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July 6, 1769
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
Peyton Randolph writes to Thomas Cushing about the Virginia Assembly's deliberations on the colony's state on the 16th, resolutions transmitted to other assemblies, and dissolution by the Governor on the 17th amid American distress.
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The following was received from Virginia by the post which arrived here last Wednesday, and communicated to the House of Representatives.
THE HON. THOMAS CUSHING, ESQ; Speaker of the Hon. House of Representatives of the MASSACHUSETTS BAY.
SIR,
On the 16th they took into their serious consideration the state of this colony, and in the course of their deliberations, being alarmed at the distress in which all America is likely to be involved, came to several necessary resolutions, copies of which they have given me particular directions to transmit, without delay, to the Speakers of the several Houses of Assembly on the continent, and to request their concurrence therein.
In obedience to their order, I now, Sir, enclose you a copy of those resolutions, and am persuaded the importance of the subject will be sufficient to engage the immediate attention of your respectable House, and the circumstances of America evince the propriety of their conduct.
His Excellency the Governor, thought fit, on the 17th, to dissolve the Assembly. However discouraging this reprehension may be, yet we hope that our loyalty and affection to his Majesty, our regard to the true interest of our mother country, and our inclinations to terminate this unhappy dispute, will be made manifest, and will, in the end, dispose our gracious sovereign to interpose in our favour, and to procure for his injured people the redress that they most humbly ask for.
I am, with the greatest respect,
Your obedient servant,
PEYTON RANDOLPH.
THE HON. THOMAS CUSHING, ESQ; Speaker of the Hon. House of Representatives of the MASSACHUSETTS BAY.
SIR,
On the 16th they took into their serious consideration the state of this colony, and in the course of their deliberations, being alarmed at the distress in which all America is likely to be involved, came to several necessary resolutions, copies of which they have given me particular directions to transmit, without delay, to the Speakers of the several Houses of Assembly on the continent, and to request their concurrence therein.
In obedience to their order, I now, Sir, enclose you a copy of those resolutions, and am persuaded the importance of the subject will be sufficient to engage the immediate attention of your respectable House, and the circumstances of America evince the propriety of their conduct.
His Excellency the Governor, thought fit, on the 17th, to dissolve the Assembly. However discouraging this reprehension may be, yet we hope that our loyalty and affection to his Majesty, our regard to the true interest of our mother country, and our inclinations to terminate this unhappy dispute, will be made manifest, and will, in the end, dispose our gracious sovereign to interpose in our favour, and to procure for his injured people the redress that they most humbly ask for.
I am, with the greatest respect,
Your obedient servant,
PEYTON RANDOLPH.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Virginia Assembly
Resolutions
Dissolution
Colonial Distress
What entities or persons were involved?
Thomas Cushing
Peyton Randolph
Where did it happen?
Virginia
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Virginia
Event Date
16th And 17th
Key Persons
Thomas Cushing
Peyton Randolph
Outcome
assembly dissolved by the governor on the 17th
Event Details
The Virginia Assembly considered the state of the colony on the 16th, alarmed at American distress, passed resolutions to transmit to other assemblies for concurrence; Governor dissolved the Assembly on the 17th.