A Source Book in American History to 1787

c. Letters from other colonies received by the Virginia

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Committee, approving the recommendation; _ib._ 392

124. Intimidation of the owners of tea ships (a Philadelphia handbill by "The Committee for Tarring and Feathering"); from Scharf and Westcott's _History of Philadelphia_ 394

XXII. The Rise of Revolutionary Governments

125. The Virginia Burgesses suggest an annual Congress (1774):

_a._ Extract from a letter by a member of the Assembly; from Force's _American Archives_ 396

_b._ Jefferson's account of the plan for declaring a day of prayer and fasting, on receipt by the Burgesses of the news of the Boston Port Bill; from _Jefferson's Works_ 397