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Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord (1692-1782) [Land patent for John Mead]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.117.03 Author/Creator: Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord (1692-1782) Place Written: Prince William County, Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 27 January 1741 Pagination: 1 p. : vellum : docket ; 37 x 27 cm. Order a Copy

Includes detailed boundary and rent information. Fairfax was Lord Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia. Later ink note in left margin reads, "R.J. Taylor, 18 May 1809."

Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord, 1692-1782
Mead, John, fl. 1733-1743

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