On this day 250 years ago, in Williamsburg, Virginia’s last Royal Governor, Lord Dunmore, with his family fled the Governor’s Palace to the safety of the HMS Fowey in the York River. With his departure from Williamsburg, government of Virginia was entirely under the command of the Virginia Convention except where and when British soldiers were ashore.
On that day in Goshen, New York, over 360 men led by Henry Wisner signed a pledge to adhere to the command of the Continental Congress. Wisner would later serve in the Continental Congress and voted for Independence although he was not present when the Declaration was signed.
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