Order of Council, 1754 Feb 10.

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Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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Williamsburg, VA 23187
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Preferred citation:

Order of Council, 1754 Feb 10, Manuscript # 1982.10.a, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Summary

Creator:
Virginia. Council.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Order of Council, 1754 Feb 10, Manuscript # 1982.10.a, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Background

Scope and content:

Extract of Council order, 1754 February 10. Discusses granting 200,000 acres of land at the fork of the Ohio and Monongahela rivers to the Ohio Company so that a fort (later Fort Duquesne) and a town may be constructed. Volunteers entering into the service of this effort will receive plots of land in accordance with their merit.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1982.
Physical description:
1 item.; 20 cm

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Land settlement --Ohio River Valley.