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SCI LIBRARY

The Correspondence of Thomas Jefferson

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HENRY, PATRICK / REMEMBRANCE OF



When the famous Resolutions of 1765, against the Stamp-act, were proposed, I was yet a student of law in Williamsburg. I attended the debate, however, at the door of the lobby of the House of Burgesses, and heard the splendid display of Mr. Henry's talents as a popular orator. They were great indeed; such as I have never heard from any other man. He appeared to me to speak as Homer wrote. Mr. Johnson, a lawyer, and member from the Northern Neck, seconded the resolutions, and by him the learning and the logic of the case were chiefly maintained. My recollections of these transactions may be seen page 6o of the life of Patrick Henry, by Wirt, to whom I furnished them.

from Notes for an Autobiography, 6 January 1821