Note, undated (post-1785).

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Note, undated (post-1785).

Handwritten note found in "A Collection of All Such Public Acts of the General Assembly, and Ordinances of the Conventions of Virginia Passed Since the Year 1768..." (published in 1785 and known as the Chancellor's Revisal); book owned by Philip Slaughter, but note is not in his handwriting. Content of note referenced a land law passed at the 1779 May session of the Virginia General Assembly setting up a timeline for the declaration of settlement and preemption certificates. Note refers to pages in the book on the acts dealing with this law and its extension, eventually to March 1884. See book in Filson's library for additional notes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7968299

The Filson Historical Society

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Slaughter, Philip, 1758-1849

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Plantation owner of Culpeper County, Va., and captain in the continental army. From the description of Papers of Philip Slaughter, 1790-1848. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135475 ...

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Virginia. General Assembly

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