Brock Collection: Records of Virginia Land Office, 1773-1857.

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Brock Collection: Records of Virginia Land Office, 1773-1857.

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Letters addressed to the various Registers, particularly William Price and William Selden, treasury warrants for surveys and scattered miscellaneous documents, and soldiers' certificates of military service in the colonial wars and American Revolution, submitted as part of application for bounty lands. Also included are related patents, claims, transfers, court orders, and other legal papers.

365 pieces.3 bpoxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Brock, R. A. 1839-1914,

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Price, William, fl. 1798-1807

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Virginia. Land Office

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After the conclusion of the French and Indian War, the British government issued a proclamation designed to prevent clashes between the settlers and Indians. This proclamation of 1763 forbid settlement west of the Alleghany mountains. From the description of List of complete military warrants under the Proclamation of 1763 from the Virginia Land Office,. (Library of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 318646134 The act which established the Land Office passed the General Assembly...

Selden, William, fl. 1815

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