Title: Letter from the Committee for Northampton County to the Committee of Safety of Virginia, giving an account of the proceedings of Lord Dunmore.
Citation: American Archives Series 4, Volume 3, Page 1669
Author/Presenter: Virginia, Northampton Committee
Type: Correspondence
Themes: Key people, events, and institutions: Continental Congress; Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies; Military action: British forces; Military action: espionage; Military action: intelligence and planning; Military action: local protection; Military action: logistics, provisioning, and recruitment; Military action: militias and irregular forces; Military action: Virginia fighting; Mobilizing the populace: Dunmore's proclamation; Mobilizing the populace: military depravation, fear of attack; Political philosophy: American nationalism, unity, rights of America; Political philosophy: property; Politics and causes of revolt: political rumor; Social reality: class; Social reality: slavery; Social reality: the poor, poverty
Date Presented: 1775-11-25
Date Composed: 1775-11-25
Where Written: Northampton, Massachusetts, North America
Recipient: Virginia, Committee of Safety
Document ID: S4-V3-P01-sp34-D0051
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