Virginia Conventions
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The Virginia Conventions were assemblies of delegates elected for the purpose of establishing constitutions of fundamental law for the Commonwealth of Virginia superior to General Assembly legislation
The Virginia Constitutional Convention 1829–1830 met in Richmond, Virginia. A convention of three generations, the last gathering of Revolutionary era giants
Raleigh Tavern, Colonial Williamsburg First Virginia Convention met here, 1774
Peyton Randolph 1774, 1775
Edmund Pendleton 1776, 1788
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.