Patrick Henry Papers (Z/0215)
Dates: 1855; 1859 - 1884; 1910 - 1935.
Patrick Henry served in the Confederate Army, the Mississippi Legislature, in the Mississippi Constitutional Convention of 1890, and the United States House of Representatives from 1897–1901. The collection contains speeches, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers of Patrick Henry and family. Most of the papers are political and patriotic speeches of Henry. Two letters (May 12, 1926 and May 13, 1929) are from Patrick Henry, Jr., Monticello, Arkansas, who was circuit judge of the Tenth Judicial District of Arkansas, who was circuit judge of the Tenth Judicial District of Arkansas. Two letters (May 11 and 17, 1935) are from Mrs. Patrick Henry, Jr., and pertain to the death of her husband.
The five volumes are as follows:
- "Genealogy of the Henry's and Flournoy's, 1855" pp. 158, 16 x 19.5 cm.
- Scrapbook and notebook principally on the Civil War, 1859–1871, pp. 138, 20 x 26 cm.
- Legal notebook of R. V. Booth, Vicksburg, dated February 8, 1881, and presented to Patrick Henry on January 15, 1913, pp. 87, 14 x 22 cm.
- Autograph book of Patrick Henry, January 13, 1861–August 1, 1884, pp. 41, 15 x 19 cm.
- James R. Binford, "Recollections of the Fifteenth Regiment of Mississippi Infantry, C.S.A.," pp. 71, 21.5 x 35.5 cm.
Papers are in Box 1. Volumes are in Box 2, with the exception of Volume 4, "Autograph Book," which is in Box 1.