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On this day 250 years ago Royal Governor Dunmore of Virginia wrote that he would “proceed immediately to [Pittsburgh] or the mouth of Wheeling with 250 or 350 good men as many more as can be spared in order to compel the Indians to a lasting peace.” Source: https://allthingsliberty.com/2016/02/virginia-looking-westward-from-lord-dunmores-war-through-the-revolution/#_edn8
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On this day 250 years ago, at New Brunswick, New Jersey, “a general meeting of the Committees of the several Counties of the Province of New Jersey” was held to adopt resolutions in opposition to the Intolerable Acts, to organize aid for the people of Boston and to elect “James Kinsey, William Livingston, John DeHart,…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Assembly selected eight men to serve as Delegates to the First Continental Congress — John Dickinson, Joseph Galloway, Thomas Mifflin, George Ross, John Morton, Edward Biddle, Samuel Rhoads, and Charles Humphreys. Unlike the delegations of most of the other colonies, which were filled with ardent…
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On this day 250 years ago the First Provincial Congress met in Exeter, New Hampshire. The Provincial Congress elected John Wentworth of Somersworth as its Chairman, John Giddinge as Treasurer and John Sullivan and Nathaniel Folsom as Delegates to the First Continental Congress. The Provincial Congress also named a Committee composed of Wentworth, Meshach Weare,…
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On this day 250 years ago, the Patriots of Hanover County, Virginia adopted the Hanover Resolves. Source: https://historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMLTT_hanover-courthouse_Hanover-VA.html https://roadtorevolution.com/hanover-county-courthouse/
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On this day 250 years ago, Patriots met at the Coffeehouse in New York City to prepare resolutions in response to the Boston Port Act and the Intolerable Acts. The conservative leaders in New York most of whom would end up as Loyalists, opposed a radical response and the resolutions adopted in New York did…
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On this day 250 years ago “a general Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of Fairfax” at the courthouse in Alexandria adopted the Fairfax Resolves. These resolutions were drafted primarily by George Mason with the assistance of George Washington. The meeting was presided over by George Washington and recorded by Robert Harrison…
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On this day 250 years ago, the Patriots of Hanover County, Virginia adopted the Hanover Resolves. Source: https://historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMLTT_hanover-courthouse_Hanover-VA.html https://roadtorevolution.com/hanover-county-courthouse/
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On this day 250 years ago, George Mason and George Washington make final edits to the draft Fairfax Resolves at Mount Vernon. They spend the night at Mount Vernon and ride into Alexandria the next day to present the proposed Resolves to the Fairfax County meeting. Source: https://www.loc.gov/collections/george-washington-papers/articles-and-essays/fairfax-resolves/
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On this day 250 years ago a Newton, New Jersey, the freeholders of Sussex County adopted resolutions urging the repeal of the Boston Port Bill and the other Intolerable Acts. Source: http://www.getnj.com/historicroadsides/sussex.shtml Also on this day, the Patriots of Surry County, Virginia adopted their Resolves against the Intolerable Acts. Source: https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/672b0c83-5d0c-4bed-85f0-57599c7a60b1/content
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