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Williamsburgh, May 4, 1776.
SIR: We have your favour of April 23d, with several resolutions of Congress, commissions for the officers of our Army, and instructions and bonds for those who shall apply for letters of marque and reprisal; to all which we shall pay due attention,
Feeling, as we do, the warmest resentment for the unmerited
For, and by order of the Committee of Safety of Virginia, I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant,
EDMUND PENDLETON.
To the Honourable John Hancock, President of Congress.
Letter from the Virginia Committee of Safety to the President of Congress
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and repeated severity meditated against America, by a despotick and unrelenting Administration, fully manifested, had any doubts remained of it, by their last act retrospectively sanctifying every instance of rapine, violence, and plunder, without distinction of circumstances, provided an American was the suffering object, we shall not fail to strain every nerve for defeating their cruel attempts, and, as far as may be in our power, to carry into execution the several resolutions of Congress to effect this purpose.