Books of John Williams and Peyton Randolph [manuscript], 1816-1824.

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Books of John Williams and Peyton Randolph [manuscript], 1816-1824.

Letterbook kept by John Williams in England and Virginia, 1816 January 10 - 1817 June 18; and law notebook kept by Peyton Randolph, 1821 December - 1824 March.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Randolph, Peyton, 1721-1775

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Peyton Randolph (September 10, 1721 – October 22, 1775) was a planter and public official from the Colony of Virginia. He served as Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses, president of Virginia Conventions, and the first and third President of the Continental Congress. Randolph was technically the first leader of the United States of America as the first president of the Continental Congress, which led the nation during the American Revolutionary War. Born in Tazewell Hall, Williamsburg, ...

Williams, John, fl. 1816-1817,

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