Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Dunmore proclamations, Manuscript #MS 1931.20, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1931.

Biographical Information

John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1730 – February 25, 1809), was a British peer and colonial governor. He was the son of William Murray, 3rd Earl of Dunmore, and his wife Catherine (née Murray). 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.

Scope and Content

A series of proclamations to dissolve, prorogue, summon, and alter the oath of allegiance for the Virginia General Assembly. Printed Document.

Arrangement

1 item.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Burwell, Robert,1720-1779.
• Corbin, Richard,ca. 1708-1790.
• Dunmore, John Murray,Earl of,1732-1809.
• Fairfax, George William,1724-1787.
• Horrocks, James,ca. 1734-1772.
• Nelson, William,1711-1772.
• Page, John,1744-1808.
• Waller, Benjamin,1716-1786.
• Wormeley, Ralph,1715-1790.
• Wythe, George,1726-1806.
• Byrd, William,1728-1777.
• Carter, Robert,1728-1804.
• Lee, Philip Ludwell,1727-1775.
• Nelson, Thomas,1738-1789.
• Tayloe, John,1721-1779.

Corporate Names:

• Virginia.General Assembly.House of Burgesses.

Geographical Names:

• Great Britain - Colonies - Administration.