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Preferred Citation

Address to Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie, 24 August 1754, Manuscript # MS 1942.3.a, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

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Purchase, 1942.

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Scope and Content Information

Address of the Council to Lieut. Gov. Robert Dinwiddie, thanking him for his affectionate speech at the opening of the present session of the General Assembly; also refers to French and Indian unrest and to Dinwiddie's recent trip to Winchester, {Va.}, to cultivate friendship with bordering Indian tribes. Dinwiddie responds, thanking the Council for its support.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693- 1770.

Subjects:

• Governors --Virginia --History --18th century.
• Indians of North America --Government relations --to 1789.

Geographical Names:

• United States --History --French and Indian War, 1755- 1763.
• Virginia -- Politics and government --To 1775 -- Sources.