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Next, in March, 1875, the Register was made the Secretary of the Board of Immigration.","Finally by legislative action of March 20, 1924, it was decreed that when the next vacancy in the position of Register of the Land Office occurred, that office was to be abolished and its duties transferred to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The duties of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, performed by the Register, were to be taken over by the Superintendent of State Office Buildings, who would assume the former title. 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Since much of the available land was located in Kentucky, the Register was authorized in November, 1781, to appoint a deputy who would locate his office there.","Following the reorganization of the Land Office, recited in the Virginia Code of 1850, the localities were charged with the responsibilities of issuing titles to vacant lands, while the state issued grants for escheated lands only. To counter dissatisfaction with the existence of the Land Office, which first surfaced mid-19th century as the amount of wasteland declined, the General Assembly adopted the solution of assigning more duties to the Register. First, the office of Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of February 9, 1867, and his duties were transferred to the Register. Then, by an act of February 28, 1874, amended April 29, 1874, the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Buildings were assigned to the Register, and the former position was abolished. 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Since much of the available land was located in Kentucky, the Register was authorized in November, 1781, to appoint a deputy who would locate his office there.","Following the reorganization of the Land Office, recited in the Virginia Code of 1850, the localities were charged with the responsibilities of issuing titles to vacant lands, while the state issued grants for escheated lands only. To counter dissatisfaction with the existence of the Land Office, which first surfaced mid-19th century as the amount of wasteland declined, the General Assembly adopted the solution of assigning more duties to the Register. First, the office of Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of February 9, 1867, and his duties were transferred to the Register. Then, by an act of February 28, 1874, amended April 29, 1874, the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Buildings were assigned to the Register, and the former position was abolished. Next, in March, 1875, the Register was made the Secretary of the Board of Immigration.","Finally by legislative action of March 20, 1924, it was decreed that when the next vacancy in the position of Register of the Land Office occurred, that office was to be abolished and its duties transferred to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The duties of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, performed by the Register, were to be taken over by the Superintendent of State Office Buildings, who would assume the former title. This transfer of duties was accomplished by January 1925.","In 1948 the records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library and, by Act of Assembly, March 5, 1952, the duties of the Register of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePlats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office, 1779-1982. 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Within each year, the files are arranged alphabetically.","Included are land grants from numerous Virginia governors including: Patrick Henry (1776-1779; 1784-1786), Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781), Edmund Randolph (1786-1788), Beverley Randolph (1788-1791), Henry Lee (1791-1794), Robert Brooke (1794-1796), James Wood (1796-1799), and James Monroe (1799-1802, 1811). Also included are land patents from King George II (1683-1760) and King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain. Most of these are housed in oversize boxes with separation notices.","These records are currently being rehoused.  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Randolph was the son of John \u0026 Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026 Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026 Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va.","Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026 peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026 ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026 prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026 minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026 Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026 Richard Henry Lee.","Thomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026 the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).","John Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026 Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).","Joseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026 Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026 the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).","Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026 Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026 report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026 Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026 Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.","John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026 Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026 Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026 William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026 Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026 the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026 to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).","Capt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026 land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026 Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026 1788 Oct. 3).","County lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026 a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026 war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026 the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026 captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026 the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026 consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026 the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026 Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026 1788 March 15).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026 ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026 foreign creditors (1787 March 19).","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026 Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026 security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026 Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).","Capt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026 pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026 pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).","Additional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026 Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026 capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026 Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026 North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026 David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13).","There are no restrictions.","State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)","English"],"unitid_tesim":["40084"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"collection_title_tesim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Governor's Office"],"creator_ssim":["Governor's Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["3.88 cubic\n         feet"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlso available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4922-4928.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4922 - 1786 Dec.-1787 Mar. 10\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4923 - 1787 Mar. 12-May 19\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4924 - 1787 May 21-Sept. 29\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4925 - 1787 Oct.-Dec.\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4926 - 1788 Jan.-May\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4927 - 1788 June-Oct.\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4928 - 1788 Nov.\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003c/list\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Alternative Form Available\n"],"altformavail_tesim":["Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4922-4928.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 4922 - 1786 Dec.-1787 Mar. 10\n Miscellaneous Reel 4923 - 1787 Mar. 12-May 19\n Miscellaneous Reel 4924 - 1787 May 21-Sept. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 4925 - 1787 Oct.-Dec.\n Miscellaneous Reel 4926 - 1788 Jan.-May\n Miscellaneous Reel 4927 - 1788 June-Oct.\n Miscellaneous Reel 4928 - 1788 Nov.\n"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMaterial arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Material arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eEdmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026amp; Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026amp; Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026amp; Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026amp; 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Edmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026 Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026 Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026 Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia. Governor's Office. Edmund Randolph Executive\n            Papers, 1786-1788. Accession 40084. State Records\n            Collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia. Governor's Office. Edmund Randolph Executive\n            Papers, 1786-1788. Accession 40084. State Records\n            Collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026 peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026 ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026 prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026 minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026 Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026 Richard Henry Lee.","Thomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026 the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).","John Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026 Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).","Joseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026 Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026 the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).","Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026 Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026 report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026 Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026 Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.","John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026 Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026 Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026 William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026 Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026 the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026 to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).","Capt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026 land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026 Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026 1788 Oct. 3).","County lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026 a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026 war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026 the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026 captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026 the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026 consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026 the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026 Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026 1788 March 15).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026 ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026 foreign creditors (1787 March 19).","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026 Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026 security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026 Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).","Capt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026 pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026 pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).","Additional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026 Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026 capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026 Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026 North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026 David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":190,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T08:55:00.289Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026amp; peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026amp;\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026amp; prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026amp; minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026amp; Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026amp; Richard Henry Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026amp; the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026amp; Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026amp; Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026amp; the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026amp; Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026amp; report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026amp; John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026amp; confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026amp; hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026amp; July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026amp; indents\n         for 1786 \u0026amp; 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026amp; June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026amp; problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026amp; Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026amp; July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026amp; an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026amp; John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026amp; confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026amp; hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026amp; July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026amp; indents\n         for 1786 \u0026amp; 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026amp; June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026amp; problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026amp; Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026amp; July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026amp; an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026amp; Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026amp;\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026amp; Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026amp;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026amp; Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026amp; Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026amp; William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026amp; Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026amp;\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026amp;\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026amp; the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026amp; to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026amp; 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026amp; Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026amp; land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026amp; Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026amp; 1788 Oct. 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCounty lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026amp;\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026amp; a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026amp; war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026amp; the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026amp; captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026amp; the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026amp;\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026amp; consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026amp; the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026amp; 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026amp; 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026amp; Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026amp; 1788 March 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026amp;\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026amp; ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026amp; Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026amp; 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026amp;\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026amp; foreign creditors (1787 March 19).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026amp; 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026amp; Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026amp; security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026amp; Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026amp; pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026amp; pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026amp; Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026amp; capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026amp; Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026amp; North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026amp; David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13).\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00523_c02"}},{"id":"vi_vi00523_c07_c01","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1786","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00523_c07_c01#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00523_c07_c01","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00523_c07_c01"],"id":"vi_vi00523_c07_c01","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00523","_root_":"vi_vi00523","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00523_c07","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00523_c07","parent_ssim":["vi_vi00523","vi_vi00523_c07"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00523","vi_vi00523_c07"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788","Oversized (Clamshell Box)"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788","Oversized (Clamshell Box)"],"text":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788","Oversized (Clamshell Box)","1786"],"title_filing_ssi":"1786 ","title_ssm":["1786"],"title_tesim":["1786"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1786"],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":2,"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"sort_isi":110,"_nest_path_":"/components#6/components#0","timestamp":"2026-05-21T08:55:00.289Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00523","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00523","_root_":"vi_vi00523","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00523","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00523.xml","title_ssm":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"title_tesim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40084"],"text":["40084","Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788","3.88 cubic\n         feet","There are no restrictions.","Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4922-4928.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 4922 - 1786 Dec.-1787 Mar. 10\n Miscellaneous Reel 4923 - 1787 Mar. 12-May 19\n Miscellaneous Reel 4924 - 1787 May 21-Sept. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 4925 - 1787 Oct.-Dec.\n Miscellaneous Reel 4926 - 1788 Jan.-May\n Miscellaneous Reel 4927 - 1788 June-Oct.\n Miscellaneous Reel 4928 - 1788 Nov.\n","Material arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year.","Edmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026 Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026 Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026 Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va.","Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026 peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026 ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026 prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026 minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026 Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026 Richard Henry Lee.","Thomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026 the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).","John Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026 Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).","Joseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026 Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026 the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).","Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026 Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026 report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026 Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026 Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.","John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026 Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026 Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026 William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026 Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026 the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026 to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).","Capt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026 land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026 Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026 1788 Oct. 3).","County lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026 a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026 war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026 the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026 captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026 the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026 consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026 the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026 Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026 1788 March 15).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026 ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026 foreign creditors (1787 March 19).","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026 Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026 security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026 Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).","Capt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026 pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026 pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).","Additional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026 Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026 capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026 Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026 North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026 David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13).","There are no restrictions.","State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)","English"],"unitid_tesim":["40084"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"collection_title_tesim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Governor's Office"],"creator_ssim":["Governor's Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["3.88 cubic\n         feet"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlso available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4922-4928.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4922 - 1786 Dec.-1787 Mar. 10\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4923 - 1787 Mar. 12-May 19\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4924 - 1787 May 21-Sept. 29\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4925 - 1787 Oct.-Dec.\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4926 - 1788 Jan.-May\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4927 - 1788 June-Oct.\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4928 - 1788 Nov.\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003c/list\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Alternative Form Available\n"],"altformavail_tesim":["Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4922-4928.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 4922 - 1786 Dec.-1787 Mar. 10\n Miscellaneous Reel 4923 - 1787 Mar. 12-May 19\n Miscellaneous Reel 4924 - 1787 May 21-Sept. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 4925 - 1787 Oct.-Dec.\n Miscellaneous Reel 4926 - 1788 Jan.-May\n Miscellaneous Reel 4927 - 1788 June-Oct.\n Miscellaneous Reel 4928 - 1788 Nov.\n"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMaterial arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Material arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eEdmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026amp; Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026amp; Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026amp; Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026amp; 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Edmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026 Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026 Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026 Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia. Governor's Office. Edmund Randolph Executive\n            Papers, 1786-1788. Accession 40084. State Records\n            Collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia. Governor's Office. Edmund Randolph Executive\n            Papers, 1786-1788. Accession 40084. State Records\n            Collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026 peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026 ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026 prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026 minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026 Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026 Richard Henry Lee.","Thomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026 the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).","John Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026 Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).","Joseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026 Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026 the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).","Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026 Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026 report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026 Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026 Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.","John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026 Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026 Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026 William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026 Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026 the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026 to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).","Capt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026 land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026 Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026 1788 Oct. 3).","County lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026 a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026 war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026 the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026 captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026 the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026 consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026 the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026 Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026 1788 March 15).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026 ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026 foreign creditors (1787 March 19).","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026 Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026 security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026 Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).","Capt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026 pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026 pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).","Additional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026 Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026 capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026 Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026 North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026 David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":190,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T08:55:00.289Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026amp; peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026amp;\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026amp; prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026amp; minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026amp; Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026amp; Richard Henry Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026amp; the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026amp; Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026amp; Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026amp; the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026amp; Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026amp; report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026amp; John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026amp; confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026amp; hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026amp; July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026amp; indents\n         for 1786 \u0026amp; 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026amp; June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026amp; problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026amp; Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026amp; July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026amp; an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026amp; John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026amp; confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026amp; hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026amp; July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026amp; indents\n         for 1786 \u0026amp; 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026amp; June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026amp; problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026amp; Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026amp; July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026amp; an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026amp; Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026amp;\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026amp; Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026amp;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026amp; Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026amp; Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026amp; William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026amp; Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026amp;\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026amp;\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026amp; the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026amp; to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026amp; 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026amp; Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026amp; land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026amp; Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026amp; 1788 Oct. 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCounty lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026amp;\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026amp; a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026amp; war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026amp; the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026amp; captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026amp; the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026amp;\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026amp; consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026amp; the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026amp; 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026amp; 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026amp; Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026amp; 1788 March 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026amp;\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026amp; ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026amp; Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026amp; 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026amp;\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026amp; foreign creditors (1787 March 19).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026amp; 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026amp; Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026amp; security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026amp; Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026amp; pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026amp; pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026amp; Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026amp; capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026amp; Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026amp; North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026amp; David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13).\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00523_c07_c01"}},{"id":"vi_vi04879_c09","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1787","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi04879_c09#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi04879_c09","ref_ssm":["vi_vi04879_c09"],"id":"vi_vi04879_c09","ead_ssi":"vi_vi04879","_root_":"vi_vi04879","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi04879","parent_ssi":"vi_vi04879","parent_ssim":["vi_vi04879"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi04879"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"text":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982.","1787"],"title_filing_ssi":"1787","title_ssm":["1787"],"title_tesim":["1787"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1787"],"component_level_isim":[1],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":127,"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"sort_isi":668,"_nest_path_":"/components#8","timestamp":"2026-05-21T09:34:49.975Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi04879","ead_ssi":"vi_vi04879","_root_":"vi_vi04879","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi04879","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi04879.xml","title_ssm":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"title_tesim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["LOI 42\n"],"text":["LOI 42\n","Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982.","96 cu. ft.","There are no restrictions.\n","Arranged chronologically.","Plats and certificates, 1779-1847, are arranged chronologically by year, and alphabetically by surname thereunder.","Plats and certificates, 1848-, are arranged chronologically by year and month, and alphabetically by surname within each month.","The act that established the Land Office in 1779, provided for a Register to be at the head, who would be \"appointed from time to time, by joint ballot of both houses of assembly....\" It was the responsibility of the Register to carry out the very carefully structured legislation which provided the procedure for obtaining waste and unappropriated lands. So thorough was the system that no major change in Virginia's method of distribution of virgin land was made until the mid-20th century.\n","Under the act, any person could purchase as much vacant land as desired upon payment to the treasurer of a fee of £40 for 100 acres desired. The receipt given in return for the fee was taken to the auditor of the commonwealth. For this treasurer's receipt the auditor issued a certificate noting the amount of land to which the person was entitled. This certificate was taken to the Land Office where the Register issued a warrant. This warrant authorized any surveyor to lay off the quantity of land.","The warrantee entered a claim to the land he desired by depositing his warrant with the surveyor of the county in which the land lay. The act specified the method to be employed by the surveyor in returning his survey of the land. Once the survey had been completed, it and the depleted warrant on which it was based were returned to the warrantee whose responsibility it was to deliver the paper to the Land Office. There, all papers were examined initially for technical error and, if correctly executed, were filed for a period of not less than six months. If, within that time, no caveat was entered on the survey, the plat and certificate of survey were recorded and the grant was issued by the Register. Once written, the grant was signed by the governor, sealed, recorded, and delivered to the grantee.","During the first years of operation, the Land Office was mainly concerned with issuing warrants for military bounty, and satisfying claims originating under the colonial government. Since much of the available land was located in Kentucky, the Register was authorized in November, 1781, to appoint a deputy who would locate his office there.","Following the reorganization of the Land Office, recited in the Virginia Code of 1850, the localities were charged with the responsibilities of issuing titles to vacant lands, while the state issued grants for escheated lands only. To counter dissatisfaction with the existence of the Land Office, which first surfaced mid-19th century as the amount of wasteland declined, the General Assembly adopted the solution of assigning more duties to the Register. First, the office of Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of February 9, 1867, and his duties were transferred to the Register. Then, by an act of February 28, 1874, amended April 29, 1874, the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Buildings were assigned to the Register, and the former position was abolished. Next, in March, 1875, the Register was made the Secretary of the Board of Immigration.","Finally by legislative action of March 20, 1924, it was decreed that when the next vacancy in the position of Register of the Land Office occurred, that office was to be abolished and its duties transferred to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The duties of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, performed by the Register, were to be taken over by the Superintendent of State Office Buildings, who would assume the former title. This transfer of duties was accomplished by January 1925.","In 1948 the records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library and, by Act of Assembly, March 5, 1952, the duties of the Register of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian.","These records contain plats/surveys, certificates of survey and other accompanying papers on which grants were issued through the register of the Land Office between 1779 and 1924, the secretary of the commonwealth between 1925 and 1948, and the state librarian since 1949. Supplemental papers may include warrants, assignments, affidavits, and copies of county court records.\n","These records are arranged chronologically by the year the land grant was issued.  Within each year, the files are arranged alphabetically.","Included are land grants from numerous Virginia governors including: Patrick Henry (1776-1779; 1784-1786), Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781), Edmund Randolph (1786-1788), Beverley Randolph (1788-1791), Henry Lee (1791-1794), Robert Brooke (1794-1796), James Wood (1796-1799), and James Monroe (1799-1802, 1811). Also included are land patents from King George II (1683-1760) and King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain. Most of these are housed in oversize boxes with separation notices.","These records are currently being rehoused.  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Randolph was the son of John \u0026 Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026 Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026 Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va.","Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026 peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026 ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026 prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026 minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026 Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026 Richard Henry Lee.","Thomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026 the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).","John Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026 Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).","Joseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026 Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026 the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).","Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026 Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026 report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026 Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026 Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.","John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026 Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026 Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026 William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026 Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026 the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026 to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).","Capt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026 land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026 Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026 1788 Oct. 3).","County lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026 a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026 war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026 the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026 captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026 the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026 consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026 the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026 Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026 1788 March 15).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026 ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026 foreign creditors (1787 March 19).","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026 Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026 security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026 Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).","Capt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026 pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026 pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).","Additional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026 Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026 capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026 Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026 North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026 David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13).","There are no restrictions.","State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)","English"],"unitid_tesim":["40084"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"collection_title_tesim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Governor's Office"],"creator_ssim":["Governor's Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["3.88 cubic\n         feet"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlso available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4922-4928.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4922 - 1786 Dec.-1787 Mar. 10\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4923 - 1787 Mar. 12-May 19\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4924 - 1787 May 21-Sept. 29\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4925 - 1787 Oct.-Dec.\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4926 - 1788 Jan.-May\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4927 - 1788 June-Oct.\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4928 - 1788 Nov.\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003c/list\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Alternative Form Available\n"],"altformavail_tesim":["Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4922-4928.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 4922 - 1786 Dec.-1787 Mar. 10\n Miscellaneous Reel 4923 - 1787 Mar. 12-May 19\n Miscellaneous Reel 4924 - 1787 May 21-Sept. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 4925 - 1787 Oct.-Dec.\n Miscellaneous Reel 4926 - 1788 Jan.-May\n Miscellaneous Reel 4927 - 1788 June-Oct.\n Miscellaneous Reel 4928 - 1788 Nov.\n"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMaterial arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Material arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eEdmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026amp; Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026amp; Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026amp; Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026amp; 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Edmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026 Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026 Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026 Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia. Governor's Office. Edmund Randolph Executive\n            Papers, 1786-1788. Accession 40084. State Records\n            Collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia. Governor's Office. Edmund Randolph Executive\n            Papers, 1786-1788. Accession 40084. State Records\n            Collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026 peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026 ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026 prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026 minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026 Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026 Richard Henry Lee.","Thomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026 the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).","John Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026 Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).","Joseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026 Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026 the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).","Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026 Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026 report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026 Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026 Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.","John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026 Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026 Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026 William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026 Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026 the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026 to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).","Capt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026 land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026 Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026 1788 Oct. 3).","County lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026 a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026 war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026 the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026 captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026 the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026 consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026 the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026 Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026 1788 March 15).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026 ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026 foreign creditors (1787 March 19).","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026 Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026 security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026 Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).","Capt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026 pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026 pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).","Additional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026 Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026 capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026 Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026 North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026 David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":190,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T08:55:00.289Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026amp; peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026amp;\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026amp; prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026amp; minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026amp; Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026amp; Richard Henry Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026amp; the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026amp; Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026amp; Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026amp; the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026amp; Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026amp; report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026amp; John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026amp; confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026amp; hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026amp; July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026amp; indents\n         for 1786 \u0026amp; 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026amp; June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026amp; problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026amp; Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026amp; July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026amp; an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026amp; John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026amp; confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026amp; hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026amp; July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026amp; indents\n         for 1786 \u0026amp; 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026amp; June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026amp; problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026amp; Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026amp; July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026amp; an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026amp; Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026amp;\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026amp; Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026amp;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026amp; Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026amp; Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026amp; William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026amp; Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026amp;\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026amp;\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026amp; the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026amp; to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026amp; 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026amp; Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026amp; land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026amp; Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026amp; 1788 Oct. 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCounty lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026amp;\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026amp; a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026amp; war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026amp; the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026amp; captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026amp; the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026amp;\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026amp; consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026amp; the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026amp; 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026amp; 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026amp; Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026amp; 1788 March 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026amp;\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026amp; ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026amp; Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026amp; 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026amp;\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026amp; foreign creditors (1787 March 19).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026amp; 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026amp; Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026amp; security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026amp; Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026amp; pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026amp; pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026amp; Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026amp; capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026amp; Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026amp; North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026amp; David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13).\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00523_c03"}},{"id":"vi_vi00523_c07_c02","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1787","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00523_c07_c02#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00523_c07_c02","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00523_c07_c02"],"id":"vi_vi00523_c07_c02","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00523","_root_":"vi_vi00523","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00523_c07","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00523_c07","parent_ssim":["vi_vi00523","vi_vi00523_c07"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00523","vi_vi00523_c07"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788","Oversized (Clamshell Box)"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788","Oversized (Clamshell Box)"],"text":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788","Oversized (Clamshell Box)","1787"],"title_filing_ssi":"1787 ","title_ssm":["1787"],"title_tesim":["1787"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1787"],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":14,"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"sort_isi":113,"_nest_path_":"/components#6/components#1","timestamp":"2026-05-21T08:55:00.289Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00523","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00523","_root_":"vi_vi00523","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00523","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00523.xml","title_ssm":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"title_tesim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40084"],"text":["40084","Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788","3.88 cubic\n         feet","There are no restrictions.","Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4922-4928.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 4922 - 1786 Dec.-1787 Mar. 10\n Miscellaneous Reel 4923 - 1787 Mar. 12-May 19\n Miscellaneous Reel 4924 - 1787 May 21-Sept. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 4925 - 1787 Oct.-Dec.\n Miscellaneous Reel 4926 - 1788 Jan.-May\n Miscellaneous Reel 4927 - 1788 June-Oct.\n Miscellaneous Reel 4928 - 1788 Nov.\n","Material arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year.","Edmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026 Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026 Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026 Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va.","Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026 peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026 ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026 prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026 minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026 Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026 Richard Henry Lee.","Thomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026 the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).","John Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026 Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).","Joseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026 Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026 the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).","Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026 Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026 report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026 Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026 Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.","John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026 Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026 Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026 William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026 Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026 the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026 to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).","Capt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026 land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026 Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026 1788 Oct. 3).","County lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026 a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026 war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026 the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026 captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026 the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026 consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026 the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026 Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026 1788 March 15).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026 ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026 foreign creditors (1787 March 19).","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026 Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026 security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026 Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).","Capt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026 pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026 pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).","Additional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026 Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026 capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026 Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026 North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026 David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13).","There are no restrictions.","State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)","English"],"unitid_tesim":["40084"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"collection_title_tesim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Governor's Office"],"creator_ssim":["Governor's Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["3.88 cubic\n         feet"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlso available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4922-4928.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4922 - 1786 Dec.-1787 Mar. 10\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4923 - 1787 Mar. 12-May 19\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4924 - 1787 May 21-Sept. 29\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4925 - 1787 Oct.-Dec.\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4926 - 1788 Jan.-May\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4927 - 1788 June-Oct.\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4928 - 1788 Nov.\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003c/list\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Alternative Form Available\n"],"altformavail_tesim":["Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4922-4928.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 4922 - 1786 Dec.-1787 Mar. 10\n Miscellaneous Reel 4923 - 1787 Mar. 12-May 19\n Miscellaneous Reel 4924 - 1787 May 21-Sept. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 4925 - 1787 Oct.-Dec.\n Miscellaneous Reel 4926 - 1788 Jan.-May\n Miscellaneous Reel 4927 - 1788 June-Oct.\n Miscellaneous Reel 4928 - 1788 Nov.\n"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMaterial arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Material arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eEdmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026amp; Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026amp; Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026amp; Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026amp; 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Edmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026 Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026 Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026 Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia. Governor's Office. Edmund Randolph Executive\n            Papers, 1786-1788. Accession 40084. State Records\n            Collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia. Governor's Office. Edmund Randolph Executive\n            Papers, 1786-1788. Accession 40084. State Records\n            Collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026 peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026 ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026 prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026 minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026 Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026 Richard Henry Lee.","Thomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026 the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).","John Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026 Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).","Joseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026 Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026 the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).","Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026 Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026 report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026 Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026 Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.","John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026 Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026 Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026 William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026 Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026 the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026 to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).","Capt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026 land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026 Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026 1788 Oct. 3).","County lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026 a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026 war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026 the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026 captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026 the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026 consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026 the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026 Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026 1788 March 15).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026 ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026 foreign creditors (1787 March 19).","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026 Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026 security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026 Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).","Capt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026 pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026 pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).","Additional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026 Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026 capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026 Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026 North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026 David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":190,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T08:55:00.289Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026amp; peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026amp;\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026amp; prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026amp; minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026amp; Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026amp; Richard Henry Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026amp; the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026amp; Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026amp; Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026amp; the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026amp; Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026amp; report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026amp; John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026amp; confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026amp; hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026amp; July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026amp; indents\n         for 1786 \u0026amp; 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026amp; June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026amp; problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026amp; Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026amp; July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026amp; an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026amp; John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026amp; confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026amp; hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026amp; July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026amp; indents\n         for 1786 \u0026amp; 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026amp; June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026amp; problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026amp; Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026amp; July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026amp; an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026amp; Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026amp;\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026amp; Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026amp;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026amp; Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026amp; Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026amp; William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026amp; Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026amp;\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026amp;\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026amp; the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026amp; to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026amp; 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026amp; Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026amp; land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026amp; Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026amp; 1788 Oct. 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCounty lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026amp;\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026amp; a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026amp; war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026amp; the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026amp; captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026amp; the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026amp;\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026amp; consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026amp; the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026amp; 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026amp; 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026amp; Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026amp; 1788 March 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026amp;\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026amp; ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026amp; Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026amp; 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026amp;\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026amp; foreign creditors (1787 March 19).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026amp; 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026amp; Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026amp; security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026amp; Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapt. 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