Letters received and sent, 1774-1977.

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Letters received and sent, 1774-1977.

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These records contain incoming correspondence to the register of the Land Office, including the period the secretary of the commonwealth held the office, dealing primarily with business affairs. Included are requests for warrants and copies of grants and surveys, letters which accompanied incoming surveys, letters seeking information about military bounty lands, and inquiries regarding the manner of resolving conflicts pertaining to land possession. Although some of the 19th century letters have notes for replies annexed (particularly during the periods 1810-1814 and 1875-1899), it is not until the 20th century that replies are attached to most letters received.

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Virginia. Land Office. Register.

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The act that established the Land Office in 1779, provided for a Register to be at the head, who would be "appointed from time to time, by joint ballot of both houses of assembly...." It was the responsibility of the Register to carry out the very carefully structured legislation which provided the procedure for obtaining waste and unappropriated lands. So thorough was the system that no major change in Virginia's method of distribution of virgin land was made until the mid-20th cen...

Virginia. Secretary of the Commonwealth

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The Secretary of the Commonwealth was established by the state constitution in 1776. The secretary kept the executive journal, records of elections, and copies of the laws. He also served as the general ex officio secretary to the governor. Today the position has the responsibility to appoint and regulate the notaries public, the registration of lobbyists to the General Assembly, and the service of out-of-state civil processes. From the description of Receipts, 1945-1961. (Unknown). ...