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Thursday, May 26. Between three and four o' clock, P˙ M˙, the Right Honourable the Earl of Dunmore, sent a message to the honourable the House of Burgesses, by the Clerk of the Council, requiring their immediate attendance in the Council Chamber; when his Excellency spoke to them as follows:

"MR˙ SPEAKER AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES: I have in my hand a paper published by order of your House, conceived in such terms as reflect highly upon his Majesty, and the Parliament of Great Britain, which makes it necessary for me to dissolve you, and you are dissolved accordingly."

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Title: Assembly of Virginia dissolved by Lord Dunmore
Creator: Virginia, House of Burgesses
Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia
Editor: Virginia, House of Burgesses
Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia
Resource Type: text
Genre/Form: documents (object genre)
Date Created: 1774-05-26
Recipient: Virginia, House of Burgesses
Presentation Location: Williamsburgh, Virginia, North America
Before Whom: Virginia, House of Burgesses
Subject: Key people, events, and institutions: colonial government
Social reality: government organization
Document ID: S4-V1-P03-sp08-D0002
Series: S4
Volume: S4-V1
Part: S4-V1-P03
Sub-Part: S4-V1-P03-sp08
Usage Conditions: This work is in the Public Domain, and as such is not subject to copyright restrictions. Users are free to copy, use, and redistribute it in whole or in part without permission.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Public Domain

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