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