[15]Robert Morris later signed the Declaration of Independence and through his influence the American Revolution was financed. This speech is adapted from Sumner's "True Grandeur of Nations" and other sources.
[16]From Wirt's "Supposed Speech of Patrick Henry."
[17]A monument was recently erected at Dover in his honor.
[18]On July 9, 1776, New York instructed her delegates to sign.
AMERICAN PATRIOTISM
