PUBLIC "-//Colonial Williamsburg Foundation::John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library//TEXT (US::ViWC::viwc00352:: Speech to the General Assembly at Williamsburg, Va., 1775 June 1)//EN" "viwc00352.xml" A Guide to the Speech to the General Assembly at Williamsburg, Va., 1775 June 1 Speech to the General Assembly at Williamsburg, Va. MS 2000.39 John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation © 2008 By The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Rebecca Barnhart, 04/17/2008 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Speech to the General Assembly at Williamsburg, Va., 1775 June 1 A Collection in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`sJohn D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library MS 2000.39

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2008 Special Collections Staff John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Descriptive Summary John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Speech to the General Assembly at Williamsburg, Va. 1775 June 1 MS 2000.39 On site. 1 item. English Virginia. Governor (1771-1775 : Dunmore) Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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

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Biographical/Historical Information

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.

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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.

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Index Terms Persons: Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809 Purdie, Alexander, d. 1779 Corporate Names: Great Britain. Parliament Subjects: Lord Dunmore's War, 1774 Publishers and publishing, Virginia, Williamsburg, History, 18th century Geographical Names: Great Britain, Colonies, Administration, History, 18th century United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783 Williamsburg (Va.), History, 18th century