Patrick Henry was not boring- he enjoyed playing his fiddle and mixing
with the crowds while he worked at Hanover Tavern, for example.  His
famous "Parson's Cause" speech electrified his audience and made them
realize that there was much more to the man than they realized. His
personality also comes out alive at Scotchtown, his home in Hanover
County, with stories given about him by the staff there when I last
visited the place.

Kathy

-----Original Message-----
From: John Shroeder [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:05 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: VA-HIST Digest - 7 Sep 2004 to 10 Sep 2004 (#2004-114)

In a message dated 9/10/2004 11:59:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
I'd welcome any suggestions of some action that could be added
especially before working on the speech. Hubby suggested that other than
his speech, Patrick Henry was a pretty boring guy. Anyone disagree?

Anne
He defended persecuted Caroline County Baptists in the courts in
Alexandria and I have noted that a number of them, including my
ancestor, John Acuff, located on Leatherwood Creek adjacent to his
Franklin County property.  It seems logical that they may have followed
him there tho' I have no evidence of that.
John

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