Field notes on Potomack by Benjamin Winslow, 1736-1737 (bulk 1736 Oct. 12-Dec. 14).

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Field notes on Potomack by Benjamin Winslow, 1736-1737 (bulk 1736 Oct. 12-Dec. 14).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30793589

This volume of field notes, taken from 1736 October 12 to December 14, contains surveys of the Potomac River by William Mayo and Robert Brooke, surveyors to George II, and by Benjamin Winslow and John Savage, surveyor to Thomas Lord Fairfax. Winslow also includes at the end of the surveys a roster of men assisting the surveys and a list of expenses.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord, 1692-1782

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This land grant was issued in 1741 by Thomas, 6th Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, to Richard Brown (d. 1745), descendent of Quaker minister William Brown. The grant was one of five that Richard Brown had received in Virginia's Northern Neck; at the time of his death, he owned a total of 2,774 acres in Loudoun County. Furthermore, his extensive plantation included a house, malthouse, mill, millhouse, saw, sawmill, brewhouse, outhouses of all sorts, and sundry accessories. The 634-acre tract of la...

Winslow, Benjamin, surveyor.

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Winslow was a surveyor to Thomas Lord Fairfax. From the description of Field notes on Potomack by Benjamin Winslow, 1736-1737 (bulk 1736 Oct. 12-Dec. 14). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793589 ...

Mayo, William

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Brooke, Robert, 1761?-1800

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Va. governor. From the description of Papers, 1795-1796. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38745061 ...

Savage, John

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George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760

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King of England from 1727-1760. From the description of Writ, 1748 February 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122629412 George Augustus was born in Hanover, Germany on November 10, 1683, the only son of the elector of Hanover. In 1705 he married Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and they had nine children. During his reign as King of England, George II granted the charter to James Edward Oglethorpe, allowing for the founding of the colony of Georgia in 1733. George ...