1To George Washington from Landon Carter, 9 May 1776 (Washington Papers)
The patrolling law enacted by the Virginia general assembly in 1766 required each county to appoint a slave patrol consisting of a militia officer and up to four militiamen. At least once a month the patrol was to visit “all negro quarters and other places suspected of entertaining...
2To George Washington from Landon Carter, 31 October–2 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
The Virginia general assembly earlier this month had revived the tobacco inspection laws that had expired on 1 Oct. 1775. Each of the numerous public tobacco warehouses in the state had two salaried inspectors, whose job it was to examine all tobacco...
3To George Washington from Landon Carter, 30 July 1777 (Washington Papers)
The Virginia general assembly passed “An act to oblige the free male inhabitants of this state above a certain age to give assurance of Allegiance to the same, and for other purposes” in May 1777 (9 Hening, 281–83). The...