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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. 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...
Virginia. Board of Immigration. Office of the Secretary.
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An act of the General Assembly, approved March 29, 1873, focused on the desirability of inviting the "migratory population" of other states to establish homes and invest capital, and to advise and inform inhabitants of distant countries of the advantages of climate, soil and products to be found in Virginia. The act provided funds to prepare a geographical and political summary, and set up a Board of Immigration made up of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary of the ...
