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title:“Resolution concerning Peaceable British Subjects Resident in Virginia released by the Convention”
authors:George Mason
date written:1775-8-25
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Mason, George. "Resolution concerning Peaceable British Subjects Resident in Virginia released by the Convention." The Papers of George Mason. Vol. 1. Ed. Bernard Bailyn and James Morton Smith. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1970. 253. Print.
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source:		 Printed from the journal of the convention in Peter Force, ed., American Archives, 4th Ser., 6 vols., Washington, 18371846, III, 392

Resolution concerning Peaceable British Subjects Resident in Virginia released by the Convention (August 25, 1775)

[25 August 1775]
Resolved, unanimously, That the said Petition is reasonable, and it is recommended to the Committees of the several Counties and Corporations, and others the good people of this Colony, to treat all natives of Great Britain, resident here, as do not show themselves enemies to the common cause of America, with lenity and friendship; to protect all persons whatsoever in the just enjoyment of their civil rights and liberty; to discountenance all national reflections; to preserve, to the utmost of their power, internal peace and good order; and to promote union, harmony, and mutual good-will, among all ranks of people.
Resolved, also, That the said Petition, together with this Resolve, be forthwith published in the Virginia Gazettes.

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