[176] Patrick Henry’s reasons were thus stated by him at the time to Colonel Richard Morris and Captain George Dabney, and by the latter were communicated to Wirt, 136, 137.

[177] Wirt, 137, 138.

[178] Wirt, 141.

[179] 4 Am. Arch. ii. 504

[180] Cooke, Virginia, 432.

[181] 4 Am. Arch. ii. 540.

[182] 4 Am. Arch. ii. 541.

[183] Ibid.

[184] 4 Am. Arch. ii. 516.

[185] 4 Am. Arch. ii. 540, 541.