Land grant to Hugh Lennox, 1785 November 22.

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Land grant to Hugh Lennox, 1785 November 22.

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Land grant to Hugh Lennox for 10,000 acres of land in Harrison County, Virginia. The grant is signed by Patrick Henry. The paper seal of Virginia is affixed at the bottom. The verso of the second leaf contains a plat signed by Jeremiah Williams "Apt. to WM. Raymond S.H.C. [Surveyor Harrison County]

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Lennox, Hugh.

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