_c._ The stamp distributor for Virginia persuaded to resign (the letter from Governor Fauquier to the Lords of Trade); _ib._ 377 _d._ Threat of violence against any who should use stamped paper; a notice in the _New York Gazette_ of February 27, 1766; reproduced in the _New Jersey Archives_ 380 121. Origin of the Virginia non-importation agreement: _a._ Protest of the Burgesses against the proposal of the English government to send Americans to England for trial (May 16, 1769); from the _Journals of the House of Burgesses_ 380 b. The "association" of the ex-Burgesses (May 18, 1769); _ib._ 383 122. The origin of the Massachusetts town-committees of correspondence; from the _Boston Town Records_ 387 123. The creation of Intercolonial Committees of Correspondence: a. Jefferson's later account; from _Jefferson's Writings_ 390 b. The action of the Virginia House of Burgesses; from the _Journals_ 391 c. Letters from other colonies received by the Virginia Committee, approving the recommendation; _ib._ 392 124. Intimidation of the owners of tea ships (a Philadelphia handbill by "The Committee for Tarring and Feathering"); from Scharf and Westcott's _History of Philadelphia_ 394 XXII. The Rise of Revolutionary Governments 125. The Virginia Burgesses suggest an annual Congress (1774): _a._ Extract from a letter by a member of the Assembly; from Force's _American Archives_ 396 _b._ Jefferson's account of the plan for declaring a day of prayer and fasting, on receipt by the Burgesses of the news of the Boston Port Bill; from _Jefferson's Works_ 397 c. Resolution of the Burgesses appointing June 1, 1774, a day of prayer and fasting; from the _Journals_ 398 _d._ The consequent dissolution of the Assembly by the Governor; _ib._ 399 _e._ The ex-Burgesses suggest an annual Continental Congress; _ib._ 399 _f._ Letters from the Virginia Committee of Correspondence to the other colonies, conveying Virginia's suggestion for an annual Congress; _ib._ 401 _g._ The answer of Rhode Island to Virginia, with the appointment of delegates to the proposed Congress; _ib._ 403 126. A "call" for the Continental Congress from the Massachusetts Assembly (June 17) 405