An ASSOCIATION 1774 May 27

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

An Association, MS 1929.2, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Summary

Creator:
Virginia. General Assembly. House of Burgesses.
Abstract:
Article of Association signed by members of the late House of Burgesses.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

An Association, MS 1929.2, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Background

Scope and content:

Printed copy of the Articles of Association signed by 89 members of the late House of Burgesses, 1774, in response to their dissolution by Gov. John Murray, Earl of Dunmore. Mentions the blockadge of Boston, the Tea Tax, and the East India Company. Lists the Burgesses.

Biographical / historical:

The House of Burgesses was the first elected legislative assembly in the New World established in the Colony of Virginia in 1619. Over time, the name came to represent the entire official legislative body of the Colony of Virginia, and later, after the American Revolution, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1929.
Arrangement:

Single item.

Physical description:
1 item.