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This collection consists of one document, the original land grant to Benjamin Borden of a tract of land for settlement in what would become Rockbridge County.

Land grant of 10,000 acres to Abraham Buford in Fayette County, West Virginia

The collection consists of a variety of French, English, and American documents that span from the late thirteenth century to the year 1950.

Two page copy of a land patent issued by James Monroe in 1781 to George Fitzwater in the county of Kanhawa, Virginia when he was Governor of Virginia. The copy is certified by S. H. Parker, Register of the Land office in Richmond dated June 22, 1854.

Two Rockbridge County, Va. land grants on parchment. The first was administered to David Edmondson on June 20, 1787 and the second William Arnold, on July 25, 1787. Edmondson's (Edmonston) document describes the property as being on the South Mountain on the Pedlar Gap road near or bordering Henry Nevil. Arnold's land, on the Forks of the James River, borders land of David Edmondson, James Templeton, William Holdman, and that of the McClung Family. Each document is signed by Virginia Lt. Governor Beverly Randolph. The land was later owned by the Rees family.

Letter, 1804 September 12, Edmund Randolph,Richmond, [Va.] to W[illiam] F. Ast. Concerns an inquiry by Ast as to whether the Mutual Assurance Company can get its money back for paying a claim to Larkin Stanard for a fire it believes was arson on property that was over-valued by Stanard.

This collection consists of a diary and three letters written by Henry Lee III; also included are three land grants and one military commission signed by Lee during his tenure as governor of Virginia.

This collection includes four documents signed by James Monroe: July 29, 1800 appointment of John Bowyer, Andrew Reid, and John Carthuers as presidential electors representing Rockbridge County, Va., March 16, 1802 proclamation by Monroe while governor authorizing the meeting house outside of Lexington, Va. as the proper place for holding court (2 copies), and a land grant awarded to Aaron Sanford of Illinois dated April 2, 1818,

Grant, 10 May 1787, to John Gale for 600 acres of land in Fayette County, Va. [W. Va.] signed by Lt. Gov. Beverley Randolph.