Resolves From the Proceedings of the Virginia Convention Appointing Delegates to the Second Continental Congress

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On August 11, 1775, Virginia’s Convention selected Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Richard Bland, and George Wythe as delegates to represent Virginia in the Second Continental Congress. The Proceedings of the Virginia Convention served as the delegates’ credentials. It also notes a very special thank-you to “his Excellency General Washington.”

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention.

National Archives Identifier: 517356541

Full Citation: Resolves From the Proceedings of the Virginia Convention Appointing Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Richard Bland and George Wythe as Delegates to the Second Continental Congress; 8/1775; Credentials of Delegates to the Congress from Virginia, 1775-88; Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789; Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, Record Group 360; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/resolves-virginia-delegates-second-continental-congress/, December 18, 2025]

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