Committee to apply themselves diligently to the manufacturing of Saltpetre for the space of three months,

Petition of the Armourers employed in the service of the Colony,

Committee to sign the Bills of Credit to be is sued,

Vessels permitted to go on Whaling Voyages under certain restrictions,

Petition from the Selectmen of the Town of Wareham,

Committee to receive and distribute Donations for the Poor of Boston,

Instructions to the Committee appointed to prepare Accounts of the sums disbursed by this Colony, in the present contest with Great Britain,

Petition of Timothy Edwards and Sam’l Brown,

Adjourned to Wednesday, the 20th day of September next,

Convention met at Richmond, List of the Delegates,

List of the Delegates,

Peyton Randolph elected President, and John Tazewell, Clerk,

Rev Miles Selden appointed Chaplain,

Petitions from William Preston, Surveyor of Fincastle County, and from the Committee for Fincastle County, relative to the Surveys made under a Proclamation of Lord Dunmore,

Committee to bring in an Ordinance for raising and embodying, immediately, an armed Force sufficient for the defence and protection of the Colony,

Letter from James Wood on the subject of Indian affairs; proceedings at a Treaty with the Indians at Pittsburgh, &c., presented, read, and referred,

Richard Bland, one of the Members, complaining that certain scandalous and false reports against him were in circulation, requested an inquiry,

Exportation of Provisions of any kind prohibited, after the 5th day of August next,

Memorial from the Committee for the County of Chesterfield presented, and referred to the Committee on embodying an armed Force,

Thanks to the Committee on the Western Waters of Augusta, for their great prudence in conducting the Treaty and securing the important Fort at Pittsburgh,

Election of Colonel Adam Stephen, a Delegatefrom Berkeley County, set aside as irregular,

Letter from Ouconostota, the great Indian Warrior, presented, and referred to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Colony,

Examination of the witnesses in the case of Mr Bland, and the reports against him declared utterly false and groundless,

Proceedings of the Convention relative to Mr Bland to be sent to the Continental Congress and to Arthur Lee, in London,

Letter from the Officers of the Volunteer Companies in Witliamsburgh, informing the Convention they have taken means to secure all the Moneys in the hands of the Receiver General Naval Officers, and other Collectors for His Majesty,

Their Resolutions disapproved by the Convention, and they are requested not to carry them into execution,

Committees in the several Counties requested to purchase all the Saltpetre and Sulphur which may be had,

Remonstrance from the Merchants of Norfolk against the Resolution stopping the exportation of Provisions on the 5th of August,

Petition from the Committee for Northampton County, similar to that from Norfoik,

Letter from the Committee for Norfolk Borough, informing of the arrival of Troops from St Augustine,

Letter from the Volunteer Companies of Williamsburgh, requesting some certain line for their conduct may be laid down,

Resolutions on the Petition and Remonstrance of the Merchants of Norfolk,

Committees for each County in the Colony, except Accomack and Northampton, requested to appoint Officers and raise a Company of fifty men,

Five hundred effective Men to be sent for the protection of Norfolk and Portsmouth,

Persons hereafter accepting any office of profit under the Crown disqualified from sitting in the Convention, the General Congress, Council of Safety, or County Committee,

The same disqualification extended to persons who accept commissions in the regular Forces to be raised in Virginia during their continuance in such office,

Colonels for the First, Second, and Third Regiments chosen,

The zeal of the Williamsburgh Volunteers applauded, and they are recommended to keep themselves on the defensive,

John Neavill directed to march with his Company of one hundred men, and take possession of Fort Pitt,

Letter from the Maryland Convention: They will not pass a Resolution similar to that pass ed by this Convention, on the 24th day of July last, prohibiting the exportation of all Provisions,

Resolution of July 24th repealed and rescinded,

Ordinance for embodying Forces for the defence of the Colony presented, read twice, and committed,

Memorial from Charles Duncan, of the Town of Blandford, merchant,

Volunteer Company of Brunswick County required to desist from the prosecution of their measures against Mr Duncan,

Thanks to the Deputies of this Colony in the late Continental Congress,

Seven Deputies elected to represent the Colony in the General Congress for one year,

Richard Bland declined accepting the appointment of Deputy to the General Congress,

Ordinance for regulating the election of Delegates, &c., presented, read twice, and committed,

Resolution directing the County Committees to appoint Officers, and enlist fifty men in each County, rescinded,

Committees of Williamsburgh, York, and James City, desired to resist any attempt of Lord Dunmore to land Armed Troops in their neighbourhood,

All persons desired to forbear purchasing or accepting grants of Land under the late instructions from the Governour, and all Surveyors directed to make no surveys,

Francis Lightfoot Lee chosen a Deputy to the General Congress, in place of Mr Bland,

Address from the Baptists in the Colony, presented and read,

Commanding Officers of Regiments directed to permit dissenting Clergymen to celebrate divine worship and to preach to the Soldiers,

Robert Carter Nicholas chosen Speaker,

Committee of Safety elected,

William Woodford appointed Colonel of the Second Regiment, in place of Thomas Nelson, who declined accepting,

Lieutenant-Colonels and Majors for the First and Second Regiments appointed,

Thomas Bullitt appointed Adjutant-General,

Ordinances for appointing a Committee of Safety, for encouraging the making of Saltpetre, &c., and for establishing a General Test: presented, read twice, and committed,

Ordinance for embodying a Force for the defence of the Colony passed,

Ordinance for governing the Forces raised in Virginia passed,

Courts at Staunton and Pittsburgh directed to proceed in all matters relating to keeping the peace, and in all criminal matters, as if they were distinct Courts,

Petition of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of Chesterfield, praying, for the