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This house protected by an armed citizen. There is absolutely nothing here worth dying for.

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Patrick Henry
Age: 63 †
Born: 1736
Born: May 29
Died: 1799
Died: June 6
Governor Of Virginia
Lawyer
Politician
Slaveholder
Hanover County
Virginia
Henry
Absolutely
Citizens
Dying
Worth
House
Armed
Nothing
Protected
Citizen
Gun

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