Randolph, Attorney General, wrote opinions on\n         various issues including the power fo the executive to aid\n         foreign consuls (1785 May 8), the appointment of sheriffs\n         (1785 May 12), slaves brought into Virginia (1785 June 21),\n         and the duties of searchers (1786 March 8).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy correspondents include Arthur Campbell,\n         county lieutenant and justice, and later as a member of the\n         House of Delegates from Washington County; Col. Jacques Le\n         Maire, a Frenchman who fought in the American Revolution;\n         George Washington; Robert Mitchell \u0026amp; John Harvie, Mayors of Richmond; and\n         other state governors including James Bowdoin, Governor of\n         Massachusetts, Edward Telfair, Governor of Georgia, \u0026amp; John\n         Sevier, Governor of the break-away State of Franklin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eArthur Campbell figured prominently in Governor Henry's\n         executive papers. Campbell voiced concerns about the militia\n         law, the State of Franklin, the murder of Frenchman Major Le\n         Brun., and Indian outrages. In 1785, Campbell was charged with\n         misconduct, specifically for advising persons to refuse\n         payment of taxes, advising freeholders against sending members\n         to the Assembly, and attempting to induce inhabitants to\n         separate from the Commonwealth. Numerous depositions were\n         taken in February and March of 1786 with regards to this\n         case.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eColonel Le Maire wrote to Governor Henry regarding foreign\n         affairs between France and Prussia, admission into the Order\n         of Cincinnati, a commission as lieutenant-colonel of dragoons,\n         American citizenship, and a petition for the settlement of his\n         claim against the State of Virginia. On 3 Dec. 1785, Le Maire\n         requested to be sent to France in order to obtain a frigate to\n         protect the Chesapeake Bay against Algerine pirates.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Washington writes Governor Henry concerning the cutting of the Elizabeth River to Albemarle Sound and the Great Dismal Swamp (1785 Nov. 30) (letter separated to Vault - George Washington Papers).\n\t\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eRobert Mitchell, Mayor of Richmond, wrote Governor Henry on\n         13 May and 26 July 1785 regarding the use of convict labor in\n         the city. He also writes with respect to escaped prisoners on\n         8 Nov. 1785. Mitchell's successor, John Harvie, declines the\n         use of prisoners as labor in a letter written 9 Jan. 1786.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe governors corresponding with Virginia included Governor\n         James Bowdoin of Massachusetts. Bowdoin writes about trade\n         with Great Britain and encloses an act of the Commonwealth of\n         Massachusetts for the suspension of the act for the regulation\n         of navigation and commerce (1786 July 10). Governor Edward\n         Telfair of Georgia writes concerning 500 stand of arms given\n         to Georgia from the State of Virginia in order to fight\n         Indians (1786 May 27). Lastly, John Sevier discusses the\n         formation of the State of Franklin from the western waters of\n         North Carolina and his appointment as governor (1785 July\n         19).\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Governor Henry's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items and pardons arranged at the\n         end of each year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Henry's fourth \u0026 fifth terms as\n         Governor from 30 November 1784 to 30 November 1786. The\n         correspondence relates to a variety of topics including\n         recommendations, resignations, \u0026 appointments for state\n         positions; Indian atrocities \u0026 treaties; Revolutionary War\n         claims; internal improvements; militia; taxation; the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal \u0026 arms; the public prison \u0026 prisoners;\n         state finances; slave labor in the lead mines; the State of\n         Franklin; piracy; foreign affairs; elections; trade; etc. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are accounts; appointments;\n         commissions; contracts; depositions; various lists of\n         escheators, invalid soldiers, justices, magistrates, county\n         commissioners, militia officers, prisoners, etc.; judicial\n         records; quarterly militia returns \u0026 returns of stores;\n         payrolls; oaths of qualification; ordinances; pardons;\n         petitions; proceedings; receipts; resolutions of Congress and\n         the Virginia House of Delegates; and treaties with various\n         Indian tribes \u0026 European powers.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Andrew Pickens, \u0026 Benjamin Hawkins, Agents for Indian\n         Affairs; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress: Richard Henry\n         Lee, James Monroe, William Grayson, Samuel Hardy, Edward\n         Carrington \u0026 Henry Lee.","Letters from Thomas Jefferson, in Paris, regard\n         arrangements for Monsieur Houdon's sculpting of a bust of the\n         Marquis de la Fayette and a statue of George Washington for\n         the State of Virginia (1785 Jan. 12, June 16, July 8, July 11,\n         Aug. 22; 1786 Jan. 24). Noteworthy is Houdon's contract\n         written in French (1785 July 8). There is also a letter from\n         Jefferson concerning resolutions of Congress to improve\n         commerce between France and the United States (1786 May 31).\n         Both Jefferson and Thomas Barclay, Consul-General, endeavored\n         to have arms manufactured in France and transported to\n         Virginia for the use of the militia (1785 Aug. 23, Oct. 12;\n         1786 Jan. 16, July 22). The letter from Barclay, dated Jan.\n         16, encloses French contract for 3,400 stand of arms to be\n         constructed at the Royal Manufactory at Tulle.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponded often\n         with Henry. He enclosed resolutions and acts of Congress,\n         monthly States of Representation, treaties, etc. Significant\n         documents transmitted to Thomson include resolutions regarding\n         the establishment of a federal town (1784 Dec. 20); an act of\n         Congress for negotiating a treaty with Southern Indians (1785\n         March 24); an act of Congress for laying out into distinct\n         states the Western Territory ceded to the Union (1785 May 28);\n         and the treaty between the United States and Prussia (1786\n         June 9).","Correspondence from John Jay relates to his position as\n         Secretary of Foreign Affairs. On 6 July 1786, Jay enclosed a\n         letter from John Adams regarding a state of grievances from\n         British merchants and other subjects owed debts in America.\n         Jay also encloses a letter to him from Thomas Jefferson, a\n         contract between Farmers General of France and Robert Morris,\n         and a letter to Jefferson from the Comte de Vergennes (1786\n         Aug. 28). Henry Knox, Secretary of War, writes Henry regarding\n         two companies ordered to the rapids of the Ohio by Maj. North\n         (1786 July 13) and instructions to the senior officer of the\n         troops to be raised in Virginia by the act of Congress passed\n         on 20 Oct. 1786 (1786 Oct. 21).","As Agents for Indian Affairs, Joseph Martin, Andrew\n         Pickens, and Benjamin Hawkins corresponded with Governor with\n         respect to issues relating to Native Americans. On 25 March\n         1785, Joseph Martin requested a commission in case of invasion\n         by the Cherokee, Creek and Chickamauga Indians. Martin also\n         requested a certificate from Governor Henry to be forwarded to\n         Congress with the offer of his services as Indian Commissioner\n         fo the entire Southern Department (1785 April 17). The three\n         agents wrote Henry on 10 June 1785 regarding their commission\n         to treat with the Cherokees and other southern tribes. Present\n         are articles of treaty between the agents concluded at\n         Hopewell, S.C. (1786 Jan. 3).","The Virginia delegates to the Continental Congress\n         submitted various documents to the Governor for his\n         examination. Included is letter from Samuel Hardy and James\n         Monroe on the subject of public buildings at the falls of the\n         Delaware and the intermediate residence of Congress in New\n         York. The delegates discuss a federal town and the decision to\n         appropriate money for more than one town (1785 March). Richard\n         Henry Lee, William Grayson, and James Monroe enclosed copies\n         of treaties with Indian tribes at Fort Stanwix and Fort\n         McIntosh on 22 Oct. 1784 and 21 Jan. 1785. They also include\n         an act appointing a treaty to be held at post St. Vincent \t\t  (1785\n         May 16). Lee and Grayson also informed Governor Henry of the\n         death of Samuel Hardy in a letter dated 24 Oct. 1785. In\n         addition, there is a resolution of Congress respecting Hardy's\n         death from 17 Oct. 1785.","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates; J.\n         Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Capt. John Peyton, Superintendent\n         of the Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; William Rose, Keeper of the\n         Public Jail; Edmund Randolph, Attorney General; Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., Solicitor General; Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant\n         Commissioner of Military Claims; Capt. James Barron, Virginia\n         Navy; and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","John Beckley enclosed resolutions from the legislature to\n         the Governor. On 15 Nov. 1785, Beckley submitted the ballot in\n         Congress electing Richard Henry Lee, William Grayson, James\n         Monroe, Edward Carrington, and Henry Lee to the Continental\n         Congress. Beckley also submitted the election of James Innes\n         to replace Edmund Randolph as Attorney General (1786 Nov. 23).\n         J. Brooke submitted similar documents from the Senate as Clerk\n         of that body.","Captain John Peyton often wrote Colonel Thomas Meriwether,\n         Clerk of the Council and Commissioner of Army Accounts, and\n         Governor Henry regarding the state of the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal. Peyton's letters concern public negroes working at\n         the lead mines, clothing and provisions for his guard at the\n         arsenal, the repair of public arms, and quarterly returns of\n         arms and military stores. Additionally, there is a letter from\n         Meriwether resigning as Commissioner of Army Accounts (1785\n         April 1).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail authored letters\n         concerning provisions and repairs to the Jail. On 6 December\n         1784, Rose drafted a letter to Col. Meriwether for the\n         construction of a wall around the jail. In addition, on 2 Oct.\n         1786, he submitted a complete list of prisoners to the\n         Governor. Captain James Barron, Virginia State Navy, submitted\n         payrolls for his state boats Liberty and Patriot, and\n         correspondence regarding smugglers, pirates in Warwick Creek\n         Bay, and the necessity of an additional ship to patrol the\n         James and Norfolk rivers.","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to specific\n         Revolutionary War claims with the United States while he\n         served as Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims.\n         Dunscomb's oath of qualification as Commissioner of Military\n         Claims can also be found in these papers (1785 March 18).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc.\n         Treasurer Jacquelin Ambler's letters too relate to the\n         financial matters of the state.","Edmund Randolph, Attorney General, wrote opinions on\n         various issues including the power fo the executive to aid\n         foreign consuls (1785 May 8), the appointment of sheriffs\n         (1785 May 12), slaves brought into Virginia (1785 June 21),\n         and the duties of searchers (1786 March 8).","Other noteworthy correspondents include Arthur Campbell,\n         county lieutenant and justice, and later as a member of the\n         House of Delegates from Washington County; Col. Jacques Le\n         Maire, a Frenchman who fought in the American Revolution;\n         George Washington; Robert Mitchell \u0026 John Harvie, Mayors of Richmond; and\n         other state governors including James Bowdoin, Governor of\n         Massachusetts, Edward Telfair, Governor of Georgia, \u0026 John\n         Sevier, Governor of the break-away State of Franklin.","Arthur Campbell figured prominently in Governor Henry's\n         executive papers. Campbell voiced concerns about the militia\n         law, the State of Franklin, the murder of Frenchman Major Le\n         Brun., and Indian outrages. In 1785, Campbell was charged with\n         misconduct, specifically for advising persons to refuse\n         payment of taxes, advising freeholders against sending members\n         to the Assembly, and attempting to induce inhabitants to\n         separate from the Commonwealth. Numerous depositions were\n         taken in February and March of 1786 with regards to this\n         case.","Colonel Le Maire wrote to Governor Henry regarding foreign\n         affairs between France and Prussia, admission into the Order\n         of Cincinnati, a commission as lieutenant-colonel of dragoons,\n         American citizenship, and a petition for the settlement of his\n         claim against the State of Virginia. On 3 Dec. 1785, Le Maire\n         requested to be sent to France in order to obtain a frigate to\n         protect the Chesapeake Bay against Algerine pirates.","George Washington writes Governor Henry concerning the cutting of the Elizabeth River to Albemarle Sound and the Great Dismal Swamp (1785 Nov. 30) (letter separated to Vault - George Washington Papers).","Robert Mitchell, Mayor of Richmond, wrote Governor Henry on\n         13 May and 26 July 1785 regarding the use of convict labor in\n         the city. He also writes with respect to escaped prisoners on\n         8 Nov. 1785. Mitchell's successor, John Harvie, declines the\n         use of prisoners as labor in a letter written 9 Jan. 1786.","The governors corresponding with Virginia included Governor\n         James Bowdoin of Massachusetts. Bowdoin writes about trade\n         with Great Britain and encloses an act of the Commonwealth of\n         Massachusetts for the suspension of the act for the regulation\n         of navigation and commerce (1786 July 10). Governor Edward\n         Telfair of Georgia writes concerning 500 stand of arms given\n         to Georgia from the State of Virginia in order to fight\n         Indians (1786 May 27). Lastly, John Sevier discusses the\n         formation of the State of Franklin from the western waters of\n         North Carolina and his appointment as governor (1785 July\n         19)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":149,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:22:44.437Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00438_c02_c10"}},{"id":"vi_vi00438_c02_c11","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"box 5, Folder 11, [title not supplied], 1785","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00438_c02_c11#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00438_c02_c11","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00438_c02_c11"],"id":"vi_vi00438_c02_c11","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00438","_root_":"vi_vi00438","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00438_c02","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00438_c02","parent_ssim":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786","Executive Papers of Governor Patrick Henry -\n Oversize (Clamshell box)"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00438","vi_vi00438_c02"],"title_filing_ssi":"box 5, Folder 11, [title not supplied]","title_ssm":["box 5, Folder 11, [title not supplied]"],"title_tesim":["box 5, Folder 11, [title not supplied]"],"normalized_title_ssm":["box 5, Folder 11, [title not supplied], 1785"],"text":["box 5, Folder 11, [title not supplied], 1785","Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786","Executive Papers of Governor Patrick Henry -\n Oversize (Clamshell box)","box 5","Folder 11"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786","Executive Papers of Governor Patrick Henry -\n Oversize (Clamshell box)"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786","Executive Papers of Governor Patrick Henry -\n Oversize (Clamshell box)"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1785"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1785 July 17"],"level_ssm":["File"],"level_ssim":["File"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":91,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786"],"containers_ssim":["box 5","Folder 11"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"date_range_isim":[1785],"_nest_path_":"/components#1/components#10","timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:22:44.437Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00438","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00438","_root_":"vi_vi00438","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00438","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00438.xml","title_ssm":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786"],"title_tesim":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786"],"text":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786","39700","3.05 cubic\n         feet.","There are no restrictions.","Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4918-4921.","Miscellaneous Reel 4918 - 1784 Dec. 1-1785 July 29\n\n          Miscellaneous Reel 4919 - 1785 Aug. 1-1786 Feb. 27\n\n          Miscellaneous Reel 4920 - 1786 Mar. 1-Sept. 27\n\n          Miscellaneous Reel 4921 - 1786 Oct. 2-Nov. 28","Arranged chronologically.","Patrick Henry was born on 29 May 1736 in Studley, Hanover\n         County, Virginia, the second son of John Henry and Sarah\n         Winston Syme. Henry married twice; first to Sarah Shelton in\n         1754, and later to Dorothea Spotswood Dandridge in 1776. He\n         was admitted to the bar on 15 April 1760 and was elected to\n         his first public office as a member of the Virginia House of\n         Burgesses on 29 May 1765. As a member of this body, Henry\n         fought against the Stamp Act and helped defend the rights of\n         the colonies against British tyranny. He assisted in the\n         establishment of committees of correspondence among the\n         colonies and was a delegate to the first Continental Congress\n         in 1774-1775. Henry was a staunch supporter for the\n         independence of the colonies from Great Britain. Well-known\n         for his extraordinary oratory abilities, Henry's famous \"Give\n         me liberty or give me death\" speech on 23 March 1775 helped\n         galvanize Virginian's resolve for independence. In May 1776,\n         he was elected to the Fifth Revolutionary Convention where he\n         advocated a bill of rights and constitution for Virginia. The\n         Convention named Henry the first governor of the newly\n         independent commonwealth and he served three consecutive\n         one-year terms until 1778. Following these terms as governor,\n         Henry returned the legislature, but was again elected governor\n         for two additional terms from 17 November 1784 to November\n         1786. Retiring from political office in 1791, Henry declined\n         appointments to be a United States Senator in 1794, Secretary\n         of State in 1795, Chief Justice, Minister of France \u0026\n         Spain, and a sixth term as Governor. Patrick Henry died on 6\n         June 1799 in Red Hill, Virginia.","Governor Henry's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items and pardons arranged at the\n         end of each year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Henry's fourth \u0026 fifth terms as\n         Governor from 30 November 1784 to 30 November 1786. The\n         correspondence relates to a variety of topics including\n         recommendations, resignations, \u0026 appointments for state\n         positions; Indian atrocities \u0026 treaties; Revolutionary War\n         claims; internal improvements; militia; taxation; the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal \u0026 arms; the public prison \u0026 prisoners;\n         state finances; slave labor in the lead mines; the State of\n         Franklin; piracy; foreign affairs; elections; trade; etc. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are accounts; appointments;\n         commissions; contracts; depositions; various lists of\n         escheators, invalid soldiers, justices, magistrates, county\n         commissioners, militia officers, prisoners, etc.; judicial\n         records; quarterly militia returns \u0026 returns of stores;\n         payrolls; oaths of qualification; ordinances; pardons;\n         petitions; proceedings; receipts; resolutions of Congress and\n         the Virginia House of Delegates; and treaties with various\n         Indian tribes \u0026 European powers.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Andrew Pickens, \u0026 Benjamin Hawkins, Agents for Indian\n         Affairs; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress: Richard Henry\n         Lee, James Monroe, William Grayson, Samuel Hardy, Edward\n         Carrington \u0026 Henry Lee.","Letters from Thomas Jefferson, in Paris, regard\n         arrangements for Monsieur Houdon's sculpting of a bust of the\n         Marquis de la Fayette and a statue of George Washington for\n         the State of Virginia (1785 Jan. 12, June 16, July 8, July 11,\n         Aug. 22; 1786 Jan. 24). Noteworthy is Houdon's contract\n         written in French (1785 July 8). There is also a letter from\n         Jefferson concerning resolutions of Congress to improve\n         commerce between France and the United States (1786 May 31).\n         Both Jefferson and Thomas Barclay, Consul-General, endeavored\n         to have arms manufactured in France and transported to\n         Virginia for the use of the militia (1785 Aug. 23, Oct. 12;\n         1786 Jan. 16, July 22). The letter from Barclay, dated Jan.\n         16, encloses French contract for 3,400 stand of arms to be\n         constructed at the Royal Manufactory at Tulle.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponded often\n         with Henry. He enclosed resolutions and acts of Congress,\n         monthly States of Representation, treaties, etc. Significant\n         documents transmitted to Thomson include resolutions regarding\n         the establishment of a federal town (1784 Dec. 20); an act of\n         Congress for negotiating a treaty with Southern Indians (1785\n         March 24); an act of Congress for laying out into distinct\n         states the Western Territory ceded to the Union (1785 May 28);\n         and the treaty between the United States and Prussia (1786\n         June 9).","Correspondence from John Jay relates to his position as\n         Secretary of Foreign Affairs. On 6 July 1786, Jay enclosed a\n         letter from John Adams regarding a state of grievances from\n         British merchants and other subjects owed debts in America.\n         Jay also encloses a letter to him from Thomas Jefferson, a\n         contract between Farmers General of France and Robert Morris,\n         and a letter to Jefferson from the Comte de Vergennes (1786\n         Aug. 28). Henry Knox, Secretary of War, writes Henry regarding\n         two companies ordered to the rapids of the Ohio by Maj. North\n         (1786 July 13) and instructions to the senior officer of the\n         troops to be raised in Virginia by the act of Congress passed\n         on 20 Oct. 1786 (1786 Oct. 21).","As Agents for Indian Affairs, Joseph Martin, Andrew\n         Pickens, and Benjamin Hawkins corresponded with Governor with\n         respect to issues relating to Native Americans. On 25 March\n         1785, Joseph Martin requested a commission in case of invasion\n         by the Cherokee, Creek and Chickamauga Indians. Martin also\n         requested a certificate from Governor Henry to be forwarded to\n         Congress with the offer of his services as Indian Commissioner\n         fo the entire Southern Department (1785 April 17). The three\n         agents wrote Henry on 10 June 1785 regarding their commission\n         to treat with the Cherokees and other southern tribes. Present\n         are articles of treaty between the agents concluded at\n         Hopewell, S.C. (1786 Jan. 3).","The Virginia delegates to the Continental Congress\n         submitted various documents to the Governor for his\n         examination. Included is letter from Samuel Hardy and James\n         Monroe on the subject of public buildings at the falls of the\n         Delaware and the intermediate residence of Congress in New\n         York. The delegates discuss a federal town and the decision to\n         appropriate money for more than one town (1785 March). Richard\n         Henry Lee, William Grayson, and James Monroe enclosed copies\n         of treaties with Indian tribes at Fort Stanwix and Fort\n         McIntosh on 22 Oct. 1784 and 21 Jan. 1785. They also include\n         an act appointing a treaty to be held at post St. Vincent \t\t  (1785\n         May 16). Lee and Grayson also informed Governor Henry of the\n         death of Samuel Hardy in a letter dated 24 Oct. 1785. In\n         addition, there is a resolution of Congress respecting Hardy's\n         death from 17 Oct. 1785.","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates; J.\n         Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Capt. John Peyton, Superintendent\n         of the Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; William Rose, Keeper of the\n         Public Jail; Edmund Randolph, Attorney General; Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., Solicitor General; Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant\n         Commissioner of Military Claims; Capt. James Barron, Virginia\n         Navy; and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","John Beckley enclosed resolutions from the legislature to\n         the Governor. On 15 Nov. 1785, Beckley submitted the ballot in\n         Congress electing Richard Henry Lee, William Grayson, James\n         Monroe, Edward Carrington, and Henry Lee to the Continental\n         Congress. Beckley also submitted the election of James Innes\n         to replace Edmund Randolph as Attorney General (1786 Nov. 23).\n         J. Brooke submitted similar documents from the Senate as Clerk\n         of that body.","Captain John Peyton often wrote Colonel Thomas Meriwether,\n         Clerk of the Council and Commissioner of Army Accounts, and\n         Governor Henry regarding the state of the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal. Peyton's letters concern public negroes working at\n         the lead mines, clothing and provisions for his guard at the\n         arsenal, the repair of public arms, and quarterly returns of\n         arms and military stores. Additionally, there is a letter from\n         Meriwether resigning as Commissioner of Army Accounts (1785\n         April 1).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail authored letters\n         concerning provisions and repairs to the Jail. On 6 December\n         1784, Rose drafted a letter to Col. Meriwether for the\n         construction of a wall around the jail. In addition, on 2 Oct.\n         1786, he submitted a complete list of prisoners to the\n         Governor. Captain James Barron, Virginia State Navy, submitted\n         payrolls for his state boats Liberty and Patriot, and\n         correspondence regarding smugglers, pirates in Warwick Creek\n         Bay, and the necessity of an additional ship to patrol the\n         James and Norfolk rivers.","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to specific\n         Revolutionary War claims with the United States while he\n         served as Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims.\n         Dunscomb's oath of qualification as Commissioner of Military\n         Claims can also be found in these papers (1785 March 18).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc.\n         Treasurer Jacquelin Ambler's letters too relate to the\n         financial matters of the state.","Edmund Randolph, Attorney General, wrote opinions on\n         various issues including the power fo the executive to aid\n         foreign consuls (1785 May 8), the appointment of sheriffs\n         (1785 May 12), slaves brought into Virginia (1785 June 21),\n         and the duties of searchers (1786 March 8).","Other noteworthy correspondents include Arthur Campbell,\n         county lieutenant and justice, and later as a member of the\n         House of Delegates from Washington County; Col. Jacques Le\n         Maire, a Frenchman who fought in the American Revolution;\n         George Washington; Robert Mitchell \u0026 John Harvie, Mayors of Richmond; and\n         other state governors including James Bowdoin, Governor of\n         Massachusetts, Edward Telfair, Governor of Georgia, \u0026 John\n         Sevier, Governor of the break-away State of Franklin.","Arthur Campbell figured prominently in Governor Henry's\n         executive papers. Campbell voiced concerns about the militia\n         law, the State of Franklin, the murder of Frenchman Major Le\n         Brun., and Indian outrages. In 1785, Campbell was charged with\n         misconduct, specifically for advising persons to refuse\n         payment of taxes, advising freeholders against sending members\n         to the Assembly, and attempting to induce inhabitants to\n         separate from the Commonwealth. Numerous depositions were\n         taken in February and March of 1786 with regards to this\n         case.","Colonel Le Maire wrote to Governor Henry regarding foreign\n         affairs between France and Prussia, admission into the Order\n         of Cincinnati, a commission as lieutenant-colonel of dragoons,\n         American citizenship, and a petition for the settlement of his\n         claim against the State of Virginia. On 3 Dec. 1785, Le Maire\n         requested to be sent to France in order to obtain a frigate to\n         protect the Chesapeake Bay against Algerine pirates.","George Washington writes Governor Henry concerning the cutting of the Elizabeth River to Albemarle Sound and the Great Dismal Swamp (1785 Nov. 30) (letter separated to Vault - George Washington Papers).","Robert Mitchell, Mayor of Richmond, wrote Governor Henry on\n         13 May and 26 July 1785 regarding the use of convict labor in\n         the city. He also writes with respect to escaped prisoners on\n         8 Nov. 1785. Mitchell's successor, John Harvie, declines the\n         use of prisoners as labor in a letter written 9 Jan. 1786.","The governors corresponding with Virginia included Governor\n         James Bowdoin of Massachusetts. Bowdoin writes about trade\n         with Great Britain and encloses an act of the Commonwealth of\n         Massachusetts for the suspension of the act for the regulation\n         of navigation and commerce (1786 July 10). Governor Edward\n         Telfair of Georgia writes concerning 500 stand of arms given\n         to Georgia from the State of Virginia in order to fight\n         Indians (1786 May 27). Lastly, John Sevier discusses the\n         formation of the State of Franklin from the western waters of\n         North Carolina and his appointment as governor (1785 July\n         19).","There are no restrictions.","State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["39700"],"unitid_tesim":["39700"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"access_terms_ssm":["There are no restrictions."],"acqinfo_ssim":["No acquisition information available."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["3.05 cubic\n         feet."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlso available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4918-4921.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4918 - 1784 Dec. 1-1785 July 29\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4919 - 1785 Aug. 1-1786 Feb. 27\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4920 - 1786 Mar. 1-Sept. 27\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4921 - 1786 Oct. 2-Nov. 28\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003c/list\u003e\n      "],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Alternative Form Available"],"altformavail_tesim":["Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4918-4921.","Miscellaneous Reel 4918 - 1784 Dec. 1-1785 July 29\n\n          Miscellaneous Reel 4919 - 1785 Aug. 1-1786 Feb. 27\n\n          Miscellaneous Reel 4920 - 1786 Mar. 1-Sept. 27\n\n          Miscellaneous Reel 4921 - 1786 Oct. 2-Nov. 28"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePatrick Henry was born on 29 May 1736 in Studley, Hanover\n         County, Virginia, the second son of John Henry and Sarah\n         Winston Syme. Henry married twice; first to Sarah Shelton in\n         1754, and later to Dorothea Spotswood Dandridge in 1776. He\n         was admitted to the bar on 15 April 1760 and was elected to\n         his first public office as a member of the Virginia House of\n         Burgesses on 29 May 1765. As a member of this body, Henry\n         fought against the Stamp Act and helped defend the rights of\n         the colonies against British tyranny. He assisted in the\n         establishment of committees of correspondence among the\n         colonies and was a delegate to the first Continental Congress\n         in 1774-1775. Henry was a staunch supporter for the\n         independence of the colonies from Great Britain. Well-known\n         for his extraordinary oratory abilities, Henry's famous \"Give\n         me liberty or give me death\" speech on 23 March 1775 helped\n         galvanize Virginian's resolve for independence. In May 1776,\n         he was elected to the Fifth Revolutionary Convention where he\n         advocated a bill of rights and constitution for Virginia. The\n         Convention named Henry the first governor of the newly\n         independent commonwealth and he served three consecutive\n         one-year terms until 1778. Following these terms as governor,\n         Henry returned the legislature, but was again elected governor\n         for two additional terms from 17 November 1784 to November\n         1786. Retiring from political office in 1791, Henry declined\n         appointments to be a United States Senator in 1794, Secretary\n         of State in 1795, Chief Justice, Minister of France \u0026amp;\n         Spain, and a sixth term as Governor. Patrick Henry died on 6\n         June 1799 in Red Hill, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Patrick Henry was born on 29 May 1736 in Studley, Hanover\n         County, Virginia, the second son of John Henry and Sarah\n         Winston Syme. Henry married twice; first to Sarah Shelton in\n         1754, and later to Dorothea Spotswood Dandridge in 1776. He\n         was admitted to the bar on 15 April 1760 and was elected to\n         his first public office as a member of the Virginia House of\n         Burgesses on 29 May 1765. As a member of this body, Henry\n         fought against the Stamp Act and helped defend the rights of\n         the colonies against British tyranny. He assisted in the\n         establishment of committees of correspondence among the\n         colonies and was a delegate to the first Continental Congress\n         in 1774-1775. Henry was a staunch supporter for the\n         independence of the colonies from Great Britain. Well-known\n         for his extraordinary oratory abilities, Henry's famous \"Give\n         me liberty or give me death\" speech on 23 March 1775 helped\n         galvanize Virginian's resolve for independence. In May 1776,\n         he was elected to the Fifth Revolutionary Convention where he\n         advocated a bill of rights and constitution for Virginia. The\n         Convention named Henry the first governor of the newly\n         independent commonwealth and he served three consecutive\n         one-year terms until 1778. Following these terms as governor,\n         Henry returned the legislature, but was again elected governor\n         for two additional terms from 17 November 1784 to November\n         1786. Retiring from political office in 1791, Henry declined\n         appointments to be a United States Senator in 1794, Secretary\n         of State in 1795, Chief Justice, Minister of France \u0026\n         Spain, and a sixth term as Governor. Patrick Henry died on 6\n         June 1799 in Red Hill, Virginia."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia Governor Patrick Henry, Executive Papers,\n            1784-1786. Accession 39700, State Records Collection, The\n            Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia Governor Patrick Henry, Executive Papers,\n            1784-1786. Accession 39700, State Records Collection, The\n            Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGovernor Henry's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items and pardons arranged at the\n         end of each year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Henry's fourth \u0026amp; fifth terms as\n         Governor from 30 November 1784 to 30 November 1786. The\n         correspondence relates to a variety of topics including\n         recommendations, resignations, \u0026amp; appointments for state\n         positions; Indian atrocities \u0026amp; treaties; Revolutionary War\n         claims; internal improvements; militia; taxation; the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal \u0026amp; arms; the public prison \u0026amp; prisoners;\n         state finances; slave labor in the lead mines; the State of\n         Franklin; piracy; foreign affairs; elections; trade; etc. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are accounts; appointments;\n         commissions; contracts; depositions; various lists of\n         escheators, invalid soldiers, justices, magistrates, county\n         commissioners, militia officers, prisoners, etc.; judicial\n         records; quarterly militia returns \u0026amp; returns of stores;\n         payrolls; oaths of qualification; ordinances; pardons;\n         petitions; proceedings; receipts; resolutions of Congress and\n         the Virginia House of Delegates; and treaties with various\n         Indian tribes \u0026amp; European powers.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Andrew Pickens, \u0026amp; Benjamin Hawkins, Agents for Indian\n         Affairs; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress: Richard Henry\n         Lee, James Monroe, William Grayson, Samuel Hardy, Edward\n         Carrington \u0026amp; Henry Lee.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Thomas Jefferson, in Paris, regard\n         arrangements for Monsieur Houdon's sculpting of a bust of the\n         Marquis de la Fayette and a statue of George Washington for\n         the State of Virginia (1785 Jan. 12, June 16, July 8, July 11,\n         Aug. 22; 1786 Jan. 24). Noteworthy is Houdon's contract\n         written in French (1785 July 8). There is also a letter from\n         Jefferson concerning resolutions of Congress to improve\n         commerce between France and the United States (1786 May 31).\n         Both Jefferson and Thomas Barclay, Consul-General, endeavored\n         to have arms manufactured in France and transported to\n         Virginia for the use of the militia (1785 Aug. 23, Oct. 12;\n         1786 Jan. 16, July 22). The letter from Barclay, dated Jan.\n         16, encloses French contract for 3,400 stand of arms to be\n         constructed at the Royal Manufactory at Tulle.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCharles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponded often\n         with Henry. He enclosed resolutions and acts of Congress,\n         monthly States of Representation, treaties, etc. Significant\n         documents transmitted to Thomson include resolutions regarding\n         the establishment of a federal town (1784 Dec. 20); an act of\n         Congress for negotiating a treaty with Southern Indians (1785\n         March 24); an act of Congress for laying out into distinct\n         states the Western Territory ceded to the Union (1785 May 28);\n         and the treaty between the United States and Prussia (1786\n         June 9).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from John Jay relates to his position as\n         Secretary of Foreign Affairs. On 6 July 1786, Jay enclosed a\n         letter from John Adams regarding a state of grievances from\n         British merchants and other subjects owed debts in America.\n         Jay also encloses a letter to him from Thomas Jefferson, a\n         contract between Farmers General of France and Robert Morris,\n         and a letter to Jefferson from the Comte de Vergennes (1786\n         Aug. 28). Henry Knox, Secretary of War, writes Henry regarding\n         two companies ordered to the rapids of the Ohio by Maj. North\n         (1786 July 13) and instructions to the senior officer of the\n         troops to be raised in Virginia by the act of Congress passed\n         on 20 Oct. 1786 (1786 Oct. 21).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAs Agents for Indian Affairs, Joseph Martin, Andrew\n         Pickens, and Benjamin Hawkins corresponded with Governor with\n         respect to issues relating to Native Americans. On 25 March\n         1785, Joseph Martin requested a commission in case of invasion\n         by the Cherokee, Creek and Chickamauga Indians. Martin also\n         requested a certificate from Governor Henry to be forwarded to\n         Congress with the offer of his services as Indian Commissioner\n         fo the entire Southern Department (1785 April 17). The three\n         agents wrote Henry on 10 June 1785 regarding their commission\n         to treat with the Cherokees and other southern tribes. Present\n         are articles of treaty between the agents concluded at\n         Hopewell, S.C. (1786 Jan. 3).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia delegates to the Continental Congress\n         submitted various documents to the Governor for his\n         examination. Included is letter from Samuel Hardy and James\n         Monroe on the subject of public buildings at the falls of the\n         Delaware and the intermediate residence of Congress in New\n         York. The delegates discuss a federal town and the decision to\n         appropriate money for more than one town (1785 March). Richard\n         Henry Lee, William Grayson, and James Monroe enclosed copies\n         of treaties with Indian tribes at Fort Stanwix and Fort\n         McIntosh on 22 Oct. 1784 and 21 Jan. 1785. They also include\n         an act appointing a treaty to be held at post St. Vincent \t\t  (1785\n         May 16). Lee and Grayson also informed Governor Henry of the\n         death of Samuel Hardy in a letter dated 24 Oct. 1785. In\n         addition, there is a resolution of Congress respecting Hardy's\n         death from 17 Oct. 1785.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates; J.\n         Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Capt. John Peyton, Superintendent\n         of the Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; William Rose, Keeper of the\n         Public Jail; Edmund Randolph, Attorney General; Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., Solicitor General; Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant\n         Commissioner of Military Claims; Capt. James Barron, Virginia\n         Navy; and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Beckley enclosed resolutions from the legislature to\n         the Governor. On 15 Nov. 1785, Beckley submitted the ballot in\n         Congress electing Richard Henry Lee, William Grayson, James\n         Monroe, Edward Carrington, and Henry Lee to the Continental\n         Congress. Beckley also submitted the election of James Innes\n         to replace Edmund Randolph as Attorney General (1786 Nov. 23).\n         J. Brooke submitted similar documents from the Senate as Clerk\n         of that body.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCaptain John Peyton often wrote Colonel Thomas Meriwether,\n         Clerk of the Council and Commissioner of Army Accounts, and\n         Governor Henry regarding the state of the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal. Peyton's letters concern public negroes working at\n         the lead mines, clothing and provisions for his guard at the\n         arsenal, the repair of public arms, and quarterly returns of\n         arms and military stores. Additionally, there is a letter from\n         Meriwether resigning as Commissioner of Army Accounts (1785\n         April 1).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail authored letters\n         concerning provisions and repairs to the Jail. On 6 December\n         1784, Rose drafted a letter to Col. Meriwether for the\n         construction of a wall around the jail. In addition, on 2 Oct.\n         1786, he submitted a complete list of prisoners to the\n         Governor. Captain James Barron, Virginia State Navy, submitted\n         payrolls for his state boats Liberty and Patriot, and\n         correspondence regarding smugglers, pirates in Warwick Creek\n         Bay, and the necessity of an additional ship to patrol the\n         James and Norfolk rivers.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to specific\n         Revolutionary War claims with the United States while he\n         served as Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims.\n         Dunscomb's oath of qualification as Commissioner of Military\n         Claims can also be found in these papers (1785 March 18).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc.\n         Treasurer Jacquelin Ambler's letters too relate to the\n         financial matters of the state.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Randolph, Attorney General, wrote opinions on\n         various issues including the power fo the executive to aid\n         foreign consuls (1785 May 8), the appointment of sheriffs\n         (1785 May 12), slaves brought into Virginia (1785 June 21),\n         and the duties of searchers (1786 March 8).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy correspondents include Arthur Campbell,\n         county lieutenant and justice, and later as a member of the\n         House of Delegates from Washington County; Col. Jacques Le\n         Maire, a Frenchman who fought in the American Revolution;\n         George Washington; Robert Mitchell \u0026amp; John Harvie, Mayors of Richmond; and\n         other state governors including James Bowdoin, Governor of\n         Massachusetts, Edward Telfair, Governor of Georgia, \u0026amp; John\n         Sevier, Governor of the break-away State of Franklin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eArthur Campbell figured prominently in Governor Henry's\n         executive papers. Campbell voiced concerns about the militia\n         law, the State of Franklin, the murder of Frenchman Major Le\n         Brun., and Indian outrages. In 1785, Campbell was charged with\n         misconduct, specifically for advising persons to refuse\n         payment of taxes, advising freeholders against sending members\n         to the Assembly, and attempting to induce inhabitants to\n         separate from the Commonwealth. Numerous depositions were\n         taken in February and March of 1786 with regards to this\n         case.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eColonel Le Maire wrote to Governor Henry regarding foreign\n         affairs between France and Prussia, admission into the Order\n         of Cincinnati, a commission as lieutenant-colonel of dragoons,\n         American citizenship, and a petition for the settlement of his\n         claim against the State of Virginia. On 3 Dec. 1785, Le Maire\n         requested to be sent to France in order to obtain a frigate to\n         protect the Chesapeake Bay against Algerine pirates.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Washington writes Governor Henry concerning the cutting of the Elizabeth River to Albemarle Sound and the Great Dismal Swamp (1785 Nov. 30) (letter separated to Vault - George Washington Papers).\n\t\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eRobert Mitchell, Mayor of Richmond, wrote Governor Henry on\n         13 May and 26 July 1785 regarding the use of convict labor in\n         the city. He also writes with respect to escaped prisoners on\n         8 Nov. 1785. Mitchell's successor, John Harvie, declines the\n         use of prisoners as labor in a letter written 9 Jan. 1786.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe governors corresponding with Virginia included Governor\n         James Bowdoin of Massachusetts. Bowdoin writes about trade\n         with Great Britain and encloses an act of the Commonwealth of\n         Massachusetts for the suspension of the act for the regulation\n         of navigation and commerce (1786 July 10). Governor Edward\n         Telfair of Georgia writes concerning 500 stand of arms given\n         to Georgia from the State of Virginia in order to fight\n         Indians (1786 May 27). Lastly, John Sevier discusses the\n         formation of the State of Franklin from the western waters of\n         North Carolina and his appointment as governor (1785 July\n         19).\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Governor Henry's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items and pardons arranged at the\n         end of each year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Henry's fourth \u0026 fifth terms as\n         Governor from 30 November 1784 to 30 November 1786. The\n         correspondence relates to a variety of topics including\n         recommendations, resignations, \u0026 appointments for state\n         positions; Indian atrocities \u0026 treaties; Revolutionary War\n         claims; internal improvements; militia; taxation; the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal \u0026 arms; the public prison \u0026 prisoners;\n         state finances; slave labor in the lead mines; the State of\n         Franklin; piracy; foreign affairs; elections; trade; etc. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are accounts; appointments;\n         commissions; contracts; depositions; various lists of\n         escheators, invalid soldiers, justices, magistrates, county\n         commissioners, militia officers, prisoners, etc.; judicial\n         records; quarterly militia returns \u0026 returns of stores;\n         payrolls; oaths of qualification; ordinances; pardons;\n         petitions; proceedings; receipts; resolutions of Congress and\n         the Virginia House of Delegates; and treaties with various\n         Indian tribes \u0026 European powers.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Andrew Pickens, \u0026 Benjamin Hawkins, Agents for Indian\n         Affairs; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress: Richard Henry\n         Lee, James Monroe, William Grayson, Samuel Hardy, Edward\n         Carrington \u0026 Henry Lee.","Letters from Thomas Jefferson, in Paris, regard\n         arrangements for Monsieur Houdon's sculpting of a bust of the\n         Marquis de la Fayette and a statue of George Washington for\n         the State of Virginia (1785 Jan. 12, June 16, July 8, July 11,\n         Aug. 22; 1786 Jan. 24). Noteworthy is Houdon's contract\n         written in French (1785 July 8). There is also a letter from\n         Jefferson concerning resolutions of Congress to improve\n         commerce between France and the United States (1786 May 31).\n         Both Jefferson and Thomas Barclay, Consul-General, endeavored\n         to have arms manufactured in France and transported to\n         Virginia for the use of the militia (1785 Aug. 23, Oct. 12;\n         1786 Jan. 16, July 22). The letter from Barclay, dated Jan.\n         16, encloses French contract for 3,400 stand of arms to be\n         constructed at the Royal Manufactory at Tulle.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponded often\n         with Henry. He enclosed resolutions and acts of Congress,\n         monthly States of Representation, treaties, etc. Significant\n         documents transmitted to Thomson include resolutions regarding\n         the establishment of a federal town (1784 Dec. 20); an act of\n         Congress for negotiating a treaty with Southern Indians (1785\n         March 24); an act of Congress for laying out into distinct\n         states the Western Territory ceded to the Union (1785 May 28);\n         and the treaty between the United States and Prussia (1786\n         June 9).","Correspondence from John Jay relates to his position as\n         Secretary of Foreign Affairs. On 6 July 1786, Jay enclosed a\n         letter from John Adams regarding a state of grievances from\n         British merchants and other subjects owed debts in America.\n         Jay also encloses a letter to him from Thomas Jefferson, a\n         contract between Farmers General of France and Robert Morris,\n         and a letter to Jefferson from the Comte de Vergennes (1786\n         Aug. 28). Henry Knox, Secretary of War, writes Henry regarding\n         two companies ordered to the rapids of the Ohio by Maj. North\n         (1786 July 13) and instructions to the senior officer of the\n         troops to be raised in Virginia by the act of Congress passed\n         on 20 Oct. 1786 (1786 Oct. 21).","As Agents for Indian Affairs, Joseph Martin, Andrew\n         Pickens, and Benjamin Hawkins corresponded with Governor with\n         respect to issues relating to Native Americans. On 25 March\n         1785, Joseph Martin requested a commission in case of invasion\n         by the Cherokee, Creek and Chickamauga Indians. Martin also\n         requested a certificate from Governor Henry to be forwarded to\n         Congress with the offer of his services as Indian Commissioner\n         fo the entire Southern Department (1785 April 17). The three\n         agents wrote Henry on 10 June 1785 regarding their commission\n         to treat with the Cherokees and other southern tribes. Present\n         are articles of treaty between the agents concluded at\n         Hopewell, S.C. (1786 Jan. 3).","The Virginia delegates to the Continental Congress\n         submitted various documents to the Governor for his\n         examination. Included is letter from Samuel Hardy and James\n         Monroe on the subject of public buildings at the falls of the\n         Delaware and the intermediate residence of Congress in New\n         York. The delegates discuss a federal town and the decision to\n         appropriate money for more than one town (1785 March). Richard\n         Henry Lee, William Grayson, and James Monroe enclosed copies\n         of treaties with Indian tribes at Fort Stanwix and Fort\n         McIntosh on 22 Oct. 1784 and 21 Jan. 1785. They also include\n         an act appointing a treaty to be held at post St. Vincent \t\t  (1785\n         May 16). Lee and Grayson also informed Governor Henry of the\n         death of Samuel Hardy in a letter dated 24 Oct. 1785. In\n         addition, there is a resolution of Congress respecting Hardy's\n         death from 17 Oct. 1785.","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates; J.\n         Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Capt. John Peyton, Superintendent\n         of the Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; William Rose, Keeper of the\n         Public Jail; Edmund Randolph, Attorney General; Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., Solicitor General; Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant\n         Commissioner of Military Claims; Capt. James Barron, Virginia\n         Navy; and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","John Beckley enclosed resolutions from the legislature to\n         the Governor. On 15 Nov. 1785, Beckley submitted the ballot in\n         Congress electing Richard Henry Lee, William Grayson, James\n         Monroe, Edward Carrington, and Henry Lee to the Continental\n         Congress. Beckley also submitted the election of James Innes\n         to replace Edmund Randolph as Attorney General (1786 Nov. 23).\n         J. Brooke submitted similar documents from the Senate as Clerk\n         of that body.","Captain John Peyton often wrote Colonel Thomas Meriwether,\n         Clerk of the Council and Commissioner of Army Accounts, and\n         Governor Henry regarding the state of the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal. Peyton's letters concern public negroes working at\n         the lead mines, clothing and provisions for his guard at the\n         arsenal, the repair of public arms, and quarterly returns of\n         arms and military stores. Additionally, there is a letter from\n         Meriwether resigning as Commissioner of Army Accounts (1785\n         April 1).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail authored letters\n         concerning provisions and repairs to the Jail. On 6 December\n         1784, Rose drafted a letter to Col. Meriwether for the\n         construction of a wall around the jail. In addition, on 2 Oct.\n         1786, he submitted a complete list of prisoners to the\n         Governor. Captain James Barron, Virginia State Navy, submitted\n         payrolls for his state boats Liberty and Patriot, and\n         correspondence regarding smugglers, pirates in Warwick Creek\n         Bay, and the necessity of an additional ship to patrol the\n         James and Norfolk rivers.","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to specific\n         Revolutionary War claims with the United States while he\n         served as Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims.\n         Dunscomb's oath of qualification as Commissioner of Military\n         Claims can also be found in these papers (1785 March 18).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc.\n         Treasurer Jacquelin Ambler's letters too relate to the\n         financial matters of the state.","Edmund Randolph, Attorney General, wrote opinions on\n         various issues including the power fo the executive to aid\n         foreign consuls (1785 May 8), the appointment of sheriffs\n         (1785 May 12), slaves brought into Virginia (1785 June 21),\n         and the duties of searchers (1786 March 8).","Other noteworthy correspondents include Arthur Campbell,\n         county lieutenant and justice, and later as a member of the\n         House of Delegates from Washington County; Col. Jacques Le\n         Maire, a Frenchman who fought in the American Revolution;\n         George Washington; Robert Mitchell \u0026 John Harvie, Mayors of Richmond; and\n         other state governors including James Bowdoin, Governor of\n         Massachusetts, Edward Telfair, Governor of Georgia, \u0026 John\n         Sevier, Governor of the break-away State of Franklin.","Arthur Campbell figured prominently in Governor Henry's\n         executive papers. Campbell voiced concerns about the militia\n         law, the State of Franklin, the murder of Frenchman Major Le\n         Brun., and Indian outrages. In 1785, Campbell was charged with\n         misconduct, specifically for advising persons to refuse\n         payment of taxes, advising freeholders against sending members\n         to the Assembly, and attempting to induce inhabitants to\n         separate from the Commonwealth. Numerous depositions were\n         taken in February and March of 1786 with regards to this\n         case.","Colonel Le Maire wrote to Governor Henry regarding foreign\n         affairs between France and Prussia, admission into the Order\n         of Cincinnati, a commission as lieutenant-colonel of dragoons,\n         American citizenship, and a petition for the settlement of his\n         claim against the State of Virginia. On 3 Dec. 1785, Le Maire\n         requested to be sent to France in order to obtain a frigate to\n         protect the Chesapeake Bay against Algerine pirates.","George Washington writes Governor Henry concerning the cutting of the Elizabeth River to Albemarle Sound and the Great Dismal Swamp (1785 Nov. 30) (letter separated to Vault - George Washington Papers).","Robert Mitchell, Mayor of Richmond, wrote Governor Henry on\n         13 May and 26 July 1785 regarding the use of convict labor in\n         the city. He also writes with respect to escaped prisoners on\n         8 Nov. 1785. Mitchell's successor, John Harvie, declines the\n         use of prisoners as labor in a letter written 9 Jan. 1786.","The governors corresponding with Virginia included Governor\n         James Bowdoin of Massachusetts. Bowdoin writes about trade\n         with Great Britain and encloses an act of the Commonwealth of\n         Massachusetts for the suspension of the act for the regulation\n         of navigation and commerce (1786 July 10). Governor Edward\n         Telfair of Georgia writes concerning 500 stand of arms given\n         to Georgia from the State of Virginia in order to fight\n         Indians (1786 May 27). Lastly, John Sevier discusses the\n         formation of the State of Franklin from the western waters of\n         North Carolina and his appointment as governor (1785 July\n         19)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":149,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:22:44.437Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00438_c02_c11"}},{"id":"vi_vi00438_c02_c12","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"box 5, Folder 12, [title not supplied], 1785","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00438_c02_c12#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00438_c02_c12","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00438_c02_c12"],"id":"vi_vi00438_c02_c12","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00438","_root_":"vi_vi00438","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00438_c02","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00438_c02","parent_ssim":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786","Executive Papers of Governor Patrick Henry -\n Oversize (Clamshell box)"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00438","vi_vi00438_c02"],"title_filing_ssi":"box 5, Folder 12, [title not supplied]","title_ssm":["box 5, Folder 12, [title not supplied]"],"title_tesim":["box 5, Folder 12, [title not supplied]"],"normalized_title_ssm":["box 5, Folder 12, [title not supplied], 1785"],"text":["box 5, Folder 12, [title not supplied], 1785","Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786","Executive Papers of Governor Patrick Henry -\n Oversize (Clamshell box)","box 5","Folder 12"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786","Executive Papers of Governor Patrick Henry -\n Oversize (Clamshell box)"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786","Executive Papers of Governor Patrick Henry -\n Oversize (Clamshell box)"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1785"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1785 Aug. 23"],"level_ssm":["File"],"level_ssim":["File"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":92,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786"],"containers_ssim":["box 5","Folder 12"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"date_range_isim":[1785],"_nest_path_":"/components#1/components#11","timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:22:44.437Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00438","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00438","_root_":"vi_vi00438","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00438","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00438.xml","title_ssm":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786"],"title_tesim":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786"],"text":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786","39700","3.05 cubic\n         feet.","There are no restrictions.","Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4918-4921.","Miscellaneous Reel 4918 - 1784 Dec. 1-1785 July 29\n\n          Miscellaneous Reel 4919 - 1785 Aug. 1-1786 Feb. 27\n\n          Miscellaneous Reel 4920 - 1786 Mar. 1-Sept. 27\n\n          Miscellaneous Reel 4921 - 1786 Oct. 2-Nov. 28","Arranged chronologically.","Patrick Henry was born on 29 May 1736 in Studley, Hanover\n         County, Virginia, the second son of John Henry and Sarah\n         Winston Syme. Henry married twice; first to Sarah Shelton in\n         1754, and later to Dorothea Spotswood Dandridge in 1776. He\n         was admitted to the bar on 15 April 1760 and was elected to\n         his first public office as a member of the Virginia House of\n         Burgesses on 29 May 1765. As a member of this body, Henry\n         fought against the Stamp Act and helped defend the rights of\n         the colonies against British tyranny. He assisted in the\n         establishment of committees of correspondence among the\n         colonies and was a delegate to the first Continental Congress\n         in 1774-1775. Henry was a staunch supporter for the\n         independence of the colonies from Great Britain. Well-known\n         for his extraordinary oratory abilities, Henry's famous \"Give\n         me liberty or give me death\" speech on 23 March 1775 helped\n         galvanize Virginian's resolve for independence. In May 1776,\n         he was elected to the Fifth Revolutionary Convention where he\n         advocated a bill of rights and constitution for Virginia. The\n         Convention named Henry the first governor of the newly\n         independent commonwealth and he served three consecutive\n         one-year terms until 1778. Following these terms as governor,\n         Henry returned the legislature, but was again elected governor\n         for two additional terms from 17 November 1784 to November\n         1786. Retiring from political office in 1791, Henry declined\n         appointments to be a United States Senator in 1794, Secretary\n         of State in 1795, Chief Justice, Minister of France \u0026\n         Spain, and a sixth term as Governor. Patrick Henry died on 6\n         June 1799 in Red Hill, Virginia.","Governor Henry's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items and pardons arranged at the\n         end of each year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Henry's fourth \u0026 fifth terms as\n         Governor from 30 November 1784 to 30 November 1786. The\n         correspondence relates to a variety of topics including\n         recommendations, resignations, \u0026 appointments for state\n         positions; Indian atrocities \u0026 treaties; Revolutionary War\n         claims; internal improvements; militia; taxation; the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal \u0026 arms; the public prison \u0026 prisoners;\n         state finances; slave labor in the lead mines; the State of\n         Franklin; piracy; foreign affairs; elections; trade; etc. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are accounts; appointments;\n         commissions; contracts; depositions; various lists of\n         escheators, invalid soldiers, justices, magistrates, county\n         commissioners, militia officers, prisoners, etc.; judicial\n         records; quarterly militia returns \u0026 returns of stores;\n         payrolls; oaths of qualification; ordinances; pardons;\n         petitions; proceedings; receipts; resolutions of Congress and\n         the Virginia House of Delegates; and treaties with various\n         Indian tribes \u0026 European powers.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Andrew Pickens, \u0026 Benjamin Hawkins, Agents for Indian\n         Affairs; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress: Richard Henry\n         Lee, James Monroe, William Grayson, Samuel Hardy, Edward\n         Carrington \u0026 Henry Lee.","Letters from Thomas Jefferson, in Paris, regard\n         arrangements for Monsieur Houdon's sculpting of a bust of the\n         Marquis de la Fayette and a statue of George Washington for\n         the State of Virginia (1785 Jan. 12, June 16, July 8, July 11,\n         Aug. 22; 1786 Jan. 24). Noteworthy is Houdon's contract\n         written in French (1785 July 8). There is also a letter from\n         Jefferson concerning resolutions of Congress to improve\n         commerce between France and the United States (1786 May 31).\n         Both Jefferson and Thomas Barclay, Consul-General, endeavored\n         to have arms manufactured in France and transported to\n         Virginia for the use of the militia (1785 Aug. 23, Oct. 12;\n         1786 Jan. 16, July 22). The letter from Barclay, dated Jan.\n         16, encloses French contract for 3,400 stand of arms to be\n         constructed at the Royal Manufactory at Tulle.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponded often\n         with Henry. He enclosed resolutions and acts of Congress,\n         monthly States of Representation, treaties, etc. Significant\n         documents transmitted to Thomson include resolutions regarding\n         the establishment of a federal town (1784 Dec. 20); an act of\n         Congress for negotiating a treaty with Southern Indians (1785\n         March 24); an act of Congress for laying out into distinct\n         states the Western Territory ceded to the Union (1785 May 28);\n         and the treaty between the United States and Prussia (1786\n         June 9).","Correspondence from John Jay relates to his position as\n         Secretary of Foreign Affairs. On 6 July 1786, Jay enclosed a\n         letter from John Adams regarding a state of grievances from\n         British merchants and other subjects owed debts in America.\n         Jay also encloses a letter to him from Thomas Jefferson, a\n         contract between Farmers General of France and Robert Morris,\n         and a letter to Jefferson from the Comte de Vergennes (1786\n         Aug. 28). Henry Knox, Secretary of War, writes Henry regarding\n         two companies ordered to the rapids of the Ohio by Maj. North\n         (1786 July 13) and instructions to the senior officer of the\n         troops to be raised in Virginia by the act of Congress passed\n         on 20 Oct. 1786 (1786 Oct. 21).","As Agents for Indian Affairs, Joseph Martin, Andrew\n         Pickens, and Benjamin Hawkins corresponded with Governor with\n         respect to issues relating to Native Americans. On 25 March\n         1785, Joseph Martin requested a commission in case of invasion\n         by the Cherokee, Creek and Chickamauga Indians. Martin also\n         requested a certificate from Governor Henry to be forwarded to\n         Congress with the offer of his services as Indian Commissioner\n         fo the entire Southern Department (1785 April 17). The three\n         agents wrote Henry on 10 June 1785 regarding their commission\n         to treat with the Cherokees and other southern tribes. Present\n         are articles of treaty between the agents concluded at\n         Hopewell, S.C. (1786 Jan. 3).","The Virginia delegates to the Continental Congress\n         submitted various documents to the Governor for his\n         examination. Included is letter from Samuel Hardy and James\n         Monroe on the subject of public buildings at the falls of the\n         Delaware and the intermediate residence of Congress in New\n         York. The delegates discuss a federal town and the decision to\n         appropriate money for more than one town (1785 March). Richard\n         Henry Lee, William Grayson, and James Monroe enclosed copies\n         of treaties with Indian tribes at Fort Stanwix and Fort\n         McIntosh on 22 Oct. 1784 and 21 Jan. 1785. They also include\n         an act appointing a treaty to be held at post St. Vincent \t\t  (1785\n         May 16). Lee and Grayson also informed Governor Henry of the\n         death of Samuel Hardy in a letter dated 24 Oct. 1785. In\n         addition, there is a resolution of Congress respecting Hardy's\n         death from 17 Oct. 1785.","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates; J.\n         Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Capt. John Peyton, Superintendent\n         of the Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; William Rose, Keeper of the\n         Public Jail; Edmund Randolph, Attorney General; Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., Solicitor General; Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant\n         Commissioner of Military Claims; Capt. James Barron, Virginia\n         Navy; and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","John Beckley enclosed resolutions from the legislature to\n         the Governor. On 15 Nov. 1785, Beckley submitted the ballot in\n         Congress electing Richard Henry Lee, William Grayson, James\n         Monroe, Edward Carrington, and Henry Lee to the Continental\n         Congress. Beckley also submitted the election of James Innes\n         to replace Edmund Randolph as Attorney General (1786 Nov. 23).\n         J. Brooke submitted similar documents from the Senate as Clerk\n         of that body.","Captain John Peyton often wrote Colonel Thomas Meriwether,\n         Clerk of the Council and Commissioner of Army Accounts, and\n         Governor Henry regarding the state of the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal. Peyton's letters concern public negroes working at\n         the lead mines, clothing and provisions for his guard at the\n         arsenal, the repair of public arms, and quarterly returns of\n         arms and military stores. Additionally, there is a letter from\n         Meriwether resigning as Commissioner of Army Accounts (1785\n         April 1).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail authored letters\n         concerning provisions and repairs to the Jail. On 6 December\n         1784, Rose drafted a letter to Col. Meriwether for the\n         construction of a wall around the jail. In addition, on 2 Oct.\n         1786, he submitted a complete list of prisoners to the\n         Governor. Captain James Barron, Virginia State Navy, submitted\n         payrolls for his state boats Liberty and Patriot, and\n         correspondence regarding smugglers, pirates in Warwick Creek\n         Bay, and the necessity of an additional ship to patrol the\n         James and Norfolk rivers.","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to specific\n         Revolutionary War claims with the United States while he\n         served as Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims.\n         Dunscomb's oath of qualification as Commissioner of Military\n         Claims can also be found in these papers (1785 March 18).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc.\n         Treasurer Jacquelin Ambler's letters too relate to the\n         financial matters of the state.","Edmund Randolph, Attorney General, wrote opinions on\n         various issues including the power fo the executive to aid\n         foreign consuls (1785 May 8), the appointment of sheriffs\n         (1785 May 12), slaves brought into Virginia (1785 June 21),\n         and the duties of searchers (1786 March 8).","Other noteworthy correspondents include Arthur Campbell,\n         county lieutenant and justice, and later as a member of the\n         House of Delegates from Washington County; Col. Jacques Le\n         Maire, a Frenchman who fought in the American Revolution;\n         George Washington; Robert Mitchell \u0026 John Harvie, Mayors of Richmond; and\n         other state governors including James Bowdoin, Governor of\n         Massachusetts, Edward Telfair, Governor of Georgia, \u0026 John\n         Sevier, Governor of the break-away State of Franklin.","Arthur Campbell figured prominently in Governor Henry's\n         executive papers. Campbell voiced concerns about the militia\n         law, the State of Franklin, the murder of Frenchman Major Le\n         Brun., and Indian outrages. In 1785, Campbell was charged with\n         misconduct, specifically for advising persons to refuse\n         payment of taxes, advising freeholders against sending members\n         to the Assembly, and attempting to induce inhabitants to\n         separate from the Commonwealth. Numerous depositions were\n         taken in February and March of 1786 with regards to this\n         case.","Colonel Le Maire wrote to Governor Henry regarding foreign\n         affairs between France and Prussia, admission into the Order\n         of Cincinnati, a commission as lieutenant-colonel of dragoons,\n         American citizenship, and a petition for the settlement of his\n         claim against the State of Virginia. On 3 Dec. 1785, Le Maire\n         requested to be sent to France in order to obtain a frigate to\n         protect the Chesapeake Bay against Algerine pirates.","George Washington writes Governor Henry concerning the cutting of the Elizabeth River to Albemarle Sound and the Great Dismal Swamp (1785 Nov. 30) (letter separated to Vault - George Washington Papers).","Robert Mitchell, Mayor of Richmond, wrote Governor Henry on\n         13 May and 26 July 1785 regarding the use of convict labor in\n         the city. He also writes with respect to escaped prisoners on\n         8 Nov. 1785. Mitchell's successor, John Harvie, declines the\n         use of prisoners as labor in a letter written 9 Jan. 1786.","The governors corresponding with Virginia included Governor\n         James Bowdoin of Massachusetts. Bowdoin writes about trade\n         with Great Britain and encloses an act of the Commonwealth of\n         Massachusetts for the suspension of the act for the regulation\n         of navigation and commerce (1786 July 10). Governor Edward\n         Telfair of Georgia writes concerning 500 stand of arms given\n         to Georgia from the State of Virginia in order to fight\n         Indians (1786 May 27). Lastly, John Sevier discusses the\n         formation of the State of Franklin from the western waters of\n         North Carolina and his appointment as governor (1785 July\n         19).","There are no restrictions.","State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers of Governor Patrick\n Henry, 1784-1786"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["39700"],"unitid_tesim":["39700"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"access_terms_ssm":["There are no restrictions."],"acqinfo_ssim":["No acquisition information available."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["3.05 cubic\n         feet."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlso available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4918-4921.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n        ","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4918 - 1784 Dec. 1-1785 July 29\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4919 - 1785 Aug. 1-1786 Feb. 27\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4920 - 1786 Mar. 1-Sept. 27\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4921 - 1786 Oct. 2-Nov. 28\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003c/list\u003e\n      "],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Alternative Form Available"],"altformavail_tesim":["Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4918-4921.","Miscellaneous Reel 4918 - 1784 Dec. 1-1785 July 29\n\n          Miscellaneous Reel 4919 - 1785 Aug. 1-1786 Feb. 27\n\n          Miscellaneous Reel 4920 - 1786 Mar. 1-Sept. 27\n\n          Miscellaneous Reel 4921 - 1786 Oct. 2-Nov. 28"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePatrick Henry was born on 29 May 1736 in Studley, Hanover\n         County, Virginia, the second son of John Henry and Sarah\n         Winston Syme. Henry married twice; first to Sarah Shelton in\n         1754, and later to Dorothea Spotswood Dandridge in 1776. He\n         was admitted to the bar on 15 April 1760 and was elected to\n         his first public office as a member of the Virginia House of\n         Burgesses on 29 May 1765. As a member of this body, Henry\n         fought against the Stamp Act and helped defend the rights of\n         the colonies against British tyranny. He assisted in the\n         establishment of committees of correspondence among the\n         colonies and was a delegate to the first Continental Congress\n         in 1774-1775. Henry was a staunch supporter for the\n         independence of the colonies from Great Britain. Well-known\n         for his extraordinary oratory abilities, Henry's famous \"Give\n         me liberty or give me death\" speech on 23 March 1775 helped\n         galvanize Virginian's resolve for independence. In May 1776,\n         he was elected to the Fifth Revolutionary Convention where he\n         advocated a bill of rights and constitution for Virginia. The\n         Convention named Henry the first governor of the newly\n         independent commonwealth and he served three consecutive\n         one-year terms until 1778. Following these terms as governor,\n         Henry returned the legislature, but was again elected governor\n         for two additional terms from 17 November 1784 to November\n         1786. Retiring from political office in 1791, Henry declined\n         appointments to be a United States Senator in 1794, Secretary\n         of State in 1795, Chief Justice, Minister of France \u0026amp;\n         Spain, and a sixth term as Governor. Patrick Henry died on 6\n         June 1799 in Red Hill, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Patrick Henry was born on 29 May 1736 in Studley, Hanover\n         County, Virginia, the second son of John Henry and Sarah\n         Winston Syme. Henry married twice; first to Sarah Shelton in\n         1754, and later to Dorothea Spotswood Dandridge in 1776. He\n         was admitted to the bar on 15 April 1760 and was elected to\n         his first public office as a member of the Virginia House of\n         Burgesses on 29 May 1765. As a member of this body, Henry\n         fought against the Stamp Act and helped defend the rights of\n         the colonies against British tyranny. He assisted in the\n         establishment of committees of correspondence among the\n         colonies and was a delegate to the first Continental Congress\n         in 1774-1775. Henry was a staunch supporter for the\n         independence of the colonies from Great Britain. Well-known\n         for his extraordinary oratory abilities, Henry's famous \"Give\n         me liberty or give me death\" speech on 23 March 1775 helped\n         galvanize Virginian's resolve for independence. In May 1776,\n         he was elected to the Fifth Revolutionary Convention where he\n         advocated a bill of rights and constitution for Virginia. The\n         Convention named Henry the first governor of the newly\n         independent commonwealth and he served three consecutive\n         one-year terms until 1778. Following these terms as governor,\n         Henry returned the legislature, but was again elected governor\n         for two additional terms from 17 November 1784 to November\n         1786. Retiring from political office in 1791, Henry declined\n         appointments to be a United States Senator in 1794, Secretary\n         of State in 1795, Chief Justice, Minister of France \u0026\n         Spain, and a sixth term as Governor. Patrick Henry died on 6\n         June 1799 in Red Hill, Virginia."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia Governor Patrick Henry, Executive Papers,\n            1784-1786. Accession 39700, State Records Collection, The\n            Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia Governor Patrick Henry, Executive Papers,\n            1784-1786. Accession 39700, State Records Collection, The\n            Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGovernor Henry's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items and pardons arranged at the\n         end of each year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Henry's fourth \u0026amp; fifth terms as\n         Governor from 30 November 1784 to 30 November 1786. The\n         correspondence relates to a variety of topics including\n         recommendations, resignations, \u0026amp; appointments for state\n         positions; Indian atrocities \u0026amp; treaties; Revolutionary War\n         claims; internal improvements; militia; taxation; the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal \u0026amp; arms; the public prison \u0026amp; prisoners;\n         state finances; slave labor in the lead mines; the State of\n         Franklin; piracy; foreign affairs; elections; trade; etc. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are accounts; appointments;\n         commissions; contracts; depositions; various lists of\n         escheators, invalid soldiers, justices, magistrates, county\n         commissioners, militia officers, prisoners, etc.; judicial\n         records; quarterly militia returns \u0026amp; returns of stores;\n         payrolls; oaths of qualification; ordinances; pardons;\n         petitions; proceedings; receipts; resolutions of Congress and\n         the Virginia House of Delegates; and treaties with various\n         Indian tribes \u0026amp; European powers.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Andrew Pickens, \u0026amp; Benjamin Hawkins, Agents for Indian\n         Affairs; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress: Richard Henry\n         Lee, James Monroe, William Grayson, Samuel Hardy, Edward\n         Carrington \u0026amp; Henry Lee.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Thomas Jefferson, in Paris, regard\n         arrangements for Monsieur Houdon's sculpting of a bust of the\n         Marquis de la Fayette and a statue of George Washington for\n         the State of Virginia (1785 Jan. 12, June 16, July 8, July 11,\n         Aug. 22; 1786 Jan. 24). Noteworthy is Houdon's contract\n         written in French (1785 July 8). There is also a letter from\n         Jefferson concerning resolutions of Congress to improve\n         commerce between France and the United States (1786 May 31).\n         Both Jefferson and Thomas Barclay, Consul-General, endeavored\n         to have arms manufactured in France and transported to\n         Virginia for the use of the militia (1785 Aug. 23, Oct. 12;\n         1786 Jan. 16, July 22). The letter from Barclay, dated Jan.\n         16, encloses French contract for 3,400 stand of arms to be\n         constructed at the Royal Manufactory at Tulle.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCharles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponded often\n         with Henry. He enclosed resolutions and acts of Congress,\n         monthly States of Representation, treaties, etc. Significant\n         documents transmitted to Thomson include resolutions regarding\n         the establishment of a federal town (1784 Dec. 20); an act of\n         Congress for negotiating a treaty with Southern Indians (1785\n         March 24); an act of Congress for laying out into distinct\n         states the Western Territory ceded to the Union (1785 May 28);\n         and the treaty between the United States and Prussia (1786\n         June 9).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from John Jay relates to his position as\n         Secretary of Foreign Affairs. On 6 July 1786, Jay enclosed a\n         letter from John Adams regarding a state of grievances from\n         British merchants and other subjects owed debts in America.\n         Jay also encloses a letter to him from Thomas Jefferson, a\n         contract between Farmers General of France and Robert Morris,\n         and a letter to Jefferson from the Comte de Vergennes (1786\n         Aug. 28). Henry Knox, Secretary of War, writes Henry regarding\n         two companies ordered to the rapids of the Ohio by Maj. North\n         (1786 July 13) and instructions to the senior officer of the\n         troops to be raised in Virginia by the act of Congress passed\n         on 20 Oct. 1786 (1786 Oct. 21).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAs Agents for Indian Affairs, Joseph Martin, Andrew\n         Pickens, and Benjamin Hawkins corresponded with Governor with\n         respect to issues relating to Native Americans. On 25 March\n         1785, Joseph Martin requested a commission in case of invasion\n         by the Cherokee, Creek and Chickamauga Indians. Martin also\n         requested a certificate from Governor Henry to be forwarded to\n         Congress with the offer of his services as Indian Commissioner\n         fo the entire Southern Department (1785 April 17). The three\n         agents wrote Henry on 10 June 1785 regarding their commission\n         to treat with the Cherokees and other southern tribes. Present\n         are articles of treaty between the agents concluded at\n         Hopewell, S.C. (1786 Jan. 3).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia delegates to the Continental Congress\n         submitted various documents to the Governor for his\n         examination. Included is letter from Samuel Hardy and James\n         Monroe on the subject of public buildings at the falls of the\n         Delaware and the intermediate residence of Congress in New\n         York. The delegates discuss a federal town and the decision to\n         appropriate money for more than one town (1785 March). Richard\n         Henry Lee, William Grayson, and James Monroe enclosed copies\n         of treaties with Indian tribes at Fort Stanwix and Fort\n         McIntosh on 22 Oct. 1784 and 21 Jan. 1785. They also include\n         an act appointing a treaty to be held at post St. Vincent \t\t  (1785\n         May 16). Lee and Grayson also informed Governor Henry of the\n         death of Samuel Hardy in a letter dated 24 Oct. 1785. In\n         addition, there is a resolution of Congress respecting Hardy's\n         death from 17 Oct. 1785.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates; J.\n         Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Capt. John Peyton, Superintendent\n         of the Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; William Rose, Keeper of the\n         Public Jail; Edmund Randolph, Attorney General; Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., Solicitor General; Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant\n         Commissioner of Military Claims; Capt. James Barron, Virginia\n         Navy; and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Beckley enclosed resolutions from the legislature to\n         the Governor. On 15 Nov. 1785, Beckley submitted the ballot in\n         Congress electing Richard Henry Lee, William Grayson, James\n         Monroe, Edward Carrington, and Henry Lee to the Continental\n         Congress. Beckley also submitted the election of James Innes\n         to replace Edmund Randolph as Attorney General (1786 Nov. 23).\n         J. Brooke submitted similar documents from the Senate as Clerk\n         of that body.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCaptain John Peyton often wrote Colonel Thomas Meriwether,\n         Clerk of the Council and Commissioner of Army Accounts, and\n         Governor Henry regarding the state of the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal. Peyton's letters concern public negroes working at\n         the lead mines, clothing and provisions for his guard at the\n         arsenal, the repair of public arms, and quarterly returns of\n         arms and military stores. Additionally, there is a letter from\n         Meriwether resigning as Commissioner of Army Accounts (1785\n         April 1).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail authored letters\n         concerning provisions and repairs to the Jail. On 6 December\n         1784, Rose drafted a letter to Col. Meriwether for the\n         construction of a wall around the jail. In addition, on 2 Oct.\n         1786, he submitted a complete list of prisoners to the\n         Governor. Captain James Barron, Virginia State Navy, submitted\n         payrolls for his state boats Liberty and Patriot, and\n         correspondence regarding smugglers, pirates in Warwick Creek\n         Bay, and the necessity of an additional ship to patrol the\n         James and Norfolk rivers.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to specific\n         Revolutionary War claims with the United States while he\n         served as Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims.\n         Dunscomb's oath of qualification as Commissioner of Military\n         Claims can also be found in these papers (1785 March 18).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc.\n         Treasurer Jacquelin Ambler's letters too relate to the\n         financial matters of the state.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Randolph, Attorney General, wrote opinions on\n         various issues including the power fo the executive to aid\n         foreign consuls (1785 May 8), the appointment of sheriffs\n         (1785 May 12), slaves brought into Virginia (1785 June 21),\n         and the duties of searchers (1786 March 8).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy correspondents include Arthur Campbell,\n         county lieutenant and justice, and later as a member of the\n         House of Delegates from Washington County; Col. Jacques Le\n         Maire, a Frenchman who fought in the American Revolution;\n         George Washington; Robert Mitchell \u0026amp; John Harvie, Mayors of Richmond; and\n         other state governors including James Bowdoin, Governor of\n         Massachusetts, Edward Telfair, Governor of Georgia, \u0026amp; John\n         Sevier, Governor of the break-away State of Franklin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eArthur Campbell figured prominently in Governor Henry's\n         executive papers. Campbell voiced concerns about the militia\n         law, the State of Franklin, the murder of Frenchman Major Le\n         Brun., and Indian outrages. In 1785, Campbell was charged with\n         misconduct, specifically for advising persons to refuse\n         payment of taxes, advising freeholders against sending members\n         to the Assembly, and attempting to induce inhabitants to\n         separate from the Commonwealth. Numerous depositions were\n         taken in February and March of 1786 with regards to this\n         case.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eColonel Le Maire wrote to Governor Henry regarding foreign\n         affairs between France and Prussia, admission into the Order\n         of Cincinnati, a commission as lieutenant-colonel of dragoons,\n         American citizenship, and a petition for the settlement of his\n         claim against the State of Virginia. On 3 Dec. 1785, Le Maire\n         requested to be sent to France in order to obtain a frigate to\n         protect the Chesapeake Bay against Algerine pirates.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Washington writes Governor Henry concerning the cutting of the Elizabeth River to Albemarle Sound and the Great Dismal Swamp (1785 Nov. 30) (letter separated to Vault - George Washington Papers).\n\t\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eRobert Mitchell, Mayor of Richmond, wrote Governor Henry on\n         13 May and 26 July 1785 regarding the use of convict labor in\n         the city. He also writes with respect to escaped prisoners on\n         8 Nov. 1785. Mitchell's successor, John Harvie, declines the\n         use of prisoners as labor in a letter written 9 Jan. 1786.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe governors corresponding with Virginia included Governor\n         James Bowdoin of Massachusetts. Bowdoin writes about trade\n         with Great Britain and encloses an act of the Commonwealth of\n         Massachusetts for the suspension of the act for the regulation\n         of navigation and commerce (1786 July 10). Governor Edward\n         Telfair of Georgia writes concerning 500 stand of arms given\n         to Georgia from the State of Virginia in order to fight\n         Indians (1786 May 27). Lastly, John Sevier discusses the\n         formation of the State of Franklin from the western waters of\n         North Carolina and his appointment as governor (1785 July\n         19).\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Governor Henry's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items and pardons arranged at the\n         end of each year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Henry's fourth \u0026 fifth terms as\n         Governor from 30 November 1784 to 30 November 1786. The\n         correspondence relates to a variety of topics including\n         recommendations, resignations, \u0026 appointments for state\n         positions; Indian atrocities \u0026 treaties; Revolutionary War\n         claims; internal improvements; militia; taxation; the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal \u0026 arms; the public prison \u0026 prisoners;\n         state finances; slave labor in the lead mines; the State of\n         Franklin; piracy; foreign affairs; elections; trade; etc. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are accounts; appointments;\n         commissions; contracts; depositions; various lists of\n         escheators, invalid soldiers, justices, magistrates, county\n         commissioners, militia officers, prisoners, etc.; judicial\n         records; quarterly militia returns \u0026 returns of stores;\n         payrolls; oaths of qualification; ordinances; pardons;\n         petitions; proceedings; receipts; resolutions of Congress and\n         the Virginia House of Delegates; and treaties with various\n         Indian tribes \u0026 European powers.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Andrew Pickens, \u0026 Benjamin Hawkins, Agents for Indian\n         Affairs; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress: Richard Henry\n         Lee, James Monroe, William Grayson, Samuel Hardy, Edward\n         Carrington \u0026 Henry Lee.","Letters from Thomas Jefferson, in Paris, regard\n         arrangements for Monsieur Houdon's sculpting of a bust of the\n         Marquis de la Fayette and a statue of George Washington for\n         the State of Virginia (1785 Jan. 12, June 16, July 8, July 11,\n         Aug. 22; 1786 Jan. 24). Noteworthy is Houdon's contract\n         written in French (1785 July 8). There is also a letter from\n         Jefferson concerning resolutions of Congress to improve\n         commerce between France and the United States (1786 May 31).\n         Both Jefferson and Thomas Barclay, Consul-General, endeavored\n         to have arms manufactured in France and transported to\n         Virginia for the use of the militia (1785 Aug. 23, Oct. 12;\n         1786 Jan. 16, July 22). The letter from Barclay, dated Jan.\n         16, encloses French contract for 3,400 stand of arms to be\n         constructed at the Royal Manufactory at Tulle.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponded often\n         with Henry. He enclosed resolutions and acts of Congress,\n         monthly States of Representation, treaties, etc. Significant\n         documents transmitted to Thomson include resolutions regarding\n         the establishment of a federal town (1784 Dec. 20); an act of\n         Congress for negotiating a treaty with Southern Indians (1785\n         March 24); an act of Congress for laying out into distinct\n         states the Western Territory ceded to the Union (1785 May 28);\n         and the treaty between the United States and Prussia (1786\n         June 9).","Correspondence from John Jay relates to his position as\n         Secretary of Foreign Affairs. On 6 July 1786, Jay enclosed a\n         letter from John Adams regarding a state of grievances from\n         British merchants and other subjects owed debts in America.\n         Jay also encloses a letter to him from Thomas Jefferson, a\n         contract between Farmers General of France and Robert Morris,\n         and a letter to Jefferson from the Comte de Vergennes (1786\n         Aug. 28). Henry Knox, Secretary of War, writes Henry regarding\n         two companies ordered to the rapids of the Ohio by Maj. North\n         (1786 July 13) and instructions to the senior officer of the\n         troops to be raised in Virginia by the act of Congress passed\n         on 20 Oct. 1786 (1786 Oct. 21).","As Agents for Indian Affairs, Joseph Martin, Andrew\n         Pickens, and Benjamin Hawkins corresponded with Governor with\n         respect to issues relating to Native Americans. On 25 March\n         1785, Joseph Martin requested a commission in case of invasion\n         by the Cherokee, Creek and Chickamauga Indians. Martin also\n         requested a certificate from Governor Henry to be forwarded to\n         Congress with the offer of his services as Indian Commissioner\n         fo the entire Southern Department (1785 April 17). The three\n         agents wrote Henry on 10 June 1785 regarding their commission\n         to treat with the Cherokees and other southern tribes. Present\n         are articles of treaty between the agents concluded at\n         Hopewell, S.C. (1786 Jan. 3).","The Virginia delegates to the Continental Congress\n         submitted various documents to the Governor for his\n         examination. Included is letter from Samuel Hardy and James\n         Monroe on the subject of public buildings at the falls of the\n         Delaware and the intermediate residence of Congress in New\n         York. The delegates discuss a federal town and the decision to\n         appropriate money for more than one town (1785 March). Richard\n         Henry Lee, William Grayson, and James Monroe enclosed copies\n         of treaties with Indian tribes at Fort Stanwix and Fort\n         McIntosh on 22 Oct. 1784 and 21 Jan. 1785. They also include\n         an act appointing a treaty to be held at post St. Vincent \t\t  (1785\n         May 16). Lee and Grayson also informed Governor Henry of the\n         death of Samuel Hardy in a letter dated 24 Oct. 1785. In\n         addition, there is a resolution of Congress respecting Hardy's\n         death from 17 Oct. 1785.","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates; J.\n         Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Capt. John Peyton, Superintendent\n         of the Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; William Rose, Keeper of the\n         Public Jail; Edmund Randolph, Attorney General; Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., Solicitor General; Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant\n         Commissioner of Military Claims; Capt. James Barron, Virginia\n         Navy; and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","John Beckley enclosed resolutions from the legislature to\n         the Governor. On 15 Nov. 1785, Beckley submitted the ballot in\n         Congress electing Richard Henry Lee, William Grayson, James\n         Monroe, Edward Carrington, and Henry Lee to the Continental\n         Congress. Beckley also submitted the election of James Innes\n         to replace Edmund Randolph as Attorney General (1786 Nov. 23).\n         J. Brooke submitted similar documents from the Senate as Clerk\n         of that body.","Captain John Peyton often wrote Colonel Thomas Meriwether,\n         Clerk of the Council and Commissioner of Army Accounts, and\n         Governor Henry regarding the state of the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal. Peyton's letters concern public negroes working at\n         the lead mines, clothing and provisions for his guard at the\n         arsenal, the repair of public arms, and quarterly returns of\n         arms and military stores. Additionally, there is a letter from\n         Meriwether resigning as Commissioner of Army Accounts (1785\n         April 1).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail authored letters\n         concerning provisions and repairs to the Jail. On 6 December\n         1784, Rose drafted a letter to Col. Meriwether for the\n         construction of a wall around the jail. In addition, on 2 Oct.\n         1786, he submitted a complete list of prisoners to the\n         Governor. Captain James Barron, Virginia State Navy, submitted\n         payrolls for his state boats Liberty and Patriot, and\n         correspondence regarding smugglers, pirates in Warwick Creek\n         Bay, and the necessity of an additional ship to patrol the\n         James and Norfolk rivers.","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to specific\n         Revolutionary War claims with the United States while he\n         served as Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims.\n         Dunscomb's oath of qualification as Commissioner of Military\n         Claims can also be found in these papers (1785 March 18).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc.\n         Treasurer Jacquelin Ambler's letters too relate to the\n         financial matters of the state.","Edmund Randolph, Attorney General, wrote opinions on\n         various issues including the power fo the executive to aid\n         foreign consuls (1785 May 8), the appointment of sheriffs\n         (1785 May 12), slaves brought into Virginia (1785 June 21),\n         and the duties of searchers (1786 March 8).","Other noteworthy correspondents include Arthur Campbell,\n         county lieutenant and justice, and later as a member of the\n         House of Delegates from Washington County; Col. Jacques Le\n         Maire, a Frenchman who fought in the American Revolution;\n         George Washington; Robert Mitchell \u0026 John Harvie, Mayors of Richmond; and\n         other state governors including James Bowdoin, Governor of\n         Massachusetts, Edward Telfair, Governor of Georgia, \u0026 John\n         Sevier, Governor of the break-away State of Franklin.","Arthur Campbell figured prominently in Governor Henry's\n         executive papers. Campbell voiced concerns about the militia\n         law, the State of Franklin, the murder of Frenchman Major Le\n         Brun., and Indian outrages. In 1785, Campbell was charged with\n         misconduct, specifically for advising persons to refuse\n         payment of taxes, advising freeholders against sending members\n         to the Assembly, and attempting to induce inhabitants to\n         separate from the Commonwealth. Numerous depositions were\n         taken in February and March of 1786 with regards to this\n         case.","Colonel Le Maire wrote to Governor Henry regarding foreign\n         affairs between France and Prussia, admission into the Order\n         of Cincinnati, a commission as lieutenant-colonel of dragoons,\n         American citizenship, and a petition for the settlement of his\n         claim against the State of Virginia. On 3 Dec. 1785, Le Maire\n         requested to be sent to France in order to obtain a frigate to\n         protect the Chesapeake Bay against Algerine pirates.","George Washington writes Governor Henry concerning the cutting of the Elizabeth River to Albemarle Sound and the Great Dismal Swamp (1785 Nov. 30) (letter separated to Vault - George Washington Papers).","Robert Mitchell, Mayor of Richmond, wrote Governor Henry on\n         13 May and 26 July 1785 regarding the use of convict labor in\n         the city. 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