CONTENTS

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I.Early Years[1]
II.Was He Illiterate?[10]
III.Becomes a Lawyer[22]
IV.A Celebrated Case[36]
V.First Triumphs at the Capital[56]
VI.Consequences[77]
VII.Steady Work[90]
VIII.In the First Continental Congress[101]
IX.“After all, We must Fight”[128]
X.The Rape of the Gunpowder[153]
XI.In Congress and in Camp[168]
XII.Independence[189]
XIII.First Governor of the State of Virginia[214]
XIV.Governor a Second Time[240]
XV.Third Year in the Governorship[257]
XVI.At Home and in the House of Delegates[271]
XVII.Shall the Confederation be made Stronger?[298]
XVIII.The Battle in Virginia over the New Constitution[313]
XIX.The After-Fight for Amendments[339]
XX.Last Labors at the Bar[357]
XXI.In Retirement[382]
XXII.Last Days[407]
List of Printed Documents Cited in this Book[424]
Index[431]

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