...in a general congress of all the colonies, we have appointed the honorable Peyton Randolph, Esquire, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Patrick Henry,...Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Edmund Pendleton, Esquires, deputies to represent this colony in the said Congress, to be held at Philadelphia on the...

...too far in advance of public sentiment at the time. The delegates appointed by the convention were Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington,...Patrick Henry, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Edward Pendleton. The congress met on the ist of September, and remained in session until the 26th...

...summoned. The Virginia Convention appointed as its delegates, "The Honourable Peyton Randolph, Esq., Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Patrick Henry,...Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Edmund Pendleton, Esquires, to represent the Colony in the said Congress." Patrick Henry, mounted on a better horse,...

...the first annual Congress of these colonies. Virginia's delegates made a strong list in combination : Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington,...Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Edmund Pendleton. Jefferson's name was not on this earliest roll. Prudential and politic reasons must be balanced in...

...too far in advance of public sentiment at the time. The delegates appointed by the convention were Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington,...Patrick Henry, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Edward Pendleton. The congress met on the ist of September, and remained in session until the 26th...

...colony except Georgia being represented. It was composed of fifty delegates. The Virginia delegates were Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington,...Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Edmund Pendleton. The other colonies sent their wisest men. From South Carolina came Christopher Gadsden and Edward Rutledge;...

...America, should be' collected in a General Congress of all the colonies, we have appointed the Honorable Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington,...Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Edmund Pendleton, Esquires, deputies, to represent this colony in the said Congress, to be held at Philadelphia, on the...

...attributes. It is evident, however, that he was aroused to an unusual pitch of enthusiasm, for he declared he was ready to raise one thousand men, subsist them...represent the people of Virginia in the General Congress. Washington had formed a correct opinion of the position of General Gage. From the time of taking command...

...own. The convention, on the 5th of August, elected, as delegates to the first Continental Congress Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington,...Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Edmund Pendleton. The first Continental Congress was called for September 5th. Patrick Henry and Edmund Pendleton stopped...

...Messrs. Lewis and McDowell to the members of Congress : " To the Hon. Peyton Randolph, Esq., President, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Edmund Randolph, £sgrs., Delegates from this colony to the General Congress : "Gentlemen, — We have it...