WILLIAMSBURG, November 29, 1776.
Tuesday the remains of the Hon. Peyton Randolph, Esq; late President of the Continental Congress, were brought here from Philadelphia, and interred in the family vault in the College chapel.
Virginia Gazette (Dixon & Hunter) November 29, 1776
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Peyton Randolph had died on October 22, 1775 in Philadephia and buried in the family burying-place of Mr. Francis. A year later Edmund Randolph brought the body of his uncle home where he was buried with proper ceremony in the Wren Chapel.
Sources: Cowden, p.648-9
