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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.117.02 Author/Creator: Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord, 1692-1782 Place Written: Fairfax County, Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 2 June 1748 Pagination: 1 p. : vellum : docket ; 35 x 29 cm. Order a Copy

Signed on verso on 7 August 1758 by Jacob "Spilmon" and Johann [illegible], with a note about later ownership of the land. Fairfax was Lord Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia and the only resident Lord Proprietor in America.

Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord, 1692-1782

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