Commission issued by Thomas Lord Fairfax [manuscript], 1745 June 11.

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Commission issued by Thomas Lord Fairfax [manuscript], 1745 June 11.

Lord Fairfax appoints William Fairfax, Charles Carter, and William Beverley to survey the boundary between the Colony of Virginia and the Fairfax propriety of the Northern Neck.

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Carter, Charles, 1707-1764.

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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...

Fairfax, William, 1691?-1757

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Epithet: of Add MS 36996 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0x000183 Epithet: of Add MS 33735 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0x000181 Epithet: cousin of Thomas 6th Baron Fairfax of Cameron British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000622.0x000109 ...

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.) ...