Petition of appeal, 1753 June 6 [microform].

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Petition of appeal, 1753 June 6 [microform].

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Petition of appeal, 1753 June 6, presented to the King [George II] in council to reverse the decree of the Virginia General Court (sitting as a Court in Chancery) in the lawsuit of Walter King v. Charles Lewis and Lewis Burwell concerning ownership of a tract of land ["The Fork"] in Albemarle County, Va. Includes answers, depositions, and powers of attorney concerning George Braxton (1678?-1748), George Braxton (d. 1761), Richard Corbin, Dudley Digges, Benjamin Edwards, Micajah Perry, Philip Perry, and "Buckingham," Albemarle County, Va. Also, includes a petition of Carter Braxton.

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Braxton, Carter, 1736-1797

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Carter Braxton (September 10, 1736 – October 10, 1797) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, a merchant, planter, a Founding Father of the United States and a Virginia politician. A grandson of Robert "King" Carter, one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners and slaveholders in the Old Dominion, Braxton was active in Virginia's legislature for more than 25 years, generally allied with Landon Carter, Benjamin Harrison V, Edmund Pendleton and other conservative pla...

King, Walter N.

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Lewis, Charles, 1943-

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Perry, Micajah, 1695?-1753.

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Edwards, Benjamin Frank

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Benjamin Edwards was a member of what was originally known as the "Yellowstone Expedition," under the command of Major Stephen H. Long. The party spent the winter at Ft. Lisa, five miles below Council Bluffs. In the meantime, the War Department changed the destination of the expedition to an excursion by land to the source of the Platte River and thence by the Arkansas and Red Rivers to the Mississippi. From the description of Letters, 1819-1827. (American Philosophical Society Libra...

Braxton, George, d. 1761.

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Corbin, Richard, 1714-1790.

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Perry, Philip J.

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Burwell, Lewis, 1716-1784.

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Virginia. General Court

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The General Courts of Virginia are part of the Judicial Branch of the Commonwealth's government. From the guide to the Writ of capias ad satisfaciendum against Henry Halstead, 1779 April 30, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) None available. From the guide to the Certificate of Naturalization to Mattern Sparr, 1767 April 21, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) ...

Digges, Dudley

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Epithet: MP for Kent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x0000cf Epithet: MP for Tewkesbury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x0000d0 Epithet: diplomatist and judge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000765.0x00039e ...

Great Britain. Sovereign (1727-1760 : George II)

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George II served as King of England from 1727 until 1760. From the description of Order to pay for army provisions, 1760 January 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145406345 Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Montreal KB (January 29, 1717 – August 3, 1797) served as an officer in the British Army and as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. Born in Sevenoaks, England, Amherst became a soldier at approximately the age of 14. After service in the War of the Austrian Succession, ...

Braxton, George, 1678?-1748.

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