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Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord, 1692-1782 [Land patent for Thomas Gregg]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.117.01 Author/Creator: Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord, 1692-1782 Place Written: Fairfax County, Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 21 March 1742 Pagination: 1 p. : vellum : docket ; 35 x 25 cm. Order a Copy

Includes detailed boundary and rent information. Fairfax was Lord Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia.

Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord, 1692-1782
Gregg, Thomas, 1703-1748

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