Lee, Richard Henry, on committee to protest against Stamp Act, [66];
leader of radicals in politics, [95];
appointed delegate to Continental Congress, [99];
praised by Virginia delegates as the Cicero of the age, [101];
meets John Adams and is praised by him, [106];
in debate over manner of voting, [112];
on committee to prepare address to king, [117];
author of draft rejected by Congress, [118];
on committee of Virginia convention for organizing militia, [151];
on other committees, [152];
in second Continental Congress, [173];
letter of Pendleton to, describing military situation in Virginia, [178];
in convention of 1776, [190];
urged by Henry to promote French alliance, [198];
favors a democratic constitution, [202];
appealed to for aid by Henry, [204];
supposed to have been won by Conway cabal, [243], [253];
loses popularity in Virginia, [252];
barely succeeds in reëlection to Congress, [253];
consoled by Henry, [253];
warned of decay of public spirit in Virginia, [254];
Henry’s only rival in leadership of General Assembly, [275];
compared with Henry by S. Roane, [295-296];
opposes a strong central government, [305];
not a member of Virginia ratifying convention, [319];
opposes ratification of Constitution, [320];
his election as senator dictated by Henry, [350], [353];
turns from Jefferson to support of Washington, [398].
Lee, Thomas Ludwell, suggested as messenger by Henry, [205].
Legislature of Virginia, first appearance of Henry before Burgesses in election case, [61];
corruption of speaker in, [63];
motion for a “loan office” in, defeated by Henry, [64];
protests against proposed Stamp Act, [65];
doubts among members as to course after its passage, [66-68];
deliberates on Stamp Act, [68];
introduction of Henry’s resolutions, [69];
opposition of old leaders, [69], [71];
debate in, [71-74];
passes, then amends resolutions, [74], [75];
deplores Boston Port Bill, [97];
dissolved by Governor Dunmore, [97];
its members call for a Continental Congress, [98];
recommend a colonial convention, [99];
which meets, [99];
appoints delegates to first Continental Congress, [99], [100];
adjourns, [100];
second convention meets, [134];
its determination to prepare for war, [135];
causes for objections to Henry’s resolutions to arm militia, [136-139];
adopts his resolutions to arm militia, and prepares for war, [151], [152];
return of Virginia congressional delegates to, [176];
thanks them, [176];
appoints Henry commander-in-chief with limited powers, [177];
meets at Williamsburg, [190];
its able membership, [190];
struggle for presidency between Pendleton’s and Henry’s factions, [191];
committees and business transacted by, [192], [193];
sentiment in, said to favor independence, [193];
instructs delegates to Congress to propose independence, foreign alliance, and a confederation, [197];
appoints committee to draw up state Constitution and bill of rights, [200];
aristocratic and democratic parties in, [201-207];
adopts declaration of rights, [207-210];
establishes religious liberty, [208], [209];
adopts state Constitution, [210];
its democratic form, [210], [211];
elects Henry governor, [211];
General Assembly holds first session, [220];
said to have planned to make Henry dictator, [223], [224], [226];
confers extraordinary powers on Governors Henry and Jefferson, [228], [231], [233];
adjourns, [232];
no trace of a plot in, as described by Jefferson, [233-235];
reëlects Henry governor, [238], [239];
its sessions during 1777 and 1778, [241];
elects delegates to Congress, [253];
again confers extraordinary powers on Henry, [256];
and reëlects him governor, [256];
again confers on Henry extraordinary powers, [260];
[Pg 446] desires to reëlect Henry for fourth term, [267];
on his refusal, elects Jefferson, [268];
passes resolutions complimenting Henry, [268];
elects Henry delegate to Congress, [271];
led by Henry in 1780 and afterwards, [275];
work done by it, [275-278];
reëlects Jefferson, [276];
fears approach of Cornwallis, [278], [279];
its flight from Tarleton, [280-284];
reassembles at Staunton, [284], [285];
elects Thomas Nelson governor, [285];
again said to have planned to make Henry dictator, [285];
contrary evidence, [286], [287];
subsequent sessions of, [287-288];
its scanty reports, [288];
mastery of Henry over, [294-297];
passes bill to prevent speculation in soldiers’ certificates, [295];
again elects Henry governor, [298];
offers Washington shares in canal companies, [300];
publicly thanks Henry on his retirement from governorship, [302];
passes resolutions condemning proposed surrender of Mississippi navigation, [308];
chooses Henry delegate to constitutional convention, [309];
feared that it will refuse to submit Constitution to a ratifying convention, [314];
summons a state convention, [316];
dominated by Henry, [346];
asks Congress to call a second convention, [346], [347-350];
elects R. H. Lee and Grayson senators at Henry’s dictation, and rejects Madison, [350], [351];
gerrymanders the State in hopes of defeating Federalists, [351];
unable to assemble a quorum during Henry’s speech in British debts case, [362], [364];
controlled by Jefferson, [406];
elects Henry governor for sixth time in 1796, [406];
passes resolutions condemning alien and sedition laws, [408];
Henry asked by Washington to become a candidate for, [414];
he presents himself, [415];
action of Assembly deplored by him, [417];
its action called unconstitutional, [417], [418].
Leonard, Daniel, describes the effect of the Virginia Resolves in New England, [82], [83].
Lewis, Andrew, on committee for arming Virginia militia, [151].
Lewis, William, his remark to Henry on the flight of the legislature from Tarleton, [283].
Lincoln, Benjamin, informed by Washington of Henry’s submission to the Constitution, [344].
Littlepage, James, his seat in Virginia legislature contested by Dandridge, [61].
Livingston, Philip, member of first Continental Congress, [108];
of the second, [172], [173];
as likely as Henry to have proved a good fighter, but, unlike him, never offered, [188].
Livingston, William, member of first Continental Congress, [108].