Land grant, 1787 June 21, to Amos Potts.

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Land grant, 1787 June 21, to Amos Potts.

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Lieutenant-governor Randolph (acting for Governor Edmund Randolph) grants Potts twenty acres of land in Botetourt County, Va. Signed by John Harvie, Re[gister] L[and] O[ffice]. Printed form with manuscript insertions. Bears seal of Virginia.

1 p. : parchment ; 32 x 34 cm.

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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