VirginiaHistory (@VirginiaHistory)

August 26, 1775: Virginia’s third Revolutionary Convention ordered that an arms factory be established near Fredericksburg, #Virginia to provide arms for the Continental army. Fielding Lewis, the brother-in-law of George Washington, became the main manager of the factory & lost much of his personal wealth keeping it in operation during the war. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/lewis-fielding-1725-1781-or-1782/#:~:text=On%20August%2026%2C%201775%2C%20its,them%E2%80%9D%20be%20appointed%20its%20commissioners.