Lot · Pre-1800
Late 18th c. CT Deposition Concerning Infamous VIRGINIA LAND GRASS SPECULATION
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From the sellerBecause Virginia was issuing land grants rapidly to raise revenue, speculators like Nichols quickly subdivided and "conveyed" these unmapped wilderness tracts to pools of northern investors—such as Philo Norton, David Baldwin, and their associates.
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