Introduction -- Virginia plantations -- Storekeeper to plantation farmer -- Music, dancing, and pleasure -- Virginia lawyer -- Sparkling blue eyes -- Two penny law -- Rumblings of revolution -- Family tragedy -- Defending rights -- Tea taxes and boycotts -- Not a Virginian, but an American -- Liberty or death -- Gunpowder perils -- Commander Henry -- Governor of Virginia -- War years -- Constitutional convention -- Final years -- Conclusion -- Timeline -- Where on the web? -- Glossary -- Index.