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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...
Virginia. Northern Neck Land Office.
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Larger and older than any of the Council grants was the one in that area between the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers known as the Northern Neck. In 1649 the exiled King Charles II gave that unsettled region to seven of his loyal supporters. Charles's grant to these men was upheld following his return to the throne and renewed in 1669 as a twenty-one year lease. The lease, however, excluded three of the seven original grantees. When the heir of one of the excluded discovered the omis...
