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Order of Council(1754 February 10)

  • MS 1982.10.1
  • Transcript: TR/00/1754/Feb 10
  • 1 item

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.

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