 | Dabney Herndon Maury - 1896 - 276 strani
...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;... | |
 | Edward Payson Powell - 1897 - 488 strani
...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... | |
 | New York Public Library - 1897 - 388 strani
...[1870?] 4°. EM. 285 Clipping: United States. — Congress, Continental, 1774. Delegates from Virginia. Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, Edmund Pendleton appointed, by a meeting at Williamsburg, August 5, 1774, delegates to Continental... | |
 | John Randolph Tucker - 1899 - 558 strani
...from all the colonies should assemble, and appointed to that general congress seven delegates, to wit: Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington,...Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison and Edmund Pendleton. Rhode Island, on June 15, 1774, concurred in this recommendation of Virginia;1 and Massachusetts, on... | |
 | Marshall Everett - 1901 - 568 strani
...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... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - 1901 - 492 strani
...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Van Meter - 1901 - 300 strani
...which they had taken and to sustain them in their position. These Congressional representatives were : Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, _and Edmund Randolph. The letter which they wrote to those very distinguished men on that very eventful... | |
 | Morris H. Hancock - 1902 - 644 strani
...one who was present, to have spoken in support of them in a strain of uncommon eloquence, which shows his latent ardor had been excited on the occasion,...Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison and Edmund Pendleton '.vere appointed delegates to represent the people of Virginia in the General Congress. Washington... | |
 | Margherita Arlina Hamm - 1902 - 494 strani
...Williamsburg meeting came off enthusiastically, and the delegates appointed as deputies to Congress, Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington,...Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Edmund Pendleton. At the First Continental Congress Henry pronounced one of the great orations of the world. It was in... | |
 | Thomas Edward Watson - 1903 - 596 strani
...having been favorably received by the other colonies, the convention proceeded to elect delegates, Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington,...Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Edmund Pendleton. During that summer of 1774 Boston suffered, and the heart of all America sympathized with her. 109... | |
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