itrary aggressions
of the British government and that the valor and patriotism she
evinced during the Revolution was equal to that of her sister
counties, who had suffered with her under the yoke of British
oppression, then the primary object of this sketch will be
accomplished. Her blood and treasure were freely dedicated to the
cause of liberty, and, having once entered the Revolution, she
determined to persevere in the struggle until every resource was
exhausted.

Armed with flint-lock muskets of small bore and with long-barreled
rifles which they loaded from the muzzle by the use of the ramrod;
equipped with powder horn, charges made of cane for loading, bullet
molds and wadding, but bravely arrayed in home-spun of blue, and belted
with cutlass and broadsword by the side, cockade on the hat and
courage in the heart, her revolutionary soldiers marched to the music
of fife and drum into battle for freedom against the power and might
of the mother country.

_Resolutions of Loudoun County._

In 1877, the following article appeared in a Leesburg newspaper under
the caption "Loudoun County a Hundred Years Ago:"

"Major B. P. Nolan, grandson of Burr Powell, has just put us
in possession of a verified copy of the proceedings of a
public meeting held at Leesburg, Loudoun County, on the
14th of June, 1774, nearly one hundred and five years ago.
It is interesting, not merely for its antiquity, but as
showing the spirit of independence that animated the breasts
of our liberty-loving countrymen two years before the
Declaration of American Independence in 1776. The original
document was found among the papers of Col. Leven Powell, at
one time member of Congress from this district, who died in
1810. His son, Burr Powell, forwarded a copy to R. H. Lee,
Esq., who in 1826 was about to publish a second edition of
his 'Memoirs of the Life of R. H. Lee,' of Revolutionary
fame."

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The proceedings or resolutions follow:

"PUBLIC MEETING IN LOUDOUN IN 1774."

"At a meeting of the Freeholders and other inhabitants of
the County of Loudoun, in the Colony of Virginia, held at
the Court-House in Leesburg the 14th of June, 1774, F.
Peyton, Esq., in the Chair, to consider the most effectual
method to preserve the rights and liberties of North
America, and relieve our brethren of Boston,