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property owned in, by Washington, at the time of his death, iii. 542.

Virginia convention proposed, to consider a proposition for a continental Congress, i. 395; resolutions adopted at, i. 401-405; eloquent speech of Washington at--delegates to the general Congress appointed at, i. 407.

Virginia convention, the second, held at Richmond in 1775, i. 476; resolutions offered at, by Patrick Henry, i. 477; eloquent speech of Patrick Henry at, i. 479, 481; delegates to the second continental Congress elected at, i. 482.

_Virginia Gazette_, slanders of Washington in, in 1756, i. 211.

Virginia house of burgesses, Washington a candidate for, in 1758, i. 275; cost of Washington's election to, i. 276; Washington for fifteen years a member of, i. 308; distinguished members of, in 1769, i. 353; sympathy of, with Massachusetts--resolutions adopted by, in opposition to those of Parliament--dissolved by Lord Botetourt, i. 354.

Virginia planters, life of, before the Revolution, i. 305.

Virginia troops, letters of Washington in relation to the command of,