House of Burgesses
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Her speech was direct and personal, given to an audience in Virginia’s storied House of Burgesses and viewers at home that she addressed in second-person.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026
Francis Fauquier, lieutenant governor of the Virginia colony, asked the House of Burgesses to build an asylum in 1766.
From Slate • Mar. 4, 2023
The House of Burgesses, which convened in July 1619, would become the Virginia General Assembly and the oldest continuous legislative body in the Americas.
From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2022
Two years later, he became a member of Virginia's House of Burgesses, the Virginia legislature.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2022
Williamsburg fell months ago, and with it the Palace and the House of Burgesses; then Norfolk County; then the approaches to Norfolk; and now Norfolk itself is not ours.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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