Virginia Committee of Safety letter to Patrick Henry, 1775 November 15.

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Virginia Committee of Safety letter to Patrick Henry, 1775 November 15.

Letter from Edmund Pendleton on behalf of the Committee of Safety to Patrick Henry dated November 15, 1775. The Committee requests Col. Henry intervene to prevent private individuals from removing property from the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg.

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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803

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Edmund Pendleton (September 9, 1721 – October 23, 1803) was a Virginia planter, politician, lawyer and judge, and a Founding Father of the United States. He served in the Virginia legislature before and during the American Revolutionary War, rising to the position of Speaker. Pendleton attended the First Continental Congress as one of Virginia's delegates alongside George Washington and Patrick Henry, signed the Continental Association, and led the conventions both wherein Virginia declared inde...

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 ...

Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)

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Virginia. Committee of Safety.

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