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Proclamation by Lord Dunmore

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PROCLAMATION BY LORD DUNMORE.

By His Excellency the Right Honourable JOHN Earl of DUNMORE, His Majesty' s Lieutenant and Governour-General of the Colony and Dominion of VIRGINIA, and Vice-Admiral of the same:

A PROCLAMATION.

VIRGINIA, to wit:

Whereas the General Assembly stands prorogued to the first Thursday in September next, but it is judged expedient and necessary that they should be sooner convened: I have therefore thought proper, by this Proclamation, in His Majesty' s name, to appoint the first Thursday in the next month for that purpose; at which time their attendance

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is accordingly required at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburgh, for the despatch of publick business.

Given under my hand and the seal of the Colony, at Williamsburgh aforesaid, this 12th day of May, in the fifteenth year of His Majesty' s reign.

GOD save the King.

Details

Title

Proclamation by Lord Dunmore, appointing the first Thursday in next month for the meeting of the General Assembly

Creator

Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia

Editor

Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1775-05-12

Presentation Location

Williamsburgh, Virginia, North America

Subject

Economy: taxation
Key people, events, and institutions: French and Indian War
Loyalist, British resistance and ideology: Loyalist philosophy
Loyalist, British resistance and ideology: support for hierarchy
Political philosophy: British supremacy
Political philosophy: charters and fundamental law
Political philosophy: English constitution
Political philosophy: harmony
Political philosophy: history
Political philosophy: longing for peace, peace overtures
Political philosophy: mixed government, hierarchy
Political philosophy: monarchy
Political philosophy: parent-child analogy
Political philosophy: rebellion

Document ID

S4-V2-P01-sp23-D0003

Series

S4

Volume

S4-V2

Part

S4-V2-P01

Sub-Part

S4-V2-P01-sp23

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No Copyright - Public Domain

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