1From George Washington to Carter Burwell, 20 April 1755 (Washington Papers)
The Virginia General Assembly had last met 17 Oct. to 2 Nov. 1754. A new session was to begin 1 May 1755. For Burwell’s offer, see
2From George Washington to John Robinson, 20 April 1755 (Washington Papers)
John Robinson was speaker of the House of Burgesses, not of the House of Delegates which replaced that body as the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly in 1776.
3From George Washington to William Fairfax, 5 May 1755 (Washington Papers)
, 36). The seat of Frederick County, Winchester was laid out in 1744 but not established by the Virginia General Assembly until 1752.
4To George Washington from Allan Macrae, 13 May 1755 (Washington Papers)
Dinwiddie’s speech to the Virginia General Assembly at the opening of its session 1 May 1755 appeared in the
5From George Washington to Robert Orme, 22 May 1755 (Washington Papers)
, 6:422–23). An anticipated shortage of corn “occasioned by the long drought” induced the Virginia General Assembly in August to fix the price of corn temporarily and to authorize the governor and council to prohibit the exportation of all grain until the situation improved (6
6To George Washington from Philip Ludwell, 8 August 1755 (Washington Papers)
Alarmed by the news of Braddock’s defeat, Dinwiddie called the Virginia General Assembly into session on 5 Aug. On 6 Aug. the members of the House of Burgesses, sitting as a committee of the whole, resolved to increase the colony’s forces to 1,200 men “for the Protection of...
7Truro Parish Vestry to Francis Fauquier, 4 February 1766 (Washington Papers)
A law passed by the Virginia general assembly in 1748 provided “That the sole right of presentation shall be, and remain, in the several vestries, for and during the term of twelve months next after a vacancy shall happen in their respective parishes” (6
8Memorandum List of Tithables, 16 July 1770 (Washington Papers)
...his total number of tithables for Truro Parish. “An Act for the Settlement and Regulation of Ferries, and for Dispatch of Public Expresses,” passed in the October 1748 session of the Virginia general assembly, provided that “for encouragement of ferry keepers, and in consideration of setting over public messengers, [free of charge] . . . That all the men attending the said ferries be free...
9[February 1772] (Washington Papers)
The first session of the new Virginia General Assembly, after several prorogations, was scheduled to begin on 6 Feb., but did not obtain a quorum until four days later due to the bad weather and poor roads (
10[Diary entry: 25 February 1772] (Washington Papers)
The first session of the new Virginia General Assembly, after several prorogations, was scheduled to begin on 6 Feb., but did not obtain a quorum until four days later due to the bad weather and poor roads (