A fierce Tory advocate of the prerogative of the Crown and the established Church, John Camm struggled for more than thirty years against the forces which eventually declared America independent of the Crown and disestablished the Church. As a leader of the Church-and-College party in Virginia, Camm defied the authority of his local vestry, the Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary, and the colonial legislature in such disputes as the Two-Penny Acts controversies and the American episcopate debates. During his career Camm wrote three lengthy pamphlets, a number of addresses to the King, several dozen essays to the gazettes, and some scattered poetry. One of the most indefatigable letter writers of his generation, his epistolary art reflects the major debates of more than thirty years in Virginia. All in all, Camm made a valuable contribution to American Revolutionary literature by stating cogently the minority...