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Gloucester County (Virginia) Committee

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GLOUCESTER COUNTY (VIRGINIA) COMMITTEE.

At a meeting of the Committee of Gloucester, at the Court-House, on Tuesday, the 2d of May, 1775:

Resolved, That we will not ship a single Hogshead of Tobacco to Great Britain, until the determination of the Continental Congress respecting Exportation be known.

Resolved, That we deem the Resolution of our Committee last November, not to ship any Tobacco to Mr˙ Norton' s House, as still obligatory, the Ship Virginia having arrived without the concessions then required.

JASPER CLAYTON, Clerk

Details

Title

Gloucester County, Virginia, Committee, prohibit the Exportation of Tobacco to England

Creator

Virginia, Gloucester County Committee
Clayton, Jasper

Editor

Virginia, Gloucester County Committee
Clayton, Jasper

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1775-05-02

Presentation Location

Gloucester County, Virginia, North America

Before Whom

Virginia, Gloucester County Committee; Clayton, Jasper

Subject

Economy: trade and commerce
Economy: trade restrictions
Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies
Mobilizing the populace: elections and dissemination of convention proceedings
Mobilizing the populace: trade boycotts
Politics and causes of revolt: Continental Association

Document ID

S4-V2-P01-sp19-D0015

Series

S4

Volume

S4-V2

Part

S4-V2-P01

Sub-Part

S4-V2-P01-sp19

Usage Conditions

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No Copyright - Public Domain

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