[167] _Letters of John Adams to his Wife_, i. 47, 48. [168] _Works of Jefferson_, i. 116. [169] 4 _Am. Arch._ ii. 1227. [170] _Ibid._ iii. 390. [171] 4 _Am. Arch._ ii. 387. [172] _Ibid._ ii. 395. [173] _Ibid._ ii. 442, 443. [174] _Ibid._ ii. 426. [175] 4 _Am. Arch._ ii. 443. [176] Patrick Henry's reasons were thus stated by him at the time to Colonel Richard Morris and Captain George Dabney, and by the latter were communicated to Wirt, 136, 137. [177] Wirt, 137, 138. [178] Wirt, 141. [179] 4 _Am. Arch._ ii. 504 [180] Cooke, _Virginia_, 432. [181] 4 _Am. Arch._ ii. 540. [182] 4 _Am. Arch._ ii. 541. [183] _Ibid._ [184] 4 _Am. Arch._ ii. 516. [185] 4 _Am. Arch._ ii. 540, 541. [186] _Ibid._ ii. 529. [187] _Ibid._ ii. 539, 540. [188] 4 _Am. Arch._ ii. 641. [189] _Ibid._ ii. 667. [190] _Ibid._ ii. 710, 711. [191] _Ibid._ ii. 938. [192] 4 _Am. Arch._ ii. 1024. [193] _Ibid._ ii. 1620, 1621. For notable comments on Patrick Henry's "striking and lucky _coup de main_," see Rives, _Life of Madison_, i. 93, 94; _Works of Jefferson_, i. 116, 117; Charles Mackay, _Founders of the American Republic_, 232-234; 327. [194] 4 _Am. Arch._ ii. 541. CHAPTER XI IN CONGRESS AND IN CAMP On Thursday, the 18th of May, Patrick Henry took his seat in the second Continental Congress; and he appears thenceforward to have continued in attendance until the very end of the session, which occurred on the 1st of August. From the official journal of this Congress, it is impossible to ascertain the full extent of any member's participation in its work. Its proceedings were transacted in secret; and only such results were announced to the public as, in the opinion of Congress, it was desirable that the public should know. Then, too, from the private correspondence and the diaries of its members but little help can be got. As affecting Patrick Henry, almost the only non-official testimony that has been found is that of Jefferson, who, however, did not enter this Congress until its session was half gone, and who, forty years afterward, wrote what he probably supposed to be his recollections concerning his old friend's deportment and influence in that body:--