The Virginia Committee System and the American Revolution (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

James Miller Leake

9780265441244: The Virginia Committee System and the American Revolution (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0265441242 ISBN 13: 9780265441244

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This study of the Virginia committee system in its rela tionship to the American Revolution has been made in the main from source material, much of which has been utilized by writers who have studied these committees as isolated units rather than as parts Of a well developed system. The author believes that an institutional and historical continu ity runs through the committee system of the Virginia legis lature, and that these committees are connected in a vital and intimate way with the so-called revolutionary commit tees Of the transition period from colony to commonwealth. TO show the continuity, to explain the organization Of the committees Of the Virginia House Of Burgesses, and to show their part in the calling Of the first Continental Con gress is the purpose Of this study. It was at first intended to include the results of an investigation of the so - called revolutionary committees (the Virginia Committee of Safety and the local committees) but any adequate treat ment of these organizations would have carried this study far beyond the usual limits Of a dissertation. I have fol lowed Out the activities Of these committees and hope soon to publish my findings as a continuation Of this study.

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