[29] William Wirt, Life of Patrick Henry, 139-141.

[30] Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, eds. Albion and Dodson, 24.

[31] Dunmore papers, no. 26.

[32] Ibid.

[33] The Virginia Gazette, Pinckney, May 11, 1775.

[34] Dunmore papers, No. 28.

[35] Ibid.

[36] Journals of the House of Burgesses, 1773-1776: 174, 175.

[37] Ibid., pp. 219-221.

[38] Dunmore papers, No. 28.