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IN CONGRESS, October 18, 1775.
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Williamsburg, December 2nd
 
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    Resolved , that a just and well authenticated account of the hostilities committed by the ministerial troops and navy in America, since last March, be collected, with proper evidence of the truth of the fact related, the number and value of the buildings destroyed by them, also the number and value of the vessels, inward and outward bound, which have been seized by them since that period, as near as the number and value can be ascertained, also the stock taken by them from different parts of he continent.—That mr. Deane , mr. J. Adams , and mr. Wythe , be a committee for this purpose.
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Last Wednesday night some of Dunmore's banditti, about 12, mostly Negroes, came ashore, and went to the house of Mr. Benjamin Wells, at Mulberry island; after threatening and abusing him in a most infamous manner, they robbed him of all his most valuable effects, and carried off two Negro women.
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Charles Thompson, Secretary
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Nine Negroes (two of them women) who had been endeavouring to get to Norfolk in an open boat, and put ashore on Point Comfort, were fired upon by some persons in pursuit, taken, and brought here on Thursday; two of the fellows are wounded, and it is expected the rest will soon be made examples of.
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Last Monday came on the election of a representative for this city in Convention, when GEORGE WYTHE , Esq; was unanimously chosen, in room of the late Hon. Peyton Randolph, Esq;
 
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==See Also==
 
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*[[Virginia Gazette (Rind), 9 November 1775]]
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*[[Virginia Gazette (Purdie & Dixon), 17 November 1775]]
*[[Virginia Gazette (Purdie & Dixon), 2 December 1775]]
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*[[Virginia Gazette (Dixon & Hunter), 6 April 1776]]
 
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Revision as of 13:14, 12 November 2018

Published in the Virginia Gazette on 2 December, 1775. A summary of recent news states that George Wythe has been elected to represent Williamsburg in the state convention. [1]

Article text, 2 December 1775

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Williamsburg, December 2nd

Last Wednesday night some of Dunmore's banditti, about 12, mostly Negroes, came ashore, and went to the house of Mr. Benjamin Wells, at Mulberry island; after threatening and abusing him in a most infamous manner, they robbed him of all his most valuable effects, and carried off two Negro women.

Nine Negroes (two of them women) who had been endeavouring to get to Norfolk in an open boat, and put ashore on Point Comfort, were fired upon by some persons in pursuit, taken, and brought here on Thursday; two of the fellows are wounded, and it is expected the rest will soon be made examples of.

Last Monday came on the election of a representative for this city in Convention, when GEORGE WYTHE , Esq; was unanimously chosen, in room of the late Hon. Peyton Randolph, Esq; </div>

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  1. Virginia Gazette (Purdie & Dixon), 2 December, 1775 Virginia Gazette