Virginia Revolutionary Conventions, 1774-1776, Digital CollectionThis collection includes documents related to the five revolutionary conventions that provided Virginians with an alternative government between August 1, 1774, and July 5, 1776. The dates of the conventions were: first, August 1-6, 1774; second, March 20-27, 1775; third, July 17-August 26, 1775; fourth, December 1, 1775-January 20, 1776; fifth, May 6-July 5, 1776. This fifth convention adjourned and was replaced the next day by the new state government organized under the Virginia Constitution of 1776.