On this day 250 years ago, a meeting of the inhabitants of Fairfax County, Virginia at the county courthouse in Alexandria elected George Washington and Charles Broadwater as Burgesses to the next session of the Virginia Assembly. The meeting lasted two hours and was “conducted with great order and regularity” according to an observer. The candidates provided a “Hogshead of Toddy” to the voters, and George Washington that evening hosted at an expense of 8 Pounds, 5 Shillings and 6 Pence “a Ball to the Freeholders and Gentlemen of the town . . . [with] Coffee and Chocolate, but no Tea. This Herb is in disgrace amongst them at present”

Source: https://founders.archives.gov/?q=%2214%20July%201774%22&s=1111311111&sa=&r=2&sr=

Also on this day, 109 men from Lenox, Massachusetts signed the Non-Importation Agreement circulated by the Boston Committee of Correspondence. There were only 181 families living in Lenox 15 years later so the 109 men represented a clear majority of the population. 55 of these men would go on to serve in the Militia or Continental Army during the Revolution.

Source: https://lenoxhistory.org/tag/lenox-revolutionary-war/

And also on this day 250 years ago, the Patriots of both Chesterfield and Gloucester Counties, Virginia separately adopted Resolves in support of Massachusetts and in opposition to the Intolerable Acts.

Sources: https://chesterfieldhistory.com/revolution-timeline.html; https://gloucesterva.gov/tourism/events/1774-gloucester-county-resolves