Imprint Record

Proceedings of the Convention at Richmond (March 1775: B)

• Imprint Number: 1775.005
• Title: At a convention of delegates for the counties and corporations in the colony of Virginia, at the town of Richmond, in the county of Henrico, on Monday the 20th of March, 1775
• Sequence Number: 5
• Year: 1775
• Place Issued: Williamsburg
• Issuing Press: Alexander Purdie
• Author: Virginia. Convention of March 1775 (Second Convention).
• Notes: A pamphlet reporting the membership, officers, and proceedings of the Second Virginia Convention (March 20 to 27, 1775) in Richmond. Purdie had earlier produced a newspaper-style broadsheet edition of this title (1775.004); Dixon & Hunter also produced a reprint edition of the original imprint (1775.06).
  In this meeting, Purdie was appointed as printer for this and the ensuing conventions (July & December 1775, May 1776) considering resistance to crown and parliamentary authority.
  
  
• Related Biographies:
  • Alexander Purdie, Sr.

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