A Guide to the Virginia Convention of 1776 General Correspondence, Minutes, and Journals,1774-1776 Virginia Convention of 1776 General Correspondence, Minutes, and Journals, 1774-1776 30003

A Guide to the Virginia Convention of 1776 General Correspondence, Minutes, and Journals,1774-1776

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Accession Number

30003

Title

A Guide to the Virginia Convention of 1776 General Correspondence, Minutes, and Journals, 1774-1776

Extent

3.2 cu. ft. (9 boxes)

Creator

Virginia. Convention of 1776.

Language

English

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Preferred Citation

Virginia. Convention of 1776. General Correspondence, Minutes, and Journals, 1774-1776. Accession 30003. State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

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Processing Information

The collection was processed years before a finding aid was created. The collection is roughly chronological but not completely. Some items were dated by the date the item was laid before the Convention, while others were dated by the date of the document. The encoding archivist maintained the order in which the items were originally arranged by the processing archivist.

Biographical Information

The five revolutionary conventions that provided Virginians with an alternative government between August 1, 1774, and July 5, 1776, grew out of an extralegal meeting of twenty-five members of the House of Burgesses at the Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg on May 30, 1774. The burgesses considered methods of protesting the closing of the port of Boston by British authorities as a punishment for the Tea Party held there in 1773. A boycott of British goods was agreed upon, and a call was issued for the full House to convene at Williamsburg on August 1, 1774, in open defiance of Lord Dunmore, the royal governor, who had prorogued the assembly. The dates of the conventions were: first, August 1-6, 1774; second, March 20-27, 1775; third, July 17-August 26, 1775; fourth, December 1, 1775-January 20, 1776; fifth, May 6-July 5, 1776. This fifth convention adjourned and was replaced the next day by the new state government organized under the Virginia Constitution of 1776.

Scope and Content

Records, 1774-1776, including abstracts, accounts, amendments, correspondence, depositions, ordinances, petitions, reports, resolutions, and other sundry items. Each item in the collection has been cataloged individually with descriptive notes. This inventory was created to have a place where each item in the collection was listed.

The collection is being digitized and is available online at: Virginia Revolutionary Conventions, 1774-1776, Digital Collection

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into two series:

Series I: Papers, 1774-1776; and Series II: Oversize Papers, 1774-1776.

Contents List

Series I: Papers , 1774-1776 .

Boxes 1-6 (Boxes 1, 1a, 2-4, 4a, 5-6)

Extent: 2.45 cu. ft. (8 boxes).

Box 1 Folder 1
Journal, 1775 December 1-1776 January 16

[A copy of the journal is available in box 1a]
Box 1 Folder 2
Proceedings of Continental Congress, 1775 July 24
Box 1 Folder 3
Resolution of Continental Congress, 1775 July 24
Box 1 Folder 4
Resolution Restricting the Export of Provisions from the Colony, 1775 July 24
Box 1 Folder 5
Petition and Memorial Committee of Chesterfield County, 1775 July 25
Box 1 Folder 6
Resolution regarding the treaty with Indians at Pittsburg[h] and resolutions of the Committee on the Western Waters of Augusta County, 1775 July 25
Box 1 Folder 7
Resolution of thanks to the Committee of the Western part of Augusta County, 1775 July 25
Box 1 Folder 8
Draft order to bring in an ordinance for defraying expenses of the militia, 1775 July 25
Box 1 Folder 9
Petition of officers of volunteer companies assembled in Williamsburg, 1775 July 26
Box 1 Folder 10
Report of the Committee to whom the petition of inhabitants of Berkeley County was referred, 1775 July 27
Box 1 Folder 11
Letter of Oconostota to friends and brothers, 1775 July 27
Box 1 Folder 12
Draft proceedings and resolutions regarding the case of Richard Bland, 1775 July 28
Box 1 Folder 13
Resolution regarding proceedings of the officers of the volunteer companies in Williamsburg, 1775 July 28
Box 1 Folder 14
Resolution regarding trash tobacco, 1775 July 29
Box 1 Folder 15
Draft resolutions regarding the sale of public tobacco, 1775 July 29
Box 1 Folder 16
Letter of John Connolly to George Rootes, 1775 August 1
Box 1 Folder 17
Letter of John Carter, Williamsburg, to John Tazewell, 1775 August 2
Box 1 Folder 18
Letter of John Bowdoin, Northampton, to Peyton Randolph, 1775 July 30
Box 1 Folder 19
Draft resolution regarding the resolutions of the committees of the Borough of Norfolk and County of Northampton, 1775 August 4
Box 1 Folder 20
Committee resolutions regarding the Army, 1775 August 4
Box 1 Folder 21
Resolution for raising a company of regulars in each county, 1775 August 4
Box 1 Folder 22
Draft resolution directing John Nevill to take Fort Pitt, 1775 August 7
Box 1 Folder 23
Draft resolution regarding allowance and attendance of delegates, 1775 August 7
Box 1 Folder 24
Ordinances of the Convention, 1775 August 8
Box 1 Folder 25
Petition of Charles Duncan, 1775 August 10
Box 1 Folder 26
Resolution that the powder purchased by Patrick Henry be sent for, 1775 August 10
Box 1 Folder 27
Draft resolution regarding delegates to the Continental Congress, 1775 August 11
Box 1 Folder 28
List of votes received for delegates to the Continental Congress, 1775 August 11
Box 1 Folder 29
Resolution regarding deputies to the Continental Congress, 1775 August 11
Box 1 Folder 30
Resolution regarding possible march by Lord Dunmore on Williamsburg, 1775 August 14
Box 1 Folder 31
Petition of Virginian Baptists assembled in Cumberland, 1775 August 14
Box 1 Folder 32
Resolution regarding payment of two rifle companies, 1775 August 15
Box 1 Folder 33
Committee resolution regarding grants of land under the King, 1775 August 15
Box 1 Folder 34
Resolutions regarding delegates to the Continental Congress, 1775 August 11-15
Box 1 Folder 35
Resolution instructing commander to allow dissenting clergymen to celebrate divine worship, 1775 August 16
Box 1 Folder 36
Resolution for the establishment of a Committee of Safety, 1775 August 16
Box 1 Folder 37
Resolution of thanks to the president of the Convention, 1775 August 16
Box 1 Folder 38
List of votes cast for the Committee of Safety, 1775 August 17
Box 1 Folder 39
List of votes cast for Major of the Second Regiment, 1775 August 17
Box 1 Folder 40
Amendments of an ordinance of the Convention, 1775 August 19
Box 1 Folder 41
Ordnance of the Convention, 1775 August 19
Box 1 Folder 42
Resolution regarding holding courts at Staunton and Pittsburg[h], 1775 August 22
Box 1 Folder 43
Resolution regarding the secret resolution of the Continental Congress [missing images], 1775 August 22
Box 1 Folder 44
Draft resolution regarding the sale of liquor, 1775 August 25
Box 1 Folder 45
Resolution regarding money for powder taken from magazine, 1775 August 25
Box 1 Folder 46
Draft resolution of thanks to volunteer companies, 1775 August 25
Box 1 Folder 47
Resolution regarding volunteers, 1775 August 25
Box 1 Folder 48
Draft resolution regarding account for fines, 1775 August 25
Box 1 Folder 49
Resolution regarding refusal of sheriffs to return executions, 1775 August 25
Box 1 Folder 50
Resolution regarding treatment of natives of Great Britain, 1775 August 25
Box 1 Folder 51
Resolution regarding the erection of a magazine, 1775 August 25
Box 1 Folder 52
Resolution regarding a census, 1775 August 25
Box 1 Folder 53
Resolution regarding the collection of money, 1775 August 25
Box 1 Folder 54
Resolution regarding mills, 1775 August 26
Box 1 Folder 55
Resolution regarding Otway Byrd, 1775 August 26
Box 1a
Journal [copy], 1775 December 1-1776 January 16
Box 2 Folder 1
Letter of James Tait, 1774 August 2
Box 2 Folder 2
Petition of the freeholders of Louisa County, 1775 March 17
Box 2 Folder 3
Journal of the Convention, 1775 March 20-25
Box 2 Folder 4
Letter of Arthur Lee, William Bollan, and Benjamin Franklin, 1774 December 24
Box 2 Folder 5
Letter of Jonathan Reed, 1775 March 21
Box 2 Folder 6
Resolution of the Convention, 1775 March 22
Box 2 Folder 7
Minutes of the Convention, 1775 March 25
Box 2 Folder 8
Resolution of the Convention, 1775 March 22
Box 2 Folder 9
Resolution of thanks to be presented to the Assembly of Jamaica, 1775 March 23
Box 2 Folder 10
Draft amendment to proposed resolution respecting the militia, 1775 March 23
Box 2 Folder 11
Resolution to instruct Committee of Correspondence to procure information from the Committee of New York, 1775 March 24
Box 2 Folder 12
Draft resolution calling for election of delegates to the Continental Congress, 1775 March 24
Box 2 Folder 13
Resolution that Robert Carter Nicholas, Thomas Nelson and Col. Thomas Whiting be a committee, 1775 March 25
Box 2 Folder 14
Draft resolution of thanks to Governor Dunmore, 1775 March 25
Box 2 Folder 15
Report of committee to examine ballot box, 1775 March 25
Box 2 Folder 16
Draft resolution that Robert Carter Nicholas lay accounts of money received for delegates to last Continental Congress (includes report in Oversize Box 7, Folder 4), 1775 March 25
Box 2 Folder 17
Draft resolution encouraging industries, 1775 March 27
Box 2 Folder 18
Draft resolution regarding the sale of public lands, 1775 March 27
Box 2 Folder 19
Resolution regarding the collection of funds for use of deputies to the Continental Congress, 1775 March 27
Box 2 Folder 20
Minutes of the Convention, 1775 July 17-August 26
Box 2 Folder 21
Proceedings of the Convention, 1775 July 17-August 22
Box 2 Folder 22
Petition of William Preston, 1775 July 18
Box 2 Folder 23
Petition of Fincastle Committee, 1775 July 18
Box 2 Folder 24
Draft proceeding regarding petition of Fincastle Committee, 1775 July 18
Box 2 Folder 25
Resolution for raising and embodying an armed force, 1775 July 19
Box 2 Folder 26
Proceedings of treaty with Indians at Fort Pitt, 1775 July 21
Box 2 Folder 27
Resolution of the Committee of Western Waters of Augusta County, 1775 July 21
Box 2 Folder 28
Petition of Berkley County Citizens, 1775 July 21
Box 2 Folder 29
Papers of the Convention (reports regarding Richard Bland), 1775 July 22
Box 2 Folder 30
Extracts of intercepted letters, 1775 Aug. 30; Nov. 7; Nov. 9; Nov. 10; and Nov. 21
Box 3 Folder 1-4
Papers (intercepted letters) (see also oversize), 1775 December 5
Box 3 Folder 5
Papers (intercepted letters) (see also oversize), 1775 December 6
Box 3 Folder 6
Dunmore's loyalty oath, 1775 November 7
Box 3 Folder 7
Warrant for election of Williamsburg delegate, 1775 November 15
Box 3 Folder 8
Letter of Charles Scott, 1775 November 26
Box 3 Folder 9
Letter of William Woodford, 1775 November 26
Box 3 Folder 10
Letter of William Roscow Wilson Curle, 1775 December 3
Box 3 Folder 11
Letter of William Woodford, 1775 December 4
Box 3 Folder 12
Letter of William Woodford, 1775 December 5
Box 3 Folder 13
Petition of John Dixon, 1775 December 5
Box 3 Folder 14
Letter of William Woodford, 1775 December 6
Box 3 Folder 15
Petition of Warwick County Committee, 1775 December 6
Box 3 Folder 16
Letter of Titus Meanwell, 1775 December 7
Box 3 Folder 17
Letter of William Woodford, 1775 December 7
Box 3 Folder 18
Oath supporting George III sworn by inhabitants of Princess Anne County, 1775 December 8
Box 3 Folder 19
Letter of William Woodford, 1775 December 9
Box 3 Folder 20
Letter of Fairfax County Committee of Correspondence, 1775 December 9
Box 3 Folder 21
Letter of William Woodford, 1775 December 10
Box 3 Folder 22
Letter of William Woodford, 1775 December 11
Box 3 Folder 23
Letter of William Woodford, 1775 December 12
Box 3 Folder 24
Letter of Robert Carter Nicholas, 1775 December 12
Box 3 Folder 25
Letter of William Woodford, 1775 December 13
Box 3 Folder 26
Petition of the vestry of Henrico Parish, 1775 December 14
Box 3 Folder 27
Letter of William Woodford, 1775 December 14
Box 3 Folder 28
Letter of William Woodford, 1775 December 14
Box 3 Folder 29
Letter of Robert Howe, 1775 December 14
Box 3 Folder 30
Letter of Robert Howe and William Woodford, 1775 December 16
Box 4 Folder 1
Letter of Anthony Lawson and Joseph Hutchings, 1775 December 17
Box 4 Folder 2
Bond of Robert Waller and Samuel Bousch, 1775 December 17
Box 4 Folder 3
Letter of William Woodford, 1775 December 17
Box 4 Folder 4
Letter of Robert Howe, 1775 December 17
Box 4 Folder 5
Letter of Thomas Pierce and Thomas Smith, 1775 December 17
Box 4 Folder 6
Petition of Joseph Simon and John Campbell, 1775 December 18
Box 4 Folder 7
Accounts of Joseph Simon and John Campbell, 1775 December 18
Box 4 Folder 8
List of garrison at Fort Pitt, 1775 December 18
Box 4 Folder 9
Certificates for artificers employed repairing Fort Pitt, 1775 December 18
Box 4 Folder 10
Certificates for supplies for Fort Pitt assigned to Simon and Campbell, 1775 December 18
Box 4 Folder 11
Certificates regarding Fort Fincastle, 1775 December 18
Box 4 Folder 12
Accounts assigned to Joseph Simon and John Campbell, 1775 December 18
Box 4 Folder 13
Papers regarding the petition of Simon and Campbell, 1775 December 18
Box 4 Folder 14
Petition of Alexander Ross, 1775 December 18
Box 4 Folder 15
Papers regarding the petition of Alexander Ross, 1775 December 18
Box 4 Folder 16
Letter of James Holt, 1775 December 18
Box 4 Folder 17
Depositions regarding John Dow, 1775 December 19
Box 4 Folder 18
Letter of William Woodford, 1775 December 19
Box 4 Folder 19
Warrant and election return of York County, 1775 December 20
Box 4 Folder 20
Petition of William Finnie, 1775 December 20
Box 4 Folder 21
Draft ordinance for establishing a general test, 1775 December 20
Box 4 Folder 22
Petition of John Willoughby, Sr., 1775 December 20
Box 4 Folder 23
Letter of John Collett, 1775 December 20
Box 4 Folder 24
Amendments to the ordinance for raising a number of forces for the defense of the colony, 1775 December 21
Box 4 Folder 25
Petition of inhabitants of Frederick County, 1775 December 21
Box 4 Folder 26
Letter of John Tazewell, 1775 December 22
Box 4 Folder 27
Letter of Robert Howe, 1775 December 22
Box 4 Folder 28
Letter of William Woodford, 1775 December 22
Box 4 Folder 29
Letter of Anthony Walke, 1775 December 23
Box 4 Folder 30
Interrogations respecting Matthew Phripp, 1775 December 27
Box 4 Folder 31
Letter of Robert Howe, ca. 1775 December 27-28
Box 4 Folder 32
Deposition of John Ramsay, 1775 December 27
Box 4 Folder 33
Letter of William Woodford, 1775 December 28
Box 4 Folder 34
Letter of Robert Howe, 1775 December 28
Box 4 Folder 35
Letter of Robert Howe, 1775 December 30
Box 4 Folder 36
Letter of Robert Howe, 1775 December 30
Box 4 Folder 37
Letter of William Woodford, 1775 December 30
Box 4 Folder 38
Letter of Henry Bellew, 1775 December 30
Box 4 Folder 39
Abstract of letters of William Woodford, 1775 December 22-30
Box 4 Folder 40
Letter of William Roscoe Wilson Curle, 1775 December 30
Box 4 Folder 41
Petition of Sampson Mathews and George Mathews, 1776 January 2
Box 4 Folder 42
Letter of Robert Howe, 1776 January 2
Box 4 Folder 43
Letter of William Harrison, Bolling Starke, and Joseph Jones, 1776 January 2
Box 4 Folder 44
Examinations of persons respecting the situation in Norfolk, ca. 1776 January 3-4
Box 4 Folder 45
Committee report regarding the petition of Archibald Campbell, 1776 January 3
Box 4 Folder 46
Petition of William Christian, 1776 January 3
Box 4 Folder 47
Committee report on Matthew Phripp, 1776 January 4
Box 4 Folder 48
Letter of Hector MacAlestor, 1776 January 4
Box 4 Folder 49
Proceedings of the committee of Isle of Wight, 1776 January 4
Box 4 Folder 50
Letter of Robert Carter Nicholas, ca. 1776 January 5
Box 4 Folder 51
Letter of William Woodford, 1776 January 5
Box 4 Folder 52
Letter of Robert Howe, 1776 January 6
Box 4 Folder 53
Petition of the inhabitants of Princess Anne and Norfolk counties, 1776 January 13
Box 4 Folder 54
Letter of Samuel Smith McCroskey, 1776 January 14
Box 4 Folder 55
Resolution regarding the inhabitants of Princess Anne and Norfolk counties, ca. 1776 January 15
Box 4 Folder 56
Resolutions regarding the evacuation of Norfolk, 1776 January 15-16
Box 4 Folder 57
Fragments, miscellaneous, 1776
Box 4a
Journal, 1776 May 6-July 5
Box 5 Folder 1
Resolution of Congress, 1776 March 23
Box 5 Folder 1a
Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry, Kemps' Landing, 1776 April 30
Box 5 Folder 2
Resolution regarding election of delegates for the county and borough of Norfolk, 1776 May 6
Box 5 Folder 3
Bond of John Goodrich, Jr. and William Harwood, 1776 May 6
Box 5 Folder 4
List of Tory prisoners in Public Gaol, 1776 May 6
Box 5 Folder 5
Resolution that the Committee of Privileges and Elections have the power to examine those feared enemies of the state, 1776 May 7 (laid before the Convention)
Box 5 Folder 6
Letter of George Germain to Robert Eden, 1776 May 8 (laid before the Convention)
Box 5 Folder 7
Letter of George Germain to Robert Eden, 1776 May 8 (laid before the Convention)
Box 5 Folder 8
Papers regarding John Wilkie, 1776 May 8 (laid before the Convention)
Box 5 Folder 9
Proceedings of the courts of Northampton and Stafford counties, 1776 May 8 (laid before the Convention)
Box 5 Folder 10
Letter of Thomas Parramore and John Bowdoin, 1776 May 8 (laid before the Convention)
Box 5 Folder 11
Certification of election of delegates that were held in accordance with the ordinance (Accomack-Charles City Counties), 1776 May 9
Box 5 Folder 12
Certification of election of delegates that were held in accordance with the ordinance (Charlotte-Fauquier Counties), 1776 May 9
Box 5 Folder 13
Certification of election of delegates that were held in accordance with the ordinance (Gloucester-Lancaster Counties), 1776 May 9
Box 5 Folder 14
Certification of election of delegates that were held in accordance with the ordinance (Middlesex-Richmond Counties), 1776 May 9
Box 5 Folder 15
Certification of election of delegates that were held in accordance with the ordinance (Stafford-York Counties), 1776 May 9
Box 5 Folder 16
Certificates of election of delegates from counties whose elections were not made in the prescribed form, 1776 May 9
Box 5 Folder 17
Letter of James Tait, 1776 May 9 (laid before the Convention)
Box 5 Folder 18
Report of the Committee of Privileges and Elections regarding the examination of certificates of election, 1776 May 9
Box 5 Folder 19
Ordinance to amend an ordinance entitled an ordinance for establishing tobacco payments during the discontinuance of the inspection law, 1776 May 9
Box 5 Folder 20
Resolution regarding monies collected for gunpowder, 1776 May 9
Box 5 Folder 21
Letter of Charles Lee, 1776 May 9
Box 5 Folder 22
Letter of Lord Dunmore to William Woodford, 1776 May 10 (laid before the Convention)
Box 5 Folder 23
Report of the Committee of Privileges and Elections regarding the petition and letter of John Tayloe Corbin, 1776 May 11
Box 5 Folder 24
Report of the Committee of Privileges and Elections regarding the examination of a certificate of election of delegates from Berkeley County, 1776 May 11
Box 5 Folder 25
Resolution regarding salt, 1776 May 11
Box 5 Folder 26
Petition of Ralph Wormeley, Jr., 1776 May 13
Box 5 Folder 27
Report of the Committee appointed to prepare a bill to encourage the making of salt, salt petre, and gunpowder, 1776 May 13
Box 5 Folder 28
Report of the Committee of Privileges and Elections regarding the examination of a certificate of election of delegates from Hampshire County, 1776 May 13
Box 5 Folder 29
Letter of John Goodrich Sr., to Dudley Digges, 1776 May 13
Box 5 Folder 30
Draft report of the Committee of Public Claims, 1776 May 14
Box 5 Folder 31
Draft resolution recommending that clergy preach charity sermons, 1776 May 14
Box 5 Folder 32
Draft resolutions for Independence, 1776 May 15
Box 5 Folder 33
Report of the Committee of Privileges & Elections regarding Ralph Wormeley, 1776 May 15
Box 5 Folder 34
Letter of Charles Lynch, 1776 May 15
Box 5 Folder 35
Report of the Committee of Propositions & Grievances regarding the petition of John Ballendine, 1776 May 16
Box 5 Folder 36
Resolution that the Committee of Safety present a list of armed vessels, 1776 May 16
Box 5 Folder 37
Report of the Committee of Privileges & Elections regarding the conduct of Josias Rogers, William Bliss, and David Ramsey, 1776 May 16
Box 5 Folder 38
Draft resolution that slaves in jail be delivered to Charles Lynch, 1776 May 18
Box 5 Folder 39
Resolution that the commanding officer at Williamsburg furnish guards to convey the slaves in jail to Charles City County, 1776 May 18 (laid before the Convention)
Box 5 Folder 40
Draft resolution regarding prisoners of war, 1776 May 18
Box 5 Folder 41
Transylvania papers (also see oversize), 1776 May 18
Box 5 Folder 42
Order regarding the setting up of an Indiana Land Office, 1776 May 20
Box 5 Folder 43
Resolution regarding raising four troops of horse, 1776 May 20
Box 5 Folder 44
Draft resolutions regarding Indian warriors, 1776 May 21
Box 5 Folder 45
Resolution regarding John Gibson, 1776 May 21
Box 5 Folder 46
Draft resolution regarding encroachments against friendly Indians, 1776 May 21
Box 5 Folder 47
Draft resolution transmitting previous resolutions to the delegates in Congress and certain militia companies, 1776 May 21
Box 5 Folder 48
Petition of Edward Hansford, 1776 May 21
Box 5 Folder 49
Petition of the inhabitants of Fincastle County, 1776 May 21
Box 5 Folder 50
Resolution regarding the removal of livestock from the Eastern Shore, 1776 May 21
Box 5 Folder 51
Report of the Committee of Privileges and Elections regarding William Aylett, 1776 May 22
Box 5 Folder 52
Draft resolution regarding the enlistment and protection of Indians, 1776 May 22
Box 5 Folder 53
Draft resolution regarding paymaster for battalions ordered to assist North Carolina, 1776 May 22
Box 5 Folder 54
Resolution authorizing the Committee of Safety to supply the troops assisting North Carolina, 1776 May 23
Box 5 Folder 55
Resolution designating Richard Adams, Nathaniel Wilkinson, and Turner Southall as Commissioners of the Foundry, 1776 May 25
Box 5 Folder 56
Order prohibiting gaming, 1776 May 25
Box 5 Folder 57
Adam Stephen, Norfolk, to Edmund Pendleton, 1776 May 25
Box 5 Folder 58
Draft resolution for disarming and requiring loyalty oath, 1776 May 27
Box 5 Folder 59
Petition of John Smith, 1776 May 28
Box 5 Folder 60
Deposition of Capt. William Davies, 1776 May 28
Box 5 Folder 61
Report of the Committee on Public Claims, 1776 May 28
Box 5 Folder 62
James Dunlop letter to Edmund Pendleton, 1776 May 28
Box 5 Folder 63
Letter of Dr. Alexander Skinner, 1776 May 20 (laid before the Convention)
Box 5 Folder 64
Letter of John Goodrich, Sr., Williamsburg, to John Page, 1776 May 29
Box 5 Folder 65
Petition of Christopher Calvert, 1776 May 29
Box 5 Folder 66
Draft resolution that resolutions of Congress be sent to Martinique, 1776 May 29
Box 5 Folder 67
Report of the Committee of Caroline County,, 1776 May 31 (laid before the Convention)
Box 5 Folder 68
Report of the Committee of Spotsylvania County, 1776 May 31 (laid before the Convention)
Box 5 Folder 69
Letter of Robert Howe, Halifax, to Edmund Pendleton, 1776 May 31 (laid before the Convention)
Box 5 Folder 70
Draft resolutions regarding Governor Eden of Maryland, 1776 May 31
Box 5 Folder 71
Fragments, 1776
Box 6 Folder 1
Petition of inhabitants west of Laurel Hill (Pa.-Va. boundary), 1776 June 1
Box 6 Folder 2
Resolution regarding ammunition, 1776 June 1
Box 6 Folder 3
Letter of Capt. Gregory Smith to Edmund Pendleton, 1776 June 2
Box 6 Folder 4
Letter of Charles Lee, Tarborough, to Edmund Pendleton, 1776 June 3 (laid before the Convention)
Box 6 Folder 5
Draft resolution regarding cadets, 1776 June 4
Box 6 Folder 6
Order regarding David Ross, 1776 June 6
Box 6 Folder 7
Report of Committee of Privileges and Elections regarding James Walker, 1776 June 7
Box 6 Folder 8
Letter of Brig. Gen. Andrew Lewis to the Convention, 1776 June 7
Box 6 Folder 9
Depositions regarding George Oldner, 1776 June 7 (laid before the Convention)
Box 6 Folder 10
Letter of George Oldner to Committee of Safety,, 1776 June 7 (laid before the Convention)
Box 6 Folder 11
Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry, 1776 June 7 (laid before the Convention)
Box 6 Folder 12
List of prisoners brought to Williamsburg, 1776 June 7 (laid before the Convention)
Box 6 Folder 13
Petition of inhabitants of Loudoun County, 1776 June 8
Box 6 Folder 14
Letter of John Carmount to the Convention, 1776 June 8
Box 6 Folder 15
Petition of Thomas Potter, 1776 June 10
Box 6 Folder 16
Petition of Manasses McGahey, 1776 June 10
Box 6 Folder 17
Papers regarding Robert Shedden, 1776 June 10
Box 6 Folder 18
Petition of inhabitants of Newport Parish (Isle of Wight Co., Va.), 1776 June 10
Box 6 Folder 19
Petition of John Goodrich, Sr., ca. 1776 June 10
Box 6 Folder 20
Depositions of James Buchanan and James Anderson, 1776 June 11 (laid before the Convention)
Box 6 Folder 21
Draft order regarding Charles Neilson, 1776 June 11
Box 6 Folder 22
Letter of John Dunlop to John Blair, 1776 June 11
Box 6 Folder 23
Petition of owners of Gingoteague Island (Accomack Co., Va.), 1776 June 12
Box 6 Folder 24
Petition of freeholders of Spotsylvania County, 1776 June 12
Box 6 Folder 25
Draft resolution regarding the pardon of Harbakkuk Pride, Samuel Flanagin, and Manasses McGahey, 1776 June 12
Box 6 Folder 26
Resolution appropriating money for support of the troops, 1776 June 12
Box 6 Folder 27
Proposed amendments to the Declaration of Rights, 1776 June 12
Box 6 Folder 28
Letter of James Robinson to John Blair, 1776 June 13
Box 6 Folder 29
Order of Edmund Pendleton to the sheriff of King William County, 1776 June 13 (laid before the Convention)
Box 6 Folder 30
Report of the Committee on Public Claims, 1776 June 14
Box 6 Folder 31
Report of the Committee of Privileges and Elections regarding certification of election of delegates, 1776 June 15
Box 6 Folder 32
Certificates of election made in form prescribed by the ordinance, 1776 June 15
Box 6 Folder 33
Certificates of election not made in form prescribed by the ordinance, 1776 June 15
Box 6 Folder 34
Petition of Wilson Miles Cary, 1776 June 15
Box 6 Folder 35
Petition of James Johnson, 1776 June 15
Box 6 Folder 36
Petition of inhabitants of Stratton Major Parish (King and Queen Co., Va.), 1776 June 15 (laid before the Convention)
Box 6 Folder 37
Report of the Committee of Propositions and Grievances regarding sundry petitions (Amelia, Caroline, Chesterfield, Lunenburg, and Mecklenburg Counties, Va.), 1776 June 15
Box 6 Folder 38
Report of the Committee of Propositions and Grievances regarding the Chesterfield County petition, 1776 June 15
Box 6 Folder 39
Draft ordinance to amend an ordinance for raising and embodying a sufficient force for the defence and protection of the Colony, 1776 June 15
Box 6 Folder 40
Report of the Committee of Propositions and Grievances regarding John Ballendine's petition, 1776 June 15
Box 6 Folder 41
Ordinance for making farther provision for the defense of the Colony, 1776 June 19
Box 6 Folder 42
Treaty between the Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation and John Stuart, 1776 June 15 (laid before the Convention)
Box 6 Folder 43
Resolution regarding Pennsylvania-Virginia boundary, 1776 June 15
Box 6 Folder 44
Draft report of the Committee of Public Claims regarding John Harvie and Joseph Neaville, 1776 June 15
Box 6 Folder 45
Resolution regarding hospital for wounded at Williamsburg, 1776 June 15
Box 6 Folder 46
Resolution regarding the formation of a board to direct naval affairs, 1776 June 17
Box 6 Folder 47
Resolution to appoint persons to examine the navigable rivers of the Colony and a list of commissioners, 1776 June 17
Box 6 Folder 48
Report of the Committee of Public Claims regarding the petitions of George Moffitt and others, 1776 June 19
Box 6 Folder 49
Petition of members of the Baptist Church at Occoquan (Prince William Co., Va.), 1776 June 20
Box 6 Folder 50
Opinion of the Committee of Safety regarding Scotch prisoners, 1776 June 22 (laid before the Convention)
Box 6 Folder 51
Report of the Committee of Propositions and Grievances regarding William Christian and Arthur Campbell, 1776 June 22
Box 6 Folder 52
Ordinance to amend an ordinance entitled an ordinance to provide for paying the expenses of the delegates from this Colony to the General Congress, 1776 June 22
Box 6 Folder 53
Resolution for temporary provisions for the administration of justice, 1776 June 22
Box 6 Folder 54
Resolution regarding the disposal of property of Lord Dunmore in Hampshire County, 1776 June 22
Box 6 Folder 54a
Ordinance for establishing a Board of Commissioners to superintend and direct the naval affairs of this colony, 1776 June 22
Box 6 Folder 55
Report of the Committee of Public Claims, 1776 June 24
Box 6 Folder 56
Resolution regarding claims to Indian lands, 1776 June 24
Box 6 Folder 57
Report of the Committee of Public claims regarding Capt. Joseph Haynes and others, 1776 June 24
Box 6 Folder 58
Resolution regarding gaming, 1776 June 25
Box 6 Folder 59
Writ of election for Culpeper County, 1776 June 25
Box 6 Folder 60
Report of the committee to consider the reports of the Committee of Caroline and Spotsylvania Counties (Va.), 1776 June 26
Box 6 Folder 61
Resolution regarding tobacco warehouses, 1776 June 27
Box 6 Folder 62
Ordinance to enable the present magistrates to continue the administration of justice, 1776 June 27
Box 6 Folder 63
Journal of proceedings of a company commanded by Capt. John Shelby to Nanachuckie against the Tories and other enemies to America, 1776 June 28 (laid before the Convention)
Box 6 Folder 64
Letter of Capt. John Neville (Ft. Pitt), 1776 June 29 (laid before the Convention)
Box 6 Folder 65
Unidentified, undated
Box 6 Folder 66
Fragments, undated

Series II: Oversize Papers , 1774-1776 .

Box 7

Extent: .75 cu. ft. (1 box).

Box 7 Folder 1
Petition of James Fazakerley, 1775 March
Box 7 Folder 1a
Instruction of the Committee of Norfolk Borough to their delegates regarding grain, 1775 July 28
Box 7 Folder 2
Ordinance for appointing commissioners to settle accounts of the militia, 1775 August 12
Box 7 Folder 3
Ordinance for regulating election of delegates, 1775 August 12
Box 7 Folder 3a
Petition of the inhabitants and freeholders of Chesterfield County, 1775 August 20
Box 7 Folder 4
Report of a committee appointed to prepare a plan for embodying and disciplining a militia, 1775 March 25
Box 7 Folder 5
Petition of merchants and traders of the Borough of Norfolk and Town of Portsmouth, 1775 August 1
Box 7 Folder 6
Letter of W.R.W. Curle to the Chairman of the Committee at Williamsburg, 1775 August 11
Box 7 Folder 6a
Petition of the committee of Accomack County, 1775 November 30
Box 7 Folder 6b
Papers (intercepted letters), 1775 December 5
Box 7 Folder 6c
Papers (intercepted letters), Letter from Samuel Elam [1775 August 7], 1775 December 6
Box 7 Folder 6d
Petition of Archibald Campbell, 1775 December 16
Box 7 Folder 7
Amendments to the ordinance for raising a number of forces for the defense of the colony, 1775 December 21
Box 7 Folder 7a
Letter of Ralph Wormeley, Jr., to John Grymes, 1776 April 4
Box 7 Folder 8
Petition of the committee of Norfolk County, 1776 May 6
Box 7 Folder 8a
Petition of Arthur Upshur (Accomack Co., Va.), 1776 April 25
Box 7 Folder 8b
Advertisement for Transylvania Company (part of Transylvania papers), 1775 December 1
Box 7 Folder 9
Petition of the inhabitants of Lunenburg County (Va.), 1776 May 11
Box 7 Folder 10
Resolution of the Committee of Privileges and Elections regarding the election of delegates from King William County, 1776 May 18
Box 7 Folder 10a
Petition of the inhabitants of Mecklenburg County (Va.), 1776 May 20
Box 7 Folder 11
Report of the Committee of Propositions and Grievances regarding the petition of John Ballendine and John Reveley, 1776 May 22
Box 7 Folder 12
Report of the Committee of Privileges and Elections regarding the qualifications of Gabriel Penn, 1776 May 22
Box 7 Folder 12a
Letter of Charles Lee (Halifax Co., Va.) to Edmund Pendleton, 1776 May 24
Box 7 Folder 13
Draft ordinance for augmenting the Ninth Regiment of Regular Forces, 1776 May 25
Box 7 Folder 14
Petition of the inhabitants and freeholders of Norfolk County, 1776 May 28
Box 7 Folder 15
Report of the Committee of Privileges and Elections regarding Joshua Hopkins, Peter Butt, and Henry Hambleton, 1776 May 28
Box 7 Folder 16
Resolution instructing the Committee of Safety to write a letter to the President of the Convention of Maryland regarding Governor Eden, 1776 May 31
Box 7 Folder 17
Report of the Committee appointed to prepare a bill to encourage the making of salt, salt petre, and gunpowder, 1776 June (ca.)
Box 7 Folder 18
Petition of the inhabitants of Port Royal and the counties of King George, Caroline, and Westmoreland Counties (Va.), 1776 June 1
Box 7 Folder 18a
Petition of sundry assistants to merchants and other natives of Great Britain, 1776 June 1
Box 7 Folder 19
Report of the Committee of Privileges and Elections regarding Thomas Mitchell, 1776 June 1
Box 7 Folder 19a
Petition of offiers and soldiers of Amelia County (Va.), 1776 June 4
Box 7 Folder 20
Report of the Committee of Privileges and Elections regarding John McIntire, Alexander Thompson, George Older, William Ancock, and Stephen Sampson, 1776 June 7
Box 7 Folder 21
Report of the Committee to inquire into the state of prisoners in the Public Gaol, 1776 June 7
Box 7 Folder 22
Report of the Committee of Privileges and Elections regarding certain slaves in the Public Gaol, 1776 June 7
Box 7 Folder 23
Petition of William Aylett, 1776 June 7
Box 7 Folder 24
Report of the Committee of Privileges and Elections regarding Robert Shedden, 1776 June 10
Box 7 Folder 25
Report of the Committee of Privileges and Elections regarding John Goodrich, 1776 June 11
Box 7 Folder 26
Report of the Committee appointed to enquire into the services of persons appointed to fill up the Treasury notes, 1776 June 10
Box 7 Folder 27
Confession of John Goodrich, 1776 June 11
Box 7 Folder 28
Report of the Committee to inquire into the offenses of several criminals confined in the Public Gaol, 1776 June 11
Box 7 Folder 29
Report of the Committee of Privileges and Elections regarding Charles Henley, 1776 June 11
Box 7 Folder 30
Ordinance to supply certain defects in a former ordinance of this Convention for raising six troops of horse, 1776 June 19
Box 7 Folder 30a
Constitution (photostat), 1776 June 24
Box 7 Folder 31
Ordinance for erecting salt works in this Colony and for encouraging the making of salt, 1776 June 28
Box 7 Folder 32
Report of the Committee of Propositions and Grievances regarding the petition of sundry natives of Great Britain, 1776 June 28
Box 7 Folder 33
Amendments to the Constitution of the state of Virginia, 1776 June 28