Charlatans, embezzlers, and murderers: Revolution comes to Virginia, 1765-1775
In 1774 Virginia's last Royal Governor, Lord Dunmore, predicted that the social tensions in Virginia society would end the fomenting rebellion. For a decade the gentry had contended with a series of scandals that diminished their standing as the social, political and moral leaders of the colony...
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W&M ScholarWorks
1998
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539623924 https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3491&context=etd |