"There are great alarms in the Country. The Parliament of England have declared war against the town of Boston and will block up their harbour with 3 line of Battle ships and land 8 regiments of soldiers to force Bostonians to submit to taxation. Virginia's Assembly proposes the 1st of June as a day of fasting and humiliation that God would be pleased to Inspire his majesty and the Parliament with wisdom, moderation, and Justice to remove from Loyal People of America all cause of danger from these measures."

--Paraphrased from Landon Carter Diary, June 3, 1774, 2:818

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Landon Carter is an elderly gentleman and one of the wealthiest planters in Virginia. In his younger years he served as a member of the House of Burgesses.

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