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Links of Interest

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National and State Resources

National Register of Historic Places - See entry for Hanover Meeting House

Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation Listing of land trusts and conservancies in Virginia

Virginia Department of Historic Resources

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (A.P.V.A).

Thomas Jefferson’s Statute for Religious Freedom (1786)

Road to Revolution State Heritage Trail Sites

Red Hill, the Patrick Henry National Memorial. Located in Charlotte County, VA; it was Patrick Henry's residence from 1794-1799. Henry is buried at the site.

Historic St. John's Church, Richmond, VA.
St. John's Episcopal Church is the oldest church in Richmond, Virginia. St. John's
hosted the Second Virginia Convention in 1775. It was at this meeting that Patrick
Henry challenged his comrades with, "Give me Liberty or give me Death."

Hanover Tavern Foundation Patrick Henry lived at the Tavern site in 1763 when he argued the"Parson's Cause" across the street at Hanover Courthouse.

Scotchtown, The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (A.P.V.A).

Hampden-Sydney College is a liberal arts college for men. Patrick Henry, believing that "every free state" should promote "useful knowledge amongst its citizens," helped to create the College in Prince Edward County in 1775. Six of Henry's sons studied there. The10th oldest college in the United States, Hampden-Sydney also founded the Presbyterian Union Theological Seminary

Local Links of Interest

Hanover Historic Society


Heritage and History of Hanover County, Inc.

Hanover Historic Commission

Historic Richmond Region

Richmond Region 2007

 

Further Reading Resources

James H. Smylie, "A Brief History of the Presbyterians.". Louisville: Geneva Press, 1996.

Rhys Isaac, "The Transformation of Virginia 1740-1790". Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1982.

William Henry Foote, D.D., "Sketches of Virginia-Historical and Bibliographical". Richmond: John Knox Press (Reprint and Indexed) 1966. Original published in Philadelphia in 1850.

George William Pilcher, "Samuel Davies: Apostle of Dissent in Colonial Virginia". Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1971.

Henry Mayer, "A Son of Thunder, Patrick Henry and the American Republic". Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1991.

Related News Stories

First Freedom Award presented to founder Robert Bluford for his role in preservation of the Historic Polegreen Church site.

"Memorial Recognizes Polegreen Church Site" - Public Information Article

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