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Patrick Henry (1736-1799) by Thomas Sully, 1851, after a miniature from life.
Henry was as complete a master of Virginia
politics as Samuel Adams was of Massachusetts politics. Both were early advocates of independence. When independence
came, Henry became the Commonwealth of Virginia's first governor. One of his most important acts was sending George
Rogers Clark to expel the British from the Illinois country, then part of a Virginia county. Clark's success ensured that the
Midwest became part of the United States rather than part of British Canada.
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