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Agency history.

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The records fall under the following agencies: Colonial Land Office (5 records), Register of the Land Office (94 records), Deputy Register of the Land Office (4 records), Northern Neck Land Office (17 records), Greenbrier Company (1 record), Loyal Land Company (4 records), Supt. of Weights and Measures (8 records), Supt. of Public Buildings (3 records), and Secretary of the Board of Immigration (4 records). The records date from 1623 to the present time.

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Library of Virginia

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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. Board of Immigration. Office of the Secretary.

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Virginia. Superintendent of Public Buildings.

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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...

Loyal Land Company of Virginia.

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Virginia. Superintendent of Weight and Measures.

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Virginia. Land Office. Deputy Register

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Northern Neck Land Office.

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Virginia. Colonial Land Office.

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