Notes
This cane reportedly belonged to Patrick Henry.
It later came into possession of his great-granddaughter, Lucy Gray Henry Harrison (1857–1944), who gave it to her farm manager, John Shorter. Shorter passed it on to his brother, Edward Shorter, who gave it to the donor, his son, George Edward Shorter, of Darlington Heights, Virginia.
The Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation accepted the walking cane on June 1, 1978, as an indefinite loan from George Edward Shorter. In November 2022, PHMF staff attempted to contact the descendants of Mr. Shorter to renew or terminate the loan. After exhausting all avenues of contact, the cane was considered abandoned property and accessioned into the collection on January 11, 2023.