" moves Henry to write a reply, 374.

Parsons' Cause, 36-55;
establishment of church in Virginia, 37;
payment of clergy, 37, 38;
legislation to enforce payment by vestry, 39;
option laws to prevent clergy profiting by high price, 40, 41;
royal veto, 44;
suits brought by clergy for damages, 44, 45;
suit of Maury against Fredericksville parish, 45-55;
selection of an unfair jury, 46, 47;
illegal verdict, 48;
Henry's speech and its effect, 48-52;
comments of Maury, 53-55;
excitement produced by, 58, 60;
reported to England, 86.

Pendleton, Edmund, his pronunciation an example of dialect, 11;
said by Jefferson to have been one of Henry's bar examiners, 23;
on committee to protest against Stamp Act, 66;
believes submission necessary, 67;
opposes Henry's Virginia Resolves, 71;
loses leadership to Henry, 89;
prominent at Virginia bar, 93;
surpassed by Henry in admiralty case, 93;
leader of conservative party, 95;
appointed delegate to Continental Congress, 99;
his journey with Henry and Washington, 101;
described by Atkinson, 102;
in debate on manner of voting, 112;
opposes Henry's motion in Virginia convention to organize militia, 137;
on committee for arming militia, 151;
on other committees, 152;
returns from Congress to Virginia convention, 176;
thanked by Virginia, 176;
at head of Virginia Committee of Safety, describes situation to
R. H. Lee, 178;
explains his objections to Henry's serving in field, 185;
in convention of 1776, 190;
opposed for president by Henry's friends, 191;
drafts resolution instructing delegates in Congress to propose
independence, 197;
favors aristocratic government, 201;
favors ratification of federal Constitution, 320.

Pennsylvania, prepares to resist England by force, 133.

Phillips, General William, commands British force invading Virginia, 278.

Powell, ----, entertains John Adams at first Continental Congress, 105.

Providence, R. I., people of, approve Virginia Resolutions, 82.

Raleigh Tavern, meeting-place of Burgesses after dissolution of
Assembly, 98.

Randall, Henry Stephens, describes at third hand Henry's speech for
organizing militia, 146.

Randolph, Edmund, gives a version of Henry's warning to George III.,
73, note;
says the Virginia Resolves were written by William Fl