True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 96
as the last resort, theyturned to Patrick Henry, a young lawyer of twenty-four years,who had never made a public speech in his life. The placewhere the case was to be tried was at Hanover Court-house, PATRICK HENRY 97 and the judge who was to sit on the bench was Patrick Henrysown father, and among… … A TYPICAL VIRGINIA COURTHOUSE IN THE DAYS OF PATRICK HENRY. The day came. It was one of those beautiful Indian sum-mer days which comes in November in the South. PatrickHenry was early at the courthouse and great throngs of peoplegathered in from all directions. Never before in Hanoverhad there…
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