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Rugg, Arthur Prentice; Nichols, Charles Lemuel; Hunt, Gaillard; Puy, Henry Farr De; Randolph, John; Ribadeneyra, Pedro de; Jefferson, Thomas; Borja, Saint Francisco de (1921).
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in Williamsburg. His son Edmund became Governor of Virginia, the first Attorney General of the United States, and the second US Secretary of State.
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Wadlin, Horace G. The Public Library of the City of Boston: A History. Boston: Trustees of the Boston Public Library, 1911.
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A Letter from the Virginia Loyalist John Randolph to Thomas Jefferson: Written in London in 1779
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His great-granddaughters through his grandson, Ralph Randolph Wormeley (1785–1852), included
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Loyalist John Randolph and his brother Peyton portrayed by Charles Redd and Jack Flintom
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headed by his brother Peyton. When hostilities began, Randolph fled to Scotland with
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Susanna Beverly Randolph (1755–1791), who married John Randolph Grymes (1745–1805).
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Ariana Jennings Randolph (1760–1794), who married James Wormeley (1746–1830).
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He boycotted the Virginia Convention, an extralegal convening of the
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state legislature, U. S. attorney for Louisiana district, and
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Randolph was born in Williamsburg into one of the most
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During the revolutionary crisis, Randolph remained a
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Sir John Randolph 438:16. William Randolph 360:John Randolph Grymes 1174:7. Elizabeth Peyton 1064:3. Susanna Beverley 905:12. Robert Beverley 790:11. Catherine Banks 572:9. Elizabeth Ryland 461:8. Richard Randolph 362:(1786–1854), was a 320:Annapolis, Maryland 250:American Revolution 297:House of Burgesses 246:colony of Virginia 235: 208:Lawyer, politician 131:Colony of Virginia 1519: 1518: 1510:Succeeded by 1483:Succeeded by 1226: 1225: 1222: 1221: 1123:14. Robert Peyton 660:20. William Isham 266:Sir John Randolph 264:. His father was 227: 226: 184:Sir John Randolph 1573: 1566:Virginia lawyers 1496:James Blair, Jr. 1493:Preceded by 1466:Preceded by 1463: 1462: 1443:, February 2000. 1430: 1427: 1421: 1420: 1418: 1417: 1408:. Archived from 1402: 1393: 1392: 1390: 1388: 1365: 1350: 1349: 1347: 1345: 1335:scdb.swem.wm.edu 1327: 1321: 1320: 1318: 1316: 1308:Virginia Gazette 1298: 1292: 1291: 1289: 1287: 1274: 1268: 1267: 1265: 1263: 1249: 515:William Randolph 490:17. 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Index

Mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia
George Gilmer
John Prentis
James Blair, Jr.
Thomas Everard
Colony of Virginia
Brompton, London
College of William and Mary
Edmund Randolph
Sir John Randolph
Peyton Randolph
Loyalist

Williamsburg
colony of Virginia
American Revolution
prominent families of Virginia
Sir John Randolph
Thomas Jefferson
Loyalist
Peyton Randolph
Edmund Randolph
House of Burgesses
Governor Dunmore
Annapolis, Maryland
Edmund Jennings Randolph
Robert Carter Nicholas Sr.
Brompton, London
The College of William and Mary
John Randolph Grymes

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