Letters received from the Virginia Land Office, 1864-1924.

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Letters received from the Virginia Land Office, 1864-1924.

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These records contain correspondence related principally to such routine matters as determining the condition of standards held by the various localities and determining whether the localities have an official to handle weights and measures. Also, correspondence with representatives of other states regarding mutual problems, some of which are to be brought before annual national conferences. Years covered are 1864-1867; 1870-1874; 1894-1895; 1897-1898; 1904; 1906-1908; 1910; 1912-1917; 1919-1924, n.d.

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Virginia. Superintendent of Weights and Measures.

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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...