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CALL NUMBER: 975.502 McC
OBJECT TYPE: Book
TITLE: The Fairfax Line, A Historic Landmark
DESCRIPTION: Fairfax Line – Northern Neck Proprietary
Virginia – History – Colonial Period. A standard text on the Northern Neck Proprietary of Virginia and the “Fairfax Line” that finally established its boundaries between the heads of the Potomac River and the head of the Conway River. A major goal of this book is to find the original markers of the Fairfax line survey. Illustrated and indexed. Paper back, 97 pages. Includes biographical sketches on John Walter Wayland and Thomas Lewis – Lewis family – Wayland family – Fairfax Family -Thomas Lord Culpeper – Thomas 6th Lord Fairfax – Fry and Jefferson Map – References to original records – Includes Thomas Lewis’s Journal of 1746 describing the survey party and it trials through the grueling forays through the mountains, swamps and forests to mark the line.
AUTHOR: McClinton, Arthur T, John W. Coleman, Francis F. Wayland
EDITION: 1990. Reprint
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PUBLICATION DATE: 1996
PUBLISHER: Shenandoah County Historical Society
PLACE OF PUBLICATION: Edinburg, VA
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