Henry, John, marries Sarah Syme, 2; father of Patrick Henry, 2; his education and character, 2, 3; distinguished Scotch relatives, 3; educates his son, 6, 13; sets him up in trade, 6; after his failure and marriage establishes him on a farm, 7; hears his son's speech in Parsons' Cause, 49, 50. Henry, Patrick, his birth, 2; ancestry and relatives, 2-5; education, 5, 6; apprenticed at fifteen to a tradesman, 6; fails in business with his brother, 6; marries Sarah Skelton, 7; established as planter by relative and fails, 7; again tries store-keeping and fails, 8; not cast down by embarrassments, 8, 9; decides to study law, 9; discussion of his alleged illiteracy, 10-19; his pronunciation, 10, 11; habits of self-depreciation, 11, 12; his teachers, 13, 15; knowledge of Latin and Greek, 13, 15; mastery of language, 13; signs of culture in his letters, 14; anecdotes illustrating his knowledge of Latin, 16, 17; his taste for reading, 18; fondness for history, 19; liking for Butler's "Analogy" and the Bible, 20; his natural qualifications for the law, 21; studies law, 22; goes to Williamsburg to be examined, 22; Jefferson's stories of his difficulties in passing examination, 23; his own statement, 24, 25; returns to Hanover to practice law, 25; lives in his father-in-law's tavern, 26; not a "barkeeper," 26; not dependent on his father-in-law, 27; stories of his lack of practice, 27; their falsity shown by record of his numerous cases, 27, 28; statements by Wirt and Jefferson as to his ignorance, 29, 30; their impossibility, 31, 32, 34; proof of technical character of his practice, 32; his legal genius, 34; becomes celebrated through "Parsons' Cause," 36; undertakes to defend vestrymen in suit for damages, 46; insists on acceptance of a jury of common people, 47; description of his speech by Wirt, 49-52; its overwhelming effect, 51, 52; description by Maury, 53, 54; denies royal authority to annul colonial laws, 54; apologizes to Maury, 55, 57; not really an enemy of the clergy, 56, 57; his geniality, 58; popularity with the masses in Virginia, 59; gains great reputation and increased practice, 60; goes to Williamsburg as counsel in contested election case, 60; despised by committee on account of appearance, 61; his speech, 61. _Member of Virginia Legislature._ Elected representative from Louisa County, 62; attacks in his first speech a project for a corrupt loan office, 64; introduces resolutions against Stamp Act, 69; his fiery speeches in their behalf, 72, 73; after their passage leaves for home, 74; neglects to preserve records of his career, 77;