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Letter from Governour Dunmore to the Earl of Dartmouth. Every County in Virginia has its Committee, and is, besides, raising an Independent Company, for the avowed purpose of being employed against Government, if occation requires. There is not a Jus

Creator

Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia

Editor

Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1774-12-24

Recipient

Legge, William, Earl of Dartmouth

Subject

Economy: debt and credit
Economy: industry
Economy: moral economy
Key people, events, and institutions: Continental Congress
Key people, events, and institutions: London, British merchants
Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies
Military action: militias and irregular forces
Mobilizing the populace: trade boycotts
Political philosophy: justice, law, and natural law
Political philosophy: legislative power
Political philosophy: rebellion
Politics and causes of revolt: Continental Association
Social reality: class
Social reality: government organization
Social reality: Indian-white relations
Social reality: the poor, poverty

Document ID

S4-V1-P03-sp40-D0071

Series

S4

Volume

S4-V1

Part

S4-V1-P03

Sub-Part

S4-V1-P03-sp40

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