Speech to the General Assembly at Williamsburg, Va. 1775 June 1

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Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
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POC: Douglas Mayo
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Collection is open to research.

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Preferred citation:

Speech to the General Assembly at Williamsburg, Va., Manuscript #MS 2000.39, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Summary

Creator:
Virginia. Governor (1771-1775 : Dunmore)
Abstract:
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Speech to the General Assembly at Williamsburg, Va., Manuscript #MS 2000.39, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Background

Scope and content:

Concerns the alarming state of rebellion in the colony and the English Parliament's reaction. Mentions an address of Parliament give n 7 February 1775, agreeing to consider the colonists' grievances. Request the colony to fulfill its obligations. Recommends paying o fficers and men who recently repelled an invasion of Indians. Printed document; published by Alexander Purdie.

Biographical / historical:

John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1730 – February 25, 1809), was a British peer and colonial governor. Murray succeeded his father in the earldom in 1756 and sat as a Scottish Representative Peer in the House of Lords from 1761 to 1774 and from 1776 to 1790. He was the British governor of the Province of New York from 1770 to 1771 and the Virginia Colony, from September 25, 1771 until his departure to New York on New Years Eve, 1776. During his term as Virginia's colonial governor, he directed a series of campaigns against the Indians known as Lord Dunmore's War. The Shawnee were the main target of these attacks, and his purpose was to strengthen Virginia's claims in the west, particularly in the Ohio Country. However, some have accused him of colluding with the Shawnees and arranging the war to deplete the Virginia militia and help safeguard the Loyalist cause, should there be a colonial rebellion.

Acquisition information:
Source Unknown.
Arrangement:

1 item.

Physical location:
On site.
Physical description:
1 item.