Survey book, 1736 October 12-December 14.

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Survey book, 1736 October 12-December 14.

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Concerns a survey of the Potomac River from the mouth of the Shenandoah River to the head spring to determine the northern boundary of the Northern Neck Proprietary of Virginia. Also bears lists of persons on the survey, and accounts. Representing Lord Fairfax were John Savage and Benjamin Winslow (as surveyors) and William Beverley, Charles Carter, and William Fairfax (as commissioners); representing the Crown were Robert Brooke and William Mayo (as surveyors) and William Byrd II, John Grymes, and John Robinson (as commissioners).

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Shepherd University Library, Scarborough Library

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Shepherd University Library, Scarborough Library

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Grymes, John, 1692-1748.

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Carter, Charles, 1707-1764.

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Virginia Historical Society.

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Mayo, William, 1684-1744.

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Winslow, Benjamin, of Falmouth, Me.

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Brooke, Robert, d. 1745.

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Robinson, John, 1704-1766.

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Beverley, William, 1696-1756

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Virginia planter and political figure. From the guide to the William Beverley papers, 1737-1748, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Fairfax, William, 1691?-1757

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Savage, John, 1690-1700 fl.

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Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord, 1692-1782

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Byrd, William, 1674-1744

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William Byrd II resided at Westover in Charles City County, Virginia. From the guide to the William Byrd Papers, 1728-1729., (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Virginia planter William Byrd served as a member of the Virginia Council of the State (1709-1744); he determined the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina. From the guide to the The history of the dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina, 1728, 1728, (...

Perry, Thornton Tayloe, 1892-1981,

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Native of Charles Town, W. Va., auto dealer, postmaster, veteran of both World Wars, and collector of manuscripts and rare books dealing with western Virginia and West Virginia. From the description of Papers, 1852-1980 (bulk 1940-1975). (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 30658879 ...