Peyton Randolph
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Peyton Randolph was an American politician and planter who was a Founding Father of the United States. Born into Virginia's wealthiest and most powerful family, Randolph served as speaker of Virginia'
Virginia colonial currency (1773) signed by Randolph and John Blair Jr.
House of Burgesses
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The House of Burgesses was the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly from 1619 to 1776. It existed during the colonial history of the United States in the Colony of Virginia in what was then Br
1851 painting of Patrick Henry making a speech in the house on March 23, 1775
House of Burgesses in the Capitol Williamsburg James City County Virginia by Frances Benjamin Johnston
Depiction of the First Legislative Assembly in English America, 1619
Second Capitol at Williamsburg (viewed from Duke of Gloucester Street)