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The Virginia General Assembly is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Established on July 30, 1619, it is the oldest legislature in the Americas.
The Capitol at Williamsburg, Virginia, housed both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, the Governor's Council and the House of Burgesses of the colony of Virginia from 1705, six years after the c
Reconstruction of the first Capitol at Williamsburg
1845 engraving based on then-surviving drawings of the second capitol at Williamsburg (viewed from Duke of Gloucester Street)
Print made with the Bodleian Plate. First Capitol depicted in center row on the left.
Reconstruction exterior