[American Revolution]
George Washington and the Virginia Delegation are Appointed to the First Continental Congress

"It being our Opinion that the united Wisdom of North America should be collected in a General Congress of all the Colonies, we have appointed the Honourable Peyton Randolph, Esq; Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Edmund Pendleton, Esquires, Deputies to represent this Colony in the said Congress, to be held at Philadelphia on the first Monday in September next."

The Virginia Gazette
(Williamsburg); Printed Alex. Purdie and John Dickson, August 11, 1774. Number 1192. Printed newspaper. Folio. 4 pp. Disbound; scattered soiling; toned.

A fine and significant copy of The Virginia Gazette, printing numerous reports on events in the lead-up to the American Revolution, most notably, Virginia's nonimportation agreement passed by Virginia's First Revolutionary Convention, and the selection and instructions for the delegates appointed to represent the colony in the First Continental Congress: George Washington, Patrick Henry, Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Edmund Pendleton.

Other articles report the Quebec Act of 1774, news of English troops headed to Boston, a declaration of loyalty passed by the Pennsylvania Assembly, and other reports from around the colonies relating to nonimportation and the military rule in Boston.

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How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[American Revolution]
George Washington and the Virginia Delegation are Appointed to the First Continental Congress

How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[American Revolution] George Washington and the Virginia Delegation are Appointed to the First Continental Congress

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George Washington and the Virginia Delegation are Appointed to the First Continental Congress