Letter : [Richmond, Va.] to Robert M.T. Hunter [Washington, D.C.], 1846 March 26.

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Letter : [Richmond, Va.] to Robert M.T. Hunter [Washington, D.C.], 1846 March 26.

Shield here returns a claim [not extant] by the heirs of George Lewis to land originally owned by George Weedon and then by Alexander Dick and finally by Lewis, saying that "evidence of title is defective."

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Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887

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Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (April 21, 1809 – July 18, 1887) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and plantation owner. He was a U.S. Representative (1837–1843, 1845–1847), Speaker of the House (1839–1841), and U.S. Senator (1847–1861). During the American Civil War, Hunter became the Confederate States Secretary of State (1861–1862) and then a Confederate Senator (1862–1865) and critic of President Jefferson Davis. After the war, Hunter failed to win re-election to the U.S. Senate, but did ser...

Weedon, George, 1734-1793

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George Weedon was born in late 1734 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Weedon was appointed an ensign in the Virginia militia during the French and Indian War and rose to the rank of lieutenant in 1757 and to the rank of captain lieutenant in 1762. After the war, he moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia, and married Catharine Gordon (d. 1797). He operated a tavern in Fredericksburg. Weedon was appointed a lieutenant colonel in the 3rd Virginia Regiment in January 1776 and received a commission in the...

Lewis, George K. (George Knowlton), 1923-

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Nephew of George Washington, Lewis served as a captain in Washington's Life-Guards during the revolutionary war. On 1 January 1777 he became captain of the 3rd Regiment of the Continental Dragoons. From the description of Account book : of George Lewis, 1783-1789. (Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union). WorldCat record id: 30358703 ...

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...

Shield, J. A.

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Shield was a commissioner at the Virginia Land Office. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : [Richmond, Va.] to Robert M. T. Hunter [Washington, D.C.], 1846 March 26. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647837066 From the description of Letter : [Richmond, Va.] to Robert M.T. Hunter [Washington, D.C.], 1846 March 26. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793742 ...

Dick, Alexander, fl. 1806-1809.

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Scottish accountant. Dick was appointed by Parliament to examine documents in the United States relating to unresolved pre-Revolutionary debts owed to British merchants. He left Edinburgh August, 1806, arrived in New York January, 1807, traveled South to Charleston, S.C., and returned to Edinburgh September, 1809. From the description of Journal : of Alexander Dick, 1806-1809. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 29734127 ...