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| | Edmund Randolph - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Randolph was born at Tazewell Hall to the prominent colonial Randolph family in Williamsburg, Virginia, and he was educated in law at the College of William and Mary. | | | Upon the death of his uncle Peyton Randolph he went to Virginia to act as executor of the estate, and while there was elected as a representative to the state constitutional convention. | | | Randolph was selected as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1779, and served there to 1782. |
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| | Peyton Randolph - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Randolph was born in Virginia, at Tazewell Hall in Williamsburg. | | | Peyton Randolph (September, 1721 – October 21, 1775) was the first President of the Continental Congress. | | | The House appointed Randolph to draft objections to the act, but his more conservative plan was trumped when Henry obtained passage of five of his seven Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyton_Randolph
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| | Peyton Randolph |
| | Peyton Randolph was born in Tazewell Hall, Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1721 and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 22 October 1775. | | | Peyton Randolph also presided over the Virginia convention of 1 August 1774 and was the first of seven deputies appointed by it to the proposed congress at Philadelphia. | | | Randolph resumed his duties as speaker of the burgesses in May 1775, and after their adjournment he returned to the Congress at Philadelphia and was re-elected President. |
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| | Peyton Randolph House at Colonial Williamsburg |
| | Peyton Randolph, Speaker of Virginia's House of Burgesses in the years leading to the Revolution, brought his wife, Betty Harrison Randolph, to the home by 1751. | | | It became a hub of political activity, and its owner Peyton Randolph was elected the presiding officer of the First Continental Congress at Philadelphia in 1774. | | | Sir John Randolph, the only colonial born in Virginia to be knighted, died in 1737. |
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http://www.history.org/Almanack/places/hb/hbran.cfm
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| | Peyton Randolph -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Peyton Randolph of Virginia was unanimously chosen president. | | | Randolph was educated at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., and became a member of the Virginia bar in 1744. | | | The town was renamed for Peyton Randolph, first president of the Continental Congress. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9062663
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| | From Revolution to Reconstruction: Biographies: Edmund Randolph |
| | In 1779 he was elected to the Continental Congress, and in November 1786 Randolph became Governor of Virginia. | | | After retiring from politics in 1795, Randolph resumed his law practice and was regarded as a leading figure in the legal community. | | | After Thomas Jefferson resigned as Secretary of State, Randolph assumed that post for the years 1794-95. |
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http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/randolph/randolph.htm
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| | Search Results for "Randolph" |
| | Randolph, Peyton, c.1721-1775, American political leader, first president of the Continental Congress, b. | | | Randolph, John, 1773-1833, American legislator, known as John Randolph of Roanoke, b. | | | He studied law under his father, John Randolph, a Loyalist who went... |
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http://www.bartleby.com/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=Randolph
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| | Chapter Autobiography of Autobiography by Thomas Jefferson |
| | Randolph accordingly attended, and the tenor of these propositions being generally known, as having been addressed to all the governors, he was anxious that the answer of our assembly, likely to be the first, should harmonize with what he knew to be the sentiments and wishes of the body he had recently left. | | | Peyton Randolph informed the convention he had received such a paper from a member prevented by sickness from offering it in his place, and he laid it on the table for perusal. | | | Our other patriots Randolph, the Lees, Nicholas, Pendleton stopped at the half-way house of John Dickinson who admitted that England had a right to regulate our commerce, and to lay duties on it for the purposes of regulation, but not of raising revenue. |
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http://www.bibliomania.com/2/9/63/110/20912/4.html
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| | Randolph_House |
| | John's son Peyton played a major role in politics, and he was a delegate to the first Continental Congress (of which he was elected president). | | | The son of the first Randolph to come to Virginia, Sir John Randolph, was the only Virginian to be knighted by the crown during the period. | | | Both his father and grandfather were educated in the law in England, and the family held the post of attorney general for three generations. |
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http://www.resnet.wm.edu/~emgeis/Randolph_House.html
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| | Edmund Randolph |
| | Randolph returned to the practice of law in Virginia, and many years passed before his name was entirely cleared. | | | John Randolph - Randolph, John, 1773–1833, American legislator, known as John Randolph of Roanoke, b. | | | He studied law under his father, John Randolph, a Loyalist who went to England at the outbreak of the American Revolution. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0841111.html
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| | American Memory from the Library of Congress - Browse by |
| | Sir John Randolph (1693-1736) of Henrico was Speaker of the House of Burgesses and the King's Attorney in Virginia. | | | Peyton's father, Sir John Randolph (1693-1736), was an avid collector of Virginia documents and had hoped to write a history of the colony. | | | His son Peyton Randolph (1721-1775) also held those offices and was Thomas Jefferson's mentor in the House of Burgesses in the 1760s and '70s. |
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/jefferson_papers/mtjser8.html
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| | Peyton Randolph, John's brother and Edmund's uncle, was voted as the first president of the continental congress and was one of the main players in the colonies plan to separate. | | | Edmund Randolph appeared in Federal Court as a defense attorney for Aaron Burr in 1807. | | | Randolph had appeared in Federal Court several times, but this would be the most famous trial he would participate in. |
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http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/burr/Eran.htm
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| | Great American History Fact-Finder - -Randolph |
| | His grandson Peyton Randolph (1721?-75) served as president of both the First and Second Continental Congresses in 1774 and 1775. | | | William Randolph's great-grandson and Peyton Randolph's nephew Edmund Randolph (1753-1813) was one of America's Founding Fathers. | | | Known as John Randolph of Roanoke, he served in both the House of Representatives and the Senate as a Democratic-Republican from Virginia. |
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http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/gahff/html/ff_152300_randolph.htm
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| | Randolph |
| | Peyton Randolph, born at Tazewell Hall, Williamsburg, Va. in September 1721, graduated from William and Mary College and studied law in England at Inner Temple, London. | | | He was appointed King's Attorney for Virginia in 1748 and served in the House of Burgesses from that year to 1774, becoming speaker in 1766. | | | Becoming flagship TF 58 on 15 May, Randolph continued her support of the occupation of Okinawa Shima until 29 May, when she retired via Guam to the Philippines. |
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http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/r2/randolph-ii.htm
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| | prhdewitt |
| | The Peyton Randolph house is the second Randolph family house we’ve visited- the first being Tuckahoe. | | | This was about the time when Peyton died bequeathing the house to his nephew Edmond Randolph. | | | The Peyton Randolph house was started in 1717 by William Randolph. |
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http://www.resnet.wm.edu/~lkbutt/prhdewitt.html
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| | LIVELY ROOTS Edmund Jennings Randolph-[15999] |
| | Randolph was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a member of the Constitutional Convention. | | | Edmund Jennings Randolph was born in Williamsburg, Virginia on August 10, 1753. | | | Randolph's governmental service was brought to an end by an intercepted diplomatic dispatch from the French minister at Philadelphia, charging that he had shown a willingness to accept money from the French in return for influencing the U.S. government against Great Britain. |
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http://www.livelyroots.com/gerald/15999.htm
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| | PEYTONRANDOLPH |
| | Randolph, Peyton (1721-1775) Politician: Randolph was active in the Virginia House of Burgesses, even traveling to London as a special agent to argue against the pistole fee which Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddle required for every land permit. | | | In 1773, Randolph became chairman of the Committee of Correspondence; the next year, he became the first president of the Continental Congress. | | | He presided over the House of Burgesses after 1766, served as Speaker of the House, moderated sessions, and, from 1774, was president of the Virginia Convention. |
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http://www.multied.com/Bio/RevoltBIOS/RANDOLPHPeyton.html
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| | Randolph was elected to preside over the conventions in 1774 and 1775. | | | *** Randolph, Peyton (1721?-1775), was an American lawyer who served as president of both the First and the Second Continental Congresses in 1774 and 1775. | | | Randolph was born in Williamsburg into one of Virginia 's most respected families. |
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http://www.leasingnews.org/American_History/sep_05.htm
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| | Asheboro / Randolph Chamber of Commerce - Relocation Information |
| | Randolph County was formed in 1779 from Guilford County. | | | Randolph County is in the central section of the state and is bounded by Chatham, Moore, Montgomery, Davidson, Guilford and Alamance Counties. | | | It was named in honor of Peyton Randolph, member of the notable Virginia family. |
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http://chamber.asheboro.com/custom10
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| | Randolph, Peyton on Encyclopedia.com |
| | A moderate, and a personal friend of George Washington, Randolph worked for the cause of independence, headed the Virginia conventions of 1774 and 1775, and was elected to the First Continental Congress, of which he was briefly (Sept.-Oct., 1774) president. | | | RANDOLPH, PEYTON [Randolph, Peyton] c.1721-1775, American political leader, first president of the Continental Congress, b. | | | Elected (1775) to the Second Continental Congress, he was again chosen president, but resigned because of illness. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/R/RndlphP1.asp
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| | Edmund Randolph |
| | Executive summary: First Attorney General of the U.S. The American statesman Edmund Randolph was born on the 10th of August 1753, at Tazewell Hall, Williamsburg, Virginia, the family seat of his grandfather, Sir John Randolph (1693-1737), and his father, John Randolph (1727-84), who (like his uncle Peyton Randolph) were king's attorneys for Virginia. | | | He was held personally responsible for the loss of a large sum of money during his administration of the state department, and after years of litigation was judged by an arbitrator to be indebted to the government for more than $49,000, which he paid at great sacrifice to himself. | | | Randolph's Resignation (1795) and Political Truth, or Animadversions on the Past and Present State of Public Affairs (1796). |
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http://www.nndb.com/people/099/000049949
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| | The Committee of Correspondence: Moving Towards Independence |
| | It is for this reason that Thomas Lynch of South Carolina, whom Peyton Randolph had never met prior to Philadelphia, stood and nominated the Speaker from Virginia to serve as President of the First Continental Congress. | | | The assembly also ordered Speaker Randolph to send copies of the resolutions to the legislatures of the other colonies asking that they appoint "some person or persons, of their respective bodies, to communicate, from time to time, with the said committee."14 Dabney Carr's legislative debut was hugely successful. | | | By this time, although his transformation was not fully complete, Peyton Randolph was well on his way to becoming a "genteel revolutionary." Robert Carter Nicholas, much like his friend Peyton Randolph, too had devoted his life to Virginia and the Crown. |
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http://earlyamerica.com/review/fall98/lastdays.html
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| | MSN Encarta - Search Results - Peyton Randolph |
| | Randolph, Peyton (1721-75), prerevolutionary American politician, born in Williamsburg, Virginia, and educated at the College of William and Mary.... | | | Randolph, A(sa) Philip (1889-1979), American labor leader, born in Crescent City, Florida. | | | During his youth Randolph worked as a section hand on a... |
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http://encarta.msn.com/Peyton_Randolph.html
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| | Williamsburg |
| | While his neighbor, Peyton Randolph, was serving the colony in England, Wythe acted as attorney general. | | | Thus the combined libraries of Jefferson and Randolph became the nucleus of the national collection. | | | The original owner of the Peyton Randolph House was Sir John Randolph, the only colonial Virginian to be knighted. |
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http://www.virginiahospitalitysuite.com/cwwilliamsburghomes.htm
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| | Peyton Randolph |
| | Peyton Randolph was born into an eminent Virginia family and educated, in the tradition of the time, in England. | | | At the end of the war he was elected to the House of Burgesses, where he often presided. | | | He joined the Virginia Bar and was later made Attorney General of the colony. |
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/randolph.htm
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| | Descendants of William Randolph |
| | FOR A SHORT HISTORY OF THIS RANDOLPH FAMILY IN AMERICA, GO TO This Randolph Line is perhaps the most prominent of the Randolphs in America. | | | Grief Randolph, born 1786; died 1865 in Grayson Co., TX. | | | Henry Randolph I, born 1623 in Haughton, Northhamptonshre, England; died 1673 in Henrico Co., VA. |
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| | Randolph Genealogy |
| | Children of ISHAM RANDOLPH and ARIE GASSAWAY are: | | | Children of MIRIAM RANDOLPH and ARLAN GREENHILL are: | | | Child of JOSEPH RANDOLPH and NANCY TURMAN is: |
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| | Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence |
| | Peyton Randolph [2] of Virginia was chosen president of the Congress, and each of the 12 colonies had equal voting power. | | | [2] In addition to Peyton Randolph, the presidents of the Congress were: | | | Leaders of the Congress included Samuel Adams [1], George Washington, Peyton Randolph, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, John Adams, John Jay, Joseph Galloway, and John Dickinson. |
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http://www.laughtergenealogy.com/bin/histprof/misc/concongress.html
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| | February 19, 2000 |
| | Peyton Randolph of Virginia (1723-1775) served as Continental Congress President twice. | | | Henry Middleton (1717-1784) of South Carolina served as President of the Continental Congress from October 22, 1774 until Randolph resumed his Presidency on May 10, 1775. | | | John Hancock (1737-1793) of Massachusetts served as President of the Continental Congress from May 24, 1775 to October 30, 1777 and from November 23, 1785 to June 5, 1786. |
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http://www.geocities.com/barnette_geo/february_19__2000.html
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| | The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Randolph |
| | Randolph, Joseph Fitz (1803-1873) — of New Jersey. | | | Randolph, Thomas Jefferson — also known as Thomas J. Randolph — of Virginia. | | | Randolph, George Wythe (1818-1867) — also known as George W. Randolph — of Virginia. |
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| | (William PUCK - Mary Peyton RANDOLPH ) |
| | Ann Rebecca RANDOLPH -- to -- Burr RANDOLPH | | | Joseph William RANDOLPH -- to -- Lena A. Leomah Elizabeth RANDOLPH -- to -- Lulu Elizabeth RANDOLPH | | | Charles Carter RANDOLPH -- to -- Clayton RANDOLPH |
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| | Magazine Antiques: The Peyton Randolph House restored |
| | After Peyton Randolph's death his widow sold his library of books" to Jefferson along with the book presses. | | | The size of Randolph's bookcases was determined from reading the papers of Thomas Jefferson. | | | (1.) The salt-making was described in a letter from Betty Randolph to Landon Carter (1710-1778) dated September 16, 1776 (Sabine Halt Papers, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville). |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1026/is_1_159/ai_69413542/pg_3
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| | Betty Randolph |
| | I, Betty Randolph, was born in 1731, and died January 31, 1783 | | | Peyton Randolph, the attorney General of our Colony of Virginia. | | | 23 Oct. 1775 Death of my dear husband, Peyton Randolph. |
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http://www.everyschool.org/u/global/rdcurry/colonialproject2002/bettyrandolph_ch.html
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| | Peyton RANDOLPH/Mary Elizabeth PAYNE |
| | Name: Lancaster RANDOLPH Born: 1804 at: NC Married: 5 NOV 1825 at: Died: 1884 at: England Cove,White Co.,TN Spouses: Nancy Elizabeth RICE Rebecca SHIRLEY | | | Name: Rebecca RANDOLPH Born: 1805 at: White Co.,TN Married: at: Died: 1853 at: Galveston,Chambers Co.,TX Spouses: | | | Name: Peyton RANDOLPH Born: 1793 at: NC Married: at: Died: at: Spouses: |
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| | Buffalo Report Archive |
| | Peyton Randolph: "The fall of the old." Pataki's in far more danger of losing his job than anyone would have predicted a few short weeks ago. | | | Peyton Randolph asks how many of the Buffalo Police Department's problems are of its own making. | | | Click here for Rep. LaFalce's June 26 statement on his decision to retire from Congress. |
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| | (Lucy HARRISON - Virginia HARRISON ) |
| | Mary Randolph HARRISON (26 Nov 1825 - 26 May 1832) | | | Mary Randolph HARRISON (10 Sep 1804 - 3 Sep 1851) | | | Thomas Randolph HARRISON (27 Feb 1791 - 3 Nov 1833) |
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| | (Mary RANDOLPH - Mary Peyton RANDOLPH ) |
| | Mary RANDOLPH (20 Nov 1800 - 27 Oct 1884) | | | Mary Esther RANDOLPH (1 Aug 1870 - 7 Apr 1940) | | | Mary Caroline RANDOLPH (26 Aug 1857 - ____) |
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| | Peyton Randolph, first ruler of these United States (kottke.org) |
| | Peyton Randolph, first ruler of these United States. | | | Peyton Randolph, first ruler of these United States (kottke.org) | | | All content by Jason Kottke (contact me) unless otherwise noted, with some restrictions on its use. |
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| | RANDOLPH, PEYTON (1721-1775) - Online Information article about RANDOLPH, PEYTON (1721-1775) |
| | London, and in 1748 was appointed the king's attorney for Virginia.' Randolph wrote the address of remonstrance to the king in behalf of the Burgesses against the suggested See also: | | | RANDOLPH, PEYTON (1721-1775) - Online Information article about RANDOLPH, PEYTON (1721-1775) | | | Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition. |
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| | Congress |
| | George Washington, Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, Edmund Pendleton, Colo. Benjamin Harrison, Richard Bland, and at the head of them Peyton Randolph — who would immediately be elected president of the convention. | | | Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, Edmund Pendleton | | | Virginia's delegation was made up of a most even mix of these and not incidentally, presented the most eminent group of men in America. |
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/congress.htm
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| | Picture of Colonial Peyton Randolph House, Williamsburg, USA |
| | Crepe and myrtle trees stand in front of original Peyton Randolph House (1715-mid 1700s) in Williamsburg, home of the man who presided over first Continental Congress. | | | Picture of Colonial Peyton Randolph House, Williamsburg, USA | | | Unauthorized duplication in part or whole without prior written consent prohibited by law. |
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http://www.planetware.com/picture/williamsburg/colonial-peyton-randolph-house-us-va060.htm
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| | The Political Graveyard: Randolph County, N.C. |
| | Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Randolph County | | | Capital Impact: Randolph County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data | | | Fedstats/Mapstats: Randolph County -- data on agriculture, population, immigration, business, crime, environment |
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| | The Magazine Antiques: The Peyton Randolph House restored.@ HighBeam Research |
| | The eighteenth-century Peyton Randolph House in Williamsburg, Virginia, proved to be an exception (Pls. | | | The Magazine Antiques: The Peyton Randolph House restored.@ HighBeam Research | | | However, historic buildings rarely retain the copious physical and documentary evidence required for a meticulous restoration. |
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http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:69413542&refid=ip_almanac_hf
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| | It was named in honor of Peyton Randolph of Virginia, who was president of the Continental Congress. | | | It also named commissioners to obtain a site for public buildings, lay out a town by the name of Columbus, and erect a courthouse. |
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http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NC/CNTYOUT/CNTYMAPS/COUNT6.HTM
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| | Randolph Historical Society Home Page |
| | The Randolph Historical Society seeks to preserve and promulgate the history of Randolph, Massachusetts | | | Plus news about the Taste of Randolph 2000 | | | ocated within Norfolk County, Randolph is a modern community of 36,000 population. |
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| | Maine Local Government - Town of Randolph - Main Page |
| | Within two weeks, it changed its name in honor of Randolph, Massachusetts, which itself was named for Peyton Randolph of Virginia, the first President of the Continental Congress. | | | Randolph is a town in Kennebec County, incorporated as West Pittston on March 4, 1887 from Pittston. | | | A suburb of Augusta, Randolph lies on the east bank of the Kennebec River at the junction of Maine Routes 9, 27, 126, and 226. |
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http://www.maine.gov/local/kennebec/randolph
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| | Peyton Randolph House, Williamsburg, Virginia |
| | Peyton Randolph, a cousin of Thomas Jefferson, Speaker of the House of Burgesses for nine years, and president of the first and second Continental Congresses, lived in this house from 1745 until he died in 1775. | | | A story-and-a-half tenement to the east was erected by 1724 and was later connected to the older part by a two-story, four-bay section probably built by Peyton Randolph" (Loth 547). | | | Click here to return to index of art historical sites. |
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http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/virginia/williamsburg/randolph/randolph.html
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| | Randolph > Message from the Principal |
| | Randolph opened its doors in 1947 and is named for Peyton Randolph an important figure in Virginia history. | | | Randolph joined the elite ranks of the fewer than 200 elementary schools worldwide, including 30 elementary schools in the United States that have Primary Years Programs. | | | Marymount University students support Randolph throughout the week through a work-study partnership. |
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