eming, 84, note;
in Virginia convention of 1776, 190;
testimony as to authorship of Virginia resolution favoring
independence, 197;
on committee to frame Constitution, 200;
says Henry drafted two articles of bill of rights, 208;
calls Washington a dictator in 1781, 229;
denies Jefferson's story of a Virginia dictatorship in 1781, 287;
informs Madison of Henry's refusal to go to constitutional convention,
310;
receives Madison's reply, 312;
correspondence with Madison relative to Virginia opposition to
ratification of Constitution, 316;
refuses to sign Constitution and publishes objections, 319;
supports it in the convention, 320;
twitted by Henry, turns on him fiercely, 334, 335.

Randolph, John, his part in Henry's bar examination, 23-26;
leader of bar in Virginia, 43.

Randolph, John, of Roanoke, describes Henry's appearance in British
debts case, 364, 365;
answers Henry's last speech, 419;
Henry's parting advice to, 420.

Randolph, Peyton, attorney-general, his part in Henry's bar
examination, 23;
on committee to protest against Stamp Act, 66;
counsels submission, 67;
opposes Henry's Virginia Resolves, 71;
his anger at their passage, 74;
loses leadership to Henry, 89;
leader of conservatives, 95;
appointed delegate to Continental Congress, 99;
described by Atkinson, 102;
meets John Adams at Continental Congress, 106;
chosen to preside, 107;
assures Virginia troops that gunpowder affair will be satisfactorily
settled, 157.

Read, George, member of first Continental Congress, 108.

Reed, Joseph, meets John Adams at first Continental Congress, 106;
doubts Henry's ability to command in the field, 186.

Religious liberty in Virginia, asserted in sixteenth article of
declaration of rights written by Henry, 208;
hitherto limited, 209;
petition of Baptists for, 209;
proposals of Henry involving, 294.

Revolution, war of, predicted by Henry, 116, 125;
by Hawley and John Adams, 125;
by Dickinson, Charles Lee, 130;
prepared for by Connecticut, 131, 133;
by Rhode Island, 132;
by Maryland, 132;
and other colonies, 133, 134;
by Virginia, 133-152;
considered inevitable by Henry, 138;
events of in 1776, 221;
in 1777, 235, 236;
in 1777 and 1778, 240, 241, 257.

Rhoades, Samuel, at first Continental Cong