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Colonial Williamsburg: Horse & Carriage near Capitol.
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Colonial Williamsburg: Horse & Carriage near Capitol.

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  • Colonial Williamsburg: Horse & Carriage near Capitol.
  • Colonial Williamsburg: Courthouse (NIGHT): Central to the life of the community in colonial times. The Declaration of Independence and Treaty of Paris (ending the Revolutionary war) was read from its steps! Here were heard debt, livestock and ownership disputes as well as crimes such as theft. Punishment was quick; the whipping post and the public stocks stood just outside, a few steps from the prisoner's dock. Serious cases involving free subjects (ones for which the penalty touched life or limb) were the province of the General Court, which met each April and October in the Capitol.
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  • George Wythe House: Located on Palace Green, belonged to George Wythe, a leader of the patriot movement in Virginia, a delegate to the Continental Congress, and Virginia’s first signer of the Declaration of Independence. The house also served as General George Washington's headquarters just before the British siege of Yorktown, and French General Rochambeau made the home his headquarters after victory at Yorktown. In 1776, the house accommodated Virginia General Assembly delegate Thomas Jefferson and his family (Jefferson studied law under Wythe). Interpreters state that the door handle (black doors pictured) is original to the building and was used by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, other historic figures -- and you!
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  • Colonial Williamsburg: Capitol (NIGHT): After fire destroyed (for the third time) the Jamestown Statehouse in 1698, the burgesses decided to move the colony's government to Middle Plantation, soon renamed Williamsburg. On May 18, 1699, they resolved to build the first American structure to which the word "Capitol" was applied. A two-story H-shaped structure – really two buildings connected by an arcade was designed. <br /> <br /> The first floor of the west building was for the General Court and the colony's secretary, the first floor of the east part of the building was for the House of Burgesses and its clerk. Arched windows marched across the facades. <br /> Stairs on one side led to the Council Chamber, a lobby, and the Council clerk's office; stairs on the other side led to three committee rooms. A second-floor conference room connected the classically corniced structures.
  • Colonial Williamsburg: Capitol (Side View): After fire destroyed (for the third time) the Jamestown Statehouse in 1698, the burgesses decided to move the colony's government to Middle Plantation, soon renamed Williamsburg. On May 18, 1699, they resolved to build the first American structure to which the word "Capitol" was applied. A two-story H-shaped structure – really two buildings connected by an arcade was designed. <br /> <br /> The first floor of the west building was for the General Court and the colony's secretary, the first floor of the east part of the building was for the House of Burgesses and its clerk. Arched windows marched across the facades. <br /> Stairs on one side led to the Council Chamber, a lobby, and the Council clerk's office; stairs on the other side led to three committee rooms. A second-floor conference room connected the classically corniced structures.
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