| | The [[Virginia]] House of Burgesses, in sympathy for its fellow Colony, declared on May 24, 1774: | | The [[Virginia]] House of Burgesses, in sympathy for its fellow Colony, declared on May 24, 1774: |
| − | :''This House, being deeply impressed with apprehension ... from the hostile invasion of the city of Boston in our Sister Colony of [[Massachusetts Bay]], whose commerce and harbor are, on the first day of June next, to be topped by an armed force .... Deem it highly necessary that the said first day of [[June]] be set apart, by the members of this House, as a Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer, devoutly to implore the Divine interposition, for averting the heavy calamity which threatens destruction to our civil rights.'' | + | :''This House, being deeply impressed with apprehension ... from the hostile invasion of the city of Boston in our Sister [[Colony of Massachusetts Bay]], whose commerce and harbor are, on the first day of June next, to be topped by an armed force .... Deem it highly necessary that the said first day of [[June]] be set apart, by the members of this House, as a Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer, devoutly to implore the Divine interposition, for averting the heavy calamity which threatens destruction to our civil rights.'' |