The Patrick Henry Executive Letters Received collection has been digitized from originals and added to the Library of Virginia repository. These letters were originally digitized from microfilm, but are now much more readable.

Check the collection out at:

http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/X9VNT3EE4SSHAV1LSXYHRK4CC8446VE8HMYIXG733IDLHUYQH9-03956?func=collections-result&collection_id=2643&pds_handle=GUEST


Governor Henry's Executive papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during Henry's three one-year terms as the first governor of Virginia between 6 July 1776 and 1 June 1779. The correspondence primarily relates to the Revolutionary War, Indian affairs, boundary disputes between Virginia & Pennsylvania in West Augusta, and the militia. Prominent correspondents from the United States government include John Hancock, Henry Laurens & John Jay, Presidents of Congress; Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; and Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, John Banister, & Thomas Adams, representatives to the Continental Congress. The digitization of this collection was funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).


John G. Deal
Public Services and Outreach Division
Library of Virginia
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