Virginia Gazette (Pinkney), 31 August 1775

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Published in the Virginia Gazette on 31 August 1775.[1] A summary of recent news states that George Wythe left Williamsburg on the previous Monday to attend the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.[2]

Article text, 31 August 1775

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WILLIAMSBURG.

LAST Sunday morning the honourable PEYTON RANDOLPH, esquire, left this city to attend the continental congress; and on the succeeding morning GEORGE WYTHE , esquire, set off for the same laudable purpose. The LADIES of the above gentlemen accompanied them. The volunteers, as usual, paid every mark of distinction on the occasion.

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  1. Virginia Gazette (Pinkney), 31 August 1775.
  2. Virginia Gazette (Pinkney), 31 August 1775.