Key Developments: Apr. 30, 1776 – Virginia – Many of the colony’s newly elected delegates are on the road to the 5th Virginia Convention in Williamsburg. They will convene in six days in the chamber of the House of Burgesses. The full 128 delegates and alternates will serve until adjournment on July 5th. (Governor Dunmore remains afloat in the Chesapeake Bay, now off the mouth of the Rappahannock). Three groups will compose this rebel legislatur…
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