by

George Morgan

With twenty-four
illustrations

Philadelphia & London,
J. B. Lippincott company,

PAGE

ELIZABETH HENRY, PATRICK'S FEMININE ALTER EGO. . . 236 (Born July 10, 1749. She married General William Campbell, hero of King's Mountain, and by him had two children-one the beautiful Sarah Buchanan, wife of General Francis Preston and mother of a distinguished line of men and women. General Campbell died at "Rocky Mills," Colonel John Syme's seat in Hanover, August 22, 1781. His widow married General William Russell, of the Continental Army, May 29, 1782, and by him had four children. She lived at Aspenvale and the Salt-works, now Saltville. As "Madam Russell" she was of celebrity throughout Virginia. She manumitted her slaves and gave up her lands to her children. She kept a pulpit in her dwelling for itinerant Methodist preachers. She was tall; and when little Mr. Madison, then a candidate for the Presidency, visited her, she placed a hand on his head, pressed him to his knees, and prayed for him as the coming Chief Executive. "I have heard all the first orators of America," said Madison, “but I have never heard any eloquence as great as that prayer of Mrs. Russell on the occasion of my visit to her." She died March 18, 1825. There is an idealized portrait of her in the memorial window of the Methodist church at Saltville.)

"SCOTCHTOWN"

(This curious old dwelling, owned and occupied by Patrick Henry,
was also the girlhood home of Dolly Payne, who became the wife of
President Madison.)

DOROTHEA SPOTSWOOD.

(Daughter of Governor Alexander Spotswood, wife of Nathaniel
West Dandridge, and mother-in-law of Patrick Henry. She was a
noble dame. The photograph is from a painting. Her picture has
never before been published.)

"SALISBURY"

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(Here Henry lived during his last two terms as Governor of Virginia. The house has a wide hallway, and a small porch on each of its four sides. It stands two miles west of Midlothian, Chesterfield County, Va., and thirteen miles west of Richmond. The estate is large.) "ATTEMPT AT THE FEATURES" OF PATRICK HENRY . . . 386 (This is a tracing by Thomas Crawford, the sculptor, from B. H. Latrobe's sketch-book. Latrobe's sketches were made in the Federal Court at Richmond. Henry had then fought all his battles, and was about to retire.)

OLD RED HILL, CHARLOTTE COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

(The smaller building was Patrick Henry's house. It was his last
home. He added only the shed at the east end, that he might hear
the patter of rain on a roof. The two-story part was erected by his
son, Colonel John Henry, who lived at Red Hill many years.)

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