A Guide to the Dunmore Proclamations, 1771-1772

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528

Summary

Creator:
Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809.
Abstract:
Series of proclamations given by John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Oct. 12, 1771-Feb. 8, 1772.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

A series of proclamations to dissolve, prorogue, summon, and alter the oath of allegiance for the Virginia General Assembly. Printed Document.

Biographical / historical:

John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1730 – February 25, 1809), was a British peer and colonial governor. He was the son of William Murray, 3rd Earl of Dunmore, and his wife Catherine (née Murray). Murray succeeded his father in the earldom in 1756 and sat as a Scottish Representative Peer in the House of Lords from 1761 to 1774 and from 1776 to 1790. He was the British governor of the Province of New York from 1770 to 1771 and the Virginia Colony, from September 25, 1771 until his departure to New York on New Years Eve, 1776.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1931.
Arrangement:

1 item.

Physical location:
On site.
Physical description:
1 laminated leaf.