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The fifth Virginia Convention met at the Capitol in Williamsburg on May 6 and elected Edmund
Pendleton
president.
One of the
most
important legislative
assemblies
in
Virginia'
s
history,
the
Convention ordered the colony' s delegates to the Continental Congress to recommend that
Congress " declare
the United Colonies free and independent
states."
Virginia was the first colony
to direct its representatives to take the initiative in introducing a resolution for independence. On
June 12 the Convention also adopted the Declaration of Rights, which contains ringing statements
of individual liberty and of the right of self-government. Drafted by George Mason, the Virginia
Declaration influenced similar constitutional provisions in other states and the Bill of Rights of the
United States Constitution. It also influenced the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the
Citizen in the early days of the French Revolution and was a partial basis for the Statement on
Human Rights appended
to the charter of the United
Nations.
In addition, the Convention took the risky step on June 29 of declaring Virginia independent of
Great Britain before the Continental Congress voted on the question of independence.
May
May
11,
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1776
Williamsburg, May 11, 1776
All Persons in my Debt, for Shaving, Dressing, etc. contracted before I entered into Partnership
with Mr. Wylie, are once more requested to discharge
their Accounts ( some of which have been
standing for Years) that I may be enabled to pay those Debts which I have been under a Necessity of
contracting for the Support of my Family through their Neglect. If this Application proves
ineffectual, and the Law should not be open to force Compliance, those who are deficient will have
their Names exposed in the Gazette. Gentlemen who pay me punctually may rely on my constant
Attendance, and utmost Endeavours to give Satisfaction; others can expect no more of my Services.
George Lafong
George
Lafong,
a "
French
Hair- Dresser,"
was a long- time resident of Williamsburg where he
owned a thriving wigmaking, hair dressing, and barbering business, which he claimed to carry on
in the cheapest
manner,
and TOUT A LA MODE."
He could count among his customers George
Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Nathaniel Burwell of Carter' s Grove. In order to" carry on the
Business
possess"
more
great
extensively,"
abilities
Lafong formed a partnership with Alexander Wylie, who claimed to
Dressing." Lafong' s threat to expose those who failed to pay their
in Hair-
debts must have worked because no such announcement
appeared in the Virginia Gazette.
During the Revolution Lafong acted as interpreter in several court- martial cases and for the
governor. He died a pauper in 1799.
To be SOLD by the Subscriber, at his Store in Williamsburg, the following Articles, for ready
Money only. Broadcloths, Thread and Silk Breeches Patterns, black Silk Lasting, Serge Dusoy,
Damascus,
Loretto,
Tobine,
India
Persians,
Lustrings,
Muslins,
Gauze,
Cambrick,
Lawn
and
Gauze Handkerchiefs and Aprons, black Minionet and Blond Lace, Ditto lace Hats, plain Ditto,
Women's Hats and Bonnets, Gloves, Ribands, Fans, Necklaces, Cap Wire, Paste Combs, gilt Shoe
and Knee Buckles, large Dressing Glasses, black Walnut Tea Chests. Do. Candlesticks, Japan
Waiters,
painted Chimney
and
Table
Covers,
Decanters,
Wine
Glasses,
Stands
and
Castors,
PAMPHLET FILE
�Ticklers; Window Glass, Spanish Brown, red and white Lead, Saws, Scythes, Two-Shilling Nails, a
Variety of China Cups, Saucers, and Teapots, Guns and Gun Locks, a large Quantity of Grubbing
and Hilling Hoes, broad and narrow Axes, Steelyards of all Sizes, Dutch Ovens, Brass and Iron
Skillets, Tea Kitchens and Kettles, Sheep and Tailors Shears, Scissors, Razor Straps, Combs, Fish
Hooks, Cork Screws, Shoemakers and Saddlers Tools, Saddles,
of other Articles too tedious to enumerate.
Bridles, and a considerable
Number
William
Pitt
William Pitt was the son of Dr. George Pitt, a merchant and apothecary in Williamsburg at the
Sign of the Rhinoceros.
Dr. Pitt also served as keeper of the Public Magazine.
In 1776 Dr. Pitt,
loyal to the king, returned to England with one of his sons. William remained in Williamsburg and
continued his father' s mercantile business. He later moved to a plantation, Lilliput, about four
miles from Williamsburg, where he conducted a boarding school. He died there in 1786.
May 15, 1776
The Virginia Convention unanimously adopted a resolution instructing the colony' s delegates in
Congress
to introduce
a motion
for independence.
Resolved unanimously, The delegates appointed to represent this colony in General Congress be
instructed to propose to that respectable body to declare the United Colonies free and independent
states, absolved from all allegiance to, or dependence upon, the crown or parliament of Great
Britain; and that they give the assent of this colony to such declaration, and to whatever measures
may be thought proper and necessary by the Congress for forming foreign alliances, and a confederation of the colonies, at such time, and in the manner, as to them shall seem best: Provided, that the
power of forming government for, and the regulations of the internal concerns of each colony, be left
to the respective
colonial
legislatures.
Compiled by Harold B. Gill, Jr.
Colonial
Williamsburg
Foundation
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These Boisterous Times
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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1976
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“<em>These Boisterous Times…</em>” The Week in ’76 was a newsletter produced by the Colonial Williamsburg Department of Preservation and Research in 1976. Compiled by historian Harold Gill, the newsletter consisted of notable entries from the Virginia Gazette newspaper dated 1776 along with some additional historical background of the mentioned event or person. The newsletter was intended to assist Colonial Williamsburg’s interpreters with adding additional emphasis to events associated with 1776 during the celebration of the American Revolution Bicentennial (United States Bicentennial) in 1976.
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These Boisterous Times May 1-16, 1976
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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1976-05-16