PUBLIC "-//Colonial Williamsburg Foundation::John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library//TEXT (US::ViWC::viwc00247:: Land Grant to Samuel Lusk, 1768 July 20)//EN" "viwc00247.xml" A Guide to the Land Grant to Samuel Lusk, 1768 July 20 Land Grant to Samuel Lusk MS 1936.9 1X John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation © 2008 By The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Rebecca Barnhart, 03/24/2008 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Land Grant to Samuel Lusk, 1768 July 20 A Collection in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`sJohn D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library MS 1936.9 1X

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2008 Special Collections Staff John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Descriptive Summary John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Land Grant to Samuel Lusk 1768 July 20 MS 1936.9 1X On site. 1 item. English Blair, John; acting gov., Va., 1758, 1768 Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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Preferred Citation

Land Grant to Samuel Lusk, Manuscript #MS 1936.9 1X, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1936

Biographical/Historical Information

John Blair served as president of the Council and acting governor of Virginia from the time Governor Dinwiddie left Virginia in January 1758 until Governor Fauquier arrived in June of that year. He returned to that capacity after Fauquier's death in March 1768, serving until the arrival of Lord Botetourt in October.

 Scope and Content

Acting governor Blair grants Samuel Lusk 145 acres of land in Augusta County, Virginia, for 15s. DS.

Arrangement

1 item.

Index Terms Persons: Blair, John, 1687-1771 Lusk, Samuel Subjects: Land grants - Virginia - Augusta County - History - 18th century Geographical Names: Augusta County (Va.) - History - 18th century Williamsburg (Va.) - People