On this day 250 years ago, the Liberty Boys of Georgia led by John Houstoun, George Walton, Archibald Bulloch and Noble W. Jones held a meeting at Tondee’s Tavern in Savannah. They appointed a committee to draft resolutions opposing the Intolerable Acts, and they scheduled another meeting for August 10 to consider the resolutions.

Sources: https://mrsstreeter.wixsite.com/georgiastudies/unit-3; https://jeannetteaustin.medium.com/tondees-tavern-in-savannah-georgia-9789801042f8; https://www.taraross.com/post/tdih-tondees-tavern

Also on this day the citizens of Accomack County, Virginia met to adopt Resolutions in support of the people of Boston and to elect delegates to the Virginia Convention.

Source: https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/672b0c83-5d0c-4bed-85f0-57599c7a60b1/content

And on this day 250 years ago in London, Benjamin Franklin forwarded to America 200 copies of a pamphlet recently published in London entitled A Declaration of the People’s Natural Right to a Share in the Legislature; Which Is the Fundamental Principle of the British Constitution of State for distribution to the delegates to the upcoming Continental Congress and to other Americans.

Source: https://founders.archives.gov/?q=%2227%20July%201774%22&s=1111311111&sa=&r=5&sr=