Isaac Zane Letter to Benjamin Williams or John Croudson 1776 July 1

Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799

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Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter, politician, and orator known for declaring to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia, and was for the most part educated at home. After an unsuccessful venture running a store, and assisting his father-in-law ...

Williams, Benjamin, active 1770

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Pickett, Martin

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Moore, William

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Title: 2nd Baronet 1692 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000678.0x000354 Epithet: chaplain to the Earl of Abingdon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000678.0x000342 Epithet: of Intwood, county Norfolk British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000678.0x000350 ...

Madison, James, 1751-1836

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James Madison (1751-1836) was the fourth president of the United States, born in Port Conway, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia legislature from 1776 to 1780 and from 1784 to 1786, and the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1783. His proposals at and management of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 earned him title "father of the U.S. Constitution." He cooperated with Alexander Hamilton and Jay in writing a series of papers (pub. 1787-88 under title of The Federalist) explaining the ne...

Backhouse, John

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Fawcett, Benjamin, 1715-1780

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Hunter, James

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Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur E375 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001244.0x0002f1 Epithet: Churchwarden of St. Margaret's, Westminster British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001031.0x0002c3 Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001031.0x0002...

Mitchell, Henry, 1830-1902

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Croudson, John

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McGuire, Edward, d. 1806.

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Virginia. Convention (1775-1776)

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The five revolutionary conventions that provided Virginians with an alternative government between August 1, 1774, and July 5, 1776, grew out of an extralegal meeting of twenty-five members of the House of Burgesses at the Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg on May 30, 1774. The burgesses considered methods of protesting the closing of the port of Boston by British authorities as a punishment for the Tea Party held there in 1773. A boycott of British goods was agreed upon, and a call was issued for t...

United States. Army - Ordnance and ordnance stores

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Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809

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Appointed governor of Virginia in 1771. From the description of Correspondence, 1771-1778. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 26923951 Lord Dunmore was the British governor of the Virginia Colony, from September 25, 1771 until his departure to New York on New Years Eve, 1776. From the guide to the Land Grant to Ambrose Gatewood, 1773 June 15, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Governor of New York (1...

Zane, Isaac, 1743-1795

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None available. From the guide to the Isaac Zane Letter to Benjamin Williams or John Croudson, 1776 July 1, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) ...

Pemberton, John, 1727-1795

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John Pemberton (1727-1795) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 25 (Old Style), 1727, the youngest son of Israel Pemberton Sr. and Rachel Read. Pemberton went to England for his health in 1751, and accompanied John Churchman on the voyage and on the preacher's travels in England. Pemberton first spoke as a minister in Penzance, Cornwall. He was involved in Native American issues and was present at the Treaty with the Indians at Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1757. Pemberton married Hann...

Jones, Joseph, 1727-1805

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Militia officer and customs collector, of Petersburg, Va. From the description of Papers, 1681-1895; (bulk 1794-1842). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19933044 U.S. Continental Congress delegate from and public official of Virginia, jurist, and army officer. From the description of Papers of Joseph Jones, 1780-1784. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423714 ...