31. Dined at Mr. Charltons & spent the Evening in my Room.
Although by law only the governor could summon the burgesses into session, the members remaining in Williamsburg today called for a convention of all their colleagues on 1 Aug. (Peyton Randolph et al. to members of the late House of Burgesses, 31 May 1774, DLC:GW; see also
, 1:105–12; , 3:348–66).