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![The humble address of the House of Burgesses, to the Honourable William Gooch Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor and Commander in chief, of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia. [Williamsburg, 1740] [Negative Photostat.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NDAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWh1bWJsZS1hZGRyZXNzLW9mLXRoZS1ob3VzZS1vZi1idXJnZXNzZXMtdG8tdGhlLWhvbm91cmFibGUtd2lsbGlhbS1nb29jaC0xLTEwMjQuanBn/320/409/jpg "The humble address of the House of Burgesses, to the Honourable William Gooch Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor and Commander in chief, of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia. [Williamsburg, 1740] [Negative Photostat.].")
![An act establishing the rates of fare for the conveyance of persons in hackney carriages ... Approved, November 28th, 1806. Robert Brent, Mayor. A true copy--- test, Wm. Hewitt, Register. Washington, 1806].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvYW4tYWN0LWVzdGFibGlzaGluZy10aGUtcmF0ZXMtb2YtZmFyZS1mb3ItdGhlLWNvbnZleWFuY2Utb2YtcGVyc29ucy1pbi1oYWNrbmV5LTBjNjY0Ni02NDAuanBn/40/63/webp "An act establishing the rates of fare for the conveyance of persons in hackney carriages ... Approved, November 28th, 1806. Robert Brent, Mayor. A true copy--- test, Wm. Hewitt, Register. Washington, 1806].")
![The humble address of the House of Burgesses, to the Honourable William Gooch Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor and Commander in chief, of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia. [Williamsburg, 1740] [Negative Photostat.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NDAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWh1bWJsZS1hZGRyZXNzLW9mLXRoZS1ob3VzZS1vZi1idXJnZXNzZXMtdG8tdGhlLWhvbm91cmFibGUtd2lsbGlhbS1nb29jaC02NDAuanBn/40/51/webp "The humble address of the House of Burgesses, to the Honourable William Gooch Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor and Commander in chief, of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia. [Williamsburg, 1740] [Negative Photostat.].")
![To the Honourable William Gooch, Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenant-governor, and Commander in chief, of the Colony of Virginia. The humble address of the House of Burgesses. [Williamsburg, 1745.] [Negative Photostat.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvdG8tdGhlLWhvbm91cmFibGUtd2lsbGlhbS1nb29jaC1lc3EtaGlzLW1hamVzdHlzLWxpZXV0ZW5hbnQtZ292ZXJub3ItYW5kLWNvbW1hbmRlci03ZjFlNjQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "To the Honourable William Gooch, Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenant-governor, and Commander in chief, of the Colony of Virginia. The humble address of the House of Burgesses. [Williamsburg, 1745.] [Negative Photostat.].")
![The humble address of the Burgesses, met in Assembly, to the Honourable William Gooch, Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenant-governor, and Commander in chief, of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia. [Williamsburg, 1740] [Negative Photostat.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NDAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWh1bWJsZS1hZGRyZXNzLW9mLXRoZS1idXJnZXNzZXMtbWV0LWluLWFzc2VtYmx5LXRvLXRoZS1ob25vdXJhYmxlLXdpbGxpYW0tMS02NDAuanBn/40/51/webp "The humble address of the Burgesses, met in Assembly, to the Honourable William Gooch, Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenant-governor, and Commander in chief, of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia. [Williamsburg, 1740] [Negative Photostat.].")
![The humble address of the House of Burgesses, to the Honourable Silliam Gooch, Esq. His Majesty's Lieutenant-governor, and commander in chief, of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia [Williamsburg. 1742] [Negative Photostat.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjgvdGhlLWh1bWJsZS1hZGRyZXNzLW9mLXRoZS1ob3VzZS1vZi1idXJnZXNzZXMtdG8tdGhlLWhvbm91cmFibGUtc2lsbGlhbS1nb29jaC02MTlkMDItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "The humble address of the House of Burgesses, to the Honourable Silliam Gooch, Esq. His Majesty's Lieutenant-governor, and commander in chief, of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia [Williamsburg. 1742] [Negative Photostat.].")
![To the Honourable William Gooch, Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenant-governor, and Commander in chief, of the Colony of Virginia. The humble address of the House of Burgesses. [Williamsburg, 1745.] [Negative Photostat.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvdG8tdGhlLWhvbm91cmFibGUtd2lsbGlhbS1nb29jaC1lc3EtaGlzLW1hamVzdHlzLWxpZXV0ZW5hbnQtZ292ZXJub3ItYW5kLWNvbW1hbmRlci04ZGNmYjUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "To the Honourable William Gooch, Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenant-governor, and Commander in chief, of the Colony of Virginia. The humble address of the House of Burgesses. [Williamsburg, 1745.] [Negative Photostat.].")
![The humble address of the House of Burgesses, to the Honourable Silliam Gooch, Esq. His Majesty's Lieutenant-governor, and commander in chief, of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia [Williamsburg. 1742] [Negative Photostat.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjgvdGhlLWh1bWJsZS1hZGRyZXNzLW9mLXRoZS1ob3VzZS1vZi1idXJnZXNzZXMtdG8tdGhlLWhvbm91cmFibGUtc2lsbGlhbS1nb29jaC04ZjI1MDAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "The humble address of the House of Burgesses, to the Honourable Silliam Gooch, Esq. His Majesty's Lieutenant-governor, and commander in chief, of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia [Williamsburg. 1742] [Negative Photostat.].")
