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Library of Virginia

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Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818

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Surveyor; noted Indian fighter in the American midwest in the latter half of the 18th century. From the description of Documents, 1778-1818. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28287330 American Revolutionary Colonel in the Old Northwest. Clark first came to Detroit from Cleveland in 1817, and was followed by his parents in a commercial fisherman and deputy collector of customs in China, Mich. (from M.P.C., I, 501-507: Clark's "Recollections".) (blue ...

Virginia. Board of Western Commissioners.

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On June 21, 1781, the General Assembly passed a resolution calling on the governor and Council to settle the expenses of George Rogers Clark and others arising from the military conquest of the "Western Country" (Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois) during the Revolution. Accordingly, on July 20, 1781, the Council appointed five commissioners to travel to the Falls of the Ohio (Louisville) and settle whatever claims might be presented. By July 1, 1783, the commissioners had presented their findings to the ...