Governor: office established, 5; King appoints, 18; vary greatly, 18; qualities of, 18; powers of, 19; bribe Burgesses, 19; nominate Councillors, 20; use of patronage, 19-21; calls Assembly, 21; veto, 22; hold over courts, 22; heads Church, 22, 23; Council restricts, 25, 171; Burgesses elect under Commonwealth, 70; many military officers, 194 Great Bridge: Dunmore fortifies, 250; battle of, 251 Green Spring: plundered, 98; faction meets at, 101, 102 Green Spring faction: Lady Berkeley heads, 101; to recover losses, 102; suppress King's pardon, 102; pillaging by, 104, 105 Grenville, George: wants consolidated empire, 224 Grievances: against Harvey, 47; against Berkeley, 77; against law of ports, 165 Grymes, John: Deputy Auditor, 162; conceited, 171; hates Spotswood, 172, 173 Gwynn's Island: Dunmore at, 252 Habeas Corpus: settlers claim, 2; denied by Effingham, 118 Hamilton, Lord George: Earl of Orkney, 159; Governor General, 159; career of, 159; patron of Spotswood, 160 Hansford, Thomas: executed patriot, 95 Harrison, Benjamin: Nicholson abuses, 22; Blair defends, 22; criticizes Secretary's office, 33; Councillor, 133, 140; land holdings, 135; charges against Nicholson, 147, 148 Harrison, Nathaniel: proposes reconciliation, 175 Harrison, Rev. Thomas: Puritan minister, 60; banished, 61 Hartwell, Henry: on Governor's patronage, 20, 21 Harvey, Sir John: egocentric, 18; expelled, 35; Governor, 37; arrives, 38; despotic, 39; misuse of courts, 39, 40; persecutes Pott, 39, 40; conflict with Council, 41-47; appeals to King, 41, 42; strikes Stevens, 42; aids Baltimore, 43; urges tobacco contract, 44; detains petition, 44; people's grievances against, 44; arrests Pott, English, and Martian, 45; appeals to Council, 45; Council arrest, 46; leaves for England, 47; reappointed, 48; returns to Virginia, 48, 49; revenge of, 49, 50; restores Mathews' property, 50; prosecutes Panton, 51, 52; recalled, 51; prosecuted, 51, 52; escapes from Virginia, 52; significance of expulsion, 52, 53 Harwood, Thomas: agent of Assembly, 47; hastens to London, 48 Henry, Patrick: Two-penny Act, 215; denounces clergy, 215, 216; says people must govern, 216; resolutions of, 226, 227; accused of treason, 227; alarm bell of Revolution, 229; committee of correspondence, 237; marches on Williamsburg, 245; convention of 1776, 255 Hill, Col. Edward: Green Spring faction, 101; defies King, 104; Treasurer, 129 Holt, John: his press seized, 250 Hopkins, William: contempt of House, 179; forced to apologize, 179 Howe, Col.: at Norfolk, 251; hints at burning, 251
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