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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington, George | Burwell, Carter | From George Washington to Carter Burwell, 20 April 1755 | 1755-04-20 | The Virginia General Assembly had last met 17 Oct. to 2 Nov. 1754... |
| 2 | Washington, George | Robinson, John | From George Washington to John Robinson, 20 April 1755 | 1755-04-20 | ...which replaced that body as the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly in 1776. |
| 3 | Washington, George | Fairfax, William | From George Washington to William Fairfax, 5 May 1755 | 1755-05-05 | ...was laid out in 1744 but not established by the Virginia General Assembly until 1752. |
| 4 | Macrae, Allan | Washington, George | To George Washington from Allan Macrae, 13 May 1755 | 1755-05-13 | ...’s speech to the Virginia General Assembly at the opening of its session 1 May 1755... |
| 5 | Washington, George | Orme, Robert | From George Washington to Robert Orme, 22 May 1755 | 1755-05-22 | ...by the long drought” induced the Virginia General Assembly in August to fix the price... |
| 6 | Ludwell, Philip | Washington, George | To George Washington from Philip Ludwell, 8 August 1755 | 1755-08-08 | ...Braddock’s defeat, Dinwiddie called the Virginia General Assembly into session on 5 Aug. On... |
| 7 | Truro Parish Vestry | Fauquier, Francis | Truro Parish Vestry to Francis Fauquier, 4 February … | 1766-02-04 | ...law passed by the Virginia general assembly in 1748 provided “That the sole right of... |
| 8 | Washington, George | Memorandum List of Tithables, 16 July 1770 | 1770-07-16 | ...the October 1748 session of the Virginia general assembly, provided that “for encouragement... | |
| 9 | Washington, George | [February 1772] | ≈1772-02-01 | ...of the new Virginia General Assembly, after several prorogations, was scheduled to... | |
| 10 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 25 February 1772] | 1772-02-25 | ...of the new Virginia General Assembly, after several prorogations, was scheduled to... | |
| 11 | Crawford, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Crawford, 15 November … | 1772-11-15 | When petitioning the Virginia general assembly on 20 Nov. 1778 for patents to land claimed... |
| 12 | Mason, George | Dunmore, John Murray, fourth Earl of | Petition of George Mason for Warrants for Lands in … | ≈1774-06-01 | .... 1778, Mason presented to the Virginia General Assembly a memorial requesting confirmation of... |
| 13 | Washington, George | Trent, William | From George Washington to William Trent, 4 August 1775 | 1775-08-04 | ...’s claim. He unsuccessfully petitioned the Virginia general assembly in 1779, and between 1779... |
| 14 | Washington, Lund | Washington, George | To George Washington from Lund Washington, 17 December … | 1775-12-17 | ...3 and 10. For the act of the Virginia general assembly regarding the seating of lands, see 3... |
| 15 | Washington, Lund | Washington, George | To George Washington from Lund Washington, 15 February … | 1776-02-15 | ...the 1705 act of the Virginia general assembly concerning the granting and seating of lands,... |
| 16 | Committee of Privileges and Elections of the … | Case of William Aylett, [8–22 May] 1776 | ≈1776-05-08 | ...Continental Artillery. He was a member of the Virginia General Assembly in 1783 (F. B.... | |
| 17 | Carter, Landon | Washington, George | To George Washington from Landon Carter, 9 May 1776 | 1776-05-09 | ...law enacted by the Virginia general assembly in 1766 required each county to appoint a... |
| 18 | Carter, Landon | Washington, George | To George Washington from Landon Carter, 31 October–2 … | ≈1776-10-31 | The Virginia general assembly earlier this month had revived the tobacco inspection laws that... |
| 19 | Washington, George | Hancock, John | From George Washington to John Hancock, 1 December 1776 | 1776-12-01 | News of the Virginia general assembly’s choice on 12 Nov. of Daniel Morgan as... |
| 20 | Washington, George | Stephen, Adam | Orders to Brigadier General Adam Stephen, 13 January … | 1777-01-13 | ...1776 and a representative in the Virginia general assembly intermittently from 1778 to 1788,... |
| 21 | Dandridge, Bartholomew | Washington, George | To George Washington from Bartholomew Dandridge, 16 … | 1777-01-16 | ..., a member of the Virginia general assembly and the Virginia convention, was at this time... |
| 22 | Washington, George | Custis, John Parke | From George Washington to John Parke Custis, 22 January … | 1777-01-22 | ...referring to resolutions passed by the Virginia general assembly on 21 Dec. 1776 and printed... |
| 23 | Grayson, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from Colonel William Grayson, 29 … | 1777-01-29 | The Virginia general assembly created the Virginia state line in December 1776, authorizing... |
| 24 | Grayson, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from Colonel William Grayson, 8 … | 1777-04-08 | ...the one Georgia battalion that the Virginia general assembly had authorized them to raise in... |
| 25 | Washington, George | Shippen, William Jr. | From George Washington to William Shippen, Jr., 3 May … | 1777-05-03 | .... Although the Virginia general assembly during 1779 authorized Monroe to raise a regiment for... |
| 26 | Grayson, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from Colonel William Grayson, 1 … | 1777-07-01 | ..., and for other purposes,” passed by the Virginia general assembly at its May 1777 session,... |
| 27 | Carter, Landon | Washington, George | To George Washington from Landon Carter, 30 July 1777 | 1777-07-30 | The Virginia general assembly passed “An act to oblige the free male inhabitants... |
| 28 | Custis, John Parke | Washington, George | To George Washington from John Parke Custis, 8 August … | 1777-08-08 | ...plans to honor her that the Virginia general assembly began when it passed the following... |
| 29 | Custis, John Parke | Washington, George | To George Washington from John Parke Custis, 11 … | 1777-09-11 | ...a Fairfax County delegate in the Virginia general assembly from the spring of 1779 to the... |
| 30 | Jefferson, Thomas | Memorandum on Paper Money, [October 1777–January 1778] | ≈1777-10-01 | ...–January 1778 session of the Virginia General Assembly to address the growing problem of... |