On this day 250 years ago, George Washington dined with Peyton Randolph at Randolph’s home in Williamsburg, Virginia. We do not know what they talked about but at that time Randolph was Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses and Washington was a leading Member of the House of Burgesses. Only 17 months later Randolph would be the President of the Continental Congress when the Congress appointed Washington as the Commander of the Continental Army.

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