51Jefferson’s Opinion on Proposal for Manufacture of Woolen Textiles in Virginia, [3 December 1790] (Jefferson Papers)
...because the resolution of the Virginia House of Delegates declared that the proposed...
52To George Washington from Samuel G. Dorr, 23 August 1790 (Washington Papers)
...and repesented the county in the Virginia house of delegates as well as in the convention...
53To George Washington from John Hoomes, 16 August 1790 (Washington Papers)
...1790 to 1796 and served in the Virginia house of delegates from 1791 to 1795 and in the...
54To George Washington from Lund Washington, 28 April 1790 (Washington Papers)
...–99 and represented Fairfax County in the Virginia house of delegates, 1788–89, 1791–92, and...
55To George Washington from George Augustine Washington, 26 March 1790 (Washington Papers)
...1814–15 represented the county in the Virginia house of delegates. As late as November 1799...
56To George Washington from Harrison County, Va., Field Officers, 2 February 1790 (Washington Papers)
This address, drawn up in the Virginia house of delegates in October 1789, reads: “It has been a...
57To George Washington from Beverley Randolph, 11 January 1790 (Washington Papers)
..., a copy of a resolution of the Virginia house of delegates dated 17 Dec. 1789, reads: “Mr...
58To George Washington from James Madison, 4 January 1790 (Washington Papers)
For the action of the Virginia house of delegates on the amendments to the Constitution, see
59To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 26 November 1789 (Washington Papers)
For the Virginia house of delegates’ action on the amendments to the Constitution, see
60To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 22 November 1789 (Washington Papers)
...senators Richard Henry Lee and William Grayson to the Virginia house of delegates is printed...
61To George Washington from James Madison, 20 November 1789 (Washington Papers)
...s unsuccessful attempt in the Virginia house of delegates to make hemp and tobacco commutable...
62To George Washington from George William Smith, 20 July 1789 (Washington Papers)
...Smith also served in the Virginia house of delegates intermittently between 1776 and 1788 and...
63To George Washington from Thomas Howells, 14 July 1789 (Washington Papers)
...Randolph sent GW’s letter to the Virginia house of delegates, where it was identified only as...
64To George Washington from Cyrus Griffin, 10 July 1789 (Washington Papers)
Virginia House of Delegates Journal,
65To George Washington from Josiah Parker, 1 July 1789 (Washington Papers)
...Isle of Wight County in the Virginia house of delegates but was declared ineligible. He was...
66To George Washington from Arthur Lee, 21 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
...Arthur Lee (1740–1792) served in the Virginia house of delegates in 1781–83 and 1785 and in...
67To George Washington from Carter Braxton, 15 April 1789 (Washington Papers)
...(1746–1810), a member of the Virginia house of delegates 1787–88 and at this time representing...
68To George Washington from John Hopkins, 10 April 1789 (Washington Papers)
...stormy: in November 1781 the Virginia house of delegates accused him of illegally acquiring...
69To George Washington from James Monroe, 15 February 1789 (Washington Papers)
...(1758–1831) was elected to the Virginia house of delegates in 1782, in 1783–86 served in...
70To George Washington from John Lewis, 13 December 1788 (Washington Papers)
...1757–1800) represented Nansemond County in the Virginia house of delegates from 1784 until...
71To George Washington from Gardoqui, 29 October 1787 (Washington Papers)
.... 1786, the Virginia house of delegates adopted a series of resolutions declaring that...
72To George Washington from Hannah Crawford, 16 March 1787 (Washington Papers)
...On 2 Dec. 1786 the Virginia house of delegates read Mrs. Crawford’s petition ”that her late...
73To George Washington from Benjamin Tupper, 23 November 1786 (Washington Papers)
...represented Ohio in the Virginia house of delegates from 1786 through 1791, except in 1790;...
74To George Washington from Patrick Henry, 11 November 1785 (Washington Papers)
...Jan. 1785 the Virginia house of delegates adopted a resolution calling for the governor to...
75To George Washington from James Madison, 11 November 1785 (Washington Papers)
...of the unsuccessful attempt in the Virginia house of delegates during this session to amend...
76To George Washington from Patrick Henry, 26 September 1785 (Washington Papers)
On 1 Jan. 1785 the Virginia house of delegates:
77To George Washington from Alexander Henderson, 11 January 1785 (Washington Papers)
...Dec. 1784 the Virginia house of delegates voted 45 to 38 to postpone further consideration...
78To George Washington from Beverley Randolph, 15 December 1784 (Washington Papers)
..., are printed in the journal of the Virginia house of delegates for 13 Dec.: “Whereas, the...
79To George Washington from Benjamin Harrison, 2 July 1784 (Washington Papers)
...June 1784 the Virginia house of delegates resolved: “That the Executive be empowered and...
80To George Washington from James Wood, 5 June 1784 (Washington Papers)
...from Frederick County to the Virginia house of delegates, was from 1776 to 1783...
81To George Washington from John Allison, 26 April 1784 (Washington Papers)
The journal of the Virginia house of delegates for its May 1777 session has been lost.
82Virginia Delegates to George Washington, 8 January 1782 (Madison Papers)
The Virginia House of Delegates on 17 Dec. 1781 unanimously adopted a resolution thanking...
83To George Washington from Benjamin Harrison, 28 February 1781 (Washington Papers)
...Capt. John Champe Carter, was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates.
84To George Washington from James Duane, 29 January 1781 (Washington Papers)
...of Benjamin Harrison, the speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, and freed his...
85To George Washington from Benjamin Harrison, 16 June 1780 (Washington Papers)
...–26). Between 16 and 17 June, the Virginia House of Delegates debated and agreed to a bill to...
86To George Washington from John Parke Custis, 12 December 1779 (Washington Papers)
. Custis represented Fairfax County in the Virginia House of Delegates.
87To George Washington from Brigadier General Thomas Nelson, Jr., 28 November 1779 (Washington Papers)
...who then sat in the Virginia House of Delegates, is referring to the selection of “a...
88To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 12 May 1779 (Washington Papers)
...9 May, of a resolution that the Virginia House of Delegates passed on 10 May: “Resolved,...
89To George Washington from Colonel James Wood, 12 November 1778 (Washington Papers)
to the Virginia House of Delegates on 4 Nov., and on the following day the...
90To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 21 May 1778 (Washington Papers)
...document. The Virginia house of delegates passed “an act granting free pardon to certain...
91To George Washington from John Parke Custis, 11 May 1778 (Washington Papers)
...Custis and George Mason to represent Fairfax County in the Virginia house of delegates, see
92To George Washington from Landon Carter, 7 May 1778 (Washington Papers)
...elected several times to the Virginia house of delegates in the 1780s. Rebecca Plater Tayloe...
93To George Washington from Lund Washington, 8 April 1778 (Washington Papers)
...Custis was elected to the Virginia house of delegates from Fairfax County, not New Kent...
94To George Washington from John Parke Custis, 26 March 1778 (Washington Papers)
...election to one of two Fairfax County seats in the Virginia house of delegates (see
95To George Washington from Major General Nathanael Greene, 26 March 1778 (Washington Papers)
...1 Jan. 1783. Overton represented Louisa County in the Virginia house of delegates, 1789–91.
96To George Washington from Patrick Henry, 5 March 1778 (Washington Papers)
...Jan. the Virginia house of delegates resolved “that each regular soldier, belonging either...
97To George Washington from John Parke Custis, 12 February 1778 (Washington Papers)
...introduced, debated, and passed in the Virginia house of delegates on 26 Nov. 1777, although...
98To George Washington from Joseph Jones, 22 January 1778 (Washington Papers)
...1777 it was announced in the Virginia house of delegates that Jones “hath desired permission...
99To George Washington from John Parke Custis, 14 January 1778 (Washington Papers)
). The Virginia house of delegates unanimously resolved on 15 Dec. 1777 to approve and...
100From George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel James Innes, 2 January 1778 (Washington Papers)
Although the Virginia house of delegates approved the engrossed bill of “An Act for speedily...