English: John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, the last Colonial Governor of Virginia
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Title: Ohio archæological and historical quarterly
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society
Subjects: History Archaeology
Publisher: Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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the journey during the summer,spending considerable time at Crawfords place, and at Pitts-burg.^^ Thus Crawford was visited in his distant, humble home,by the two most distinguished men then living in America.Washington again wrote to Crawford—this time on the 25th ofSeptember, 1773—touching the location of lands, Down theOhio, below the mouth of the Scioto, to which both were entitledUnder a proclamation of the year 1763. By Mr. Leet I in-formed you, continued Washington, of the unhappy cause 20 Bedford county, as then organized, was taken from Cumberland,March 9, 1771. 21 Westmoreland was taken from Bedford, February 26, 1773. SeeWashington-Irvine Corr. p. 114. 22 Sparks Writings of Washington, Vol. II, p. 373. 23 Washington-Crawford Letters, p. 29. In 1773, Lord Dunmore, thegovernor of Virginia, paid a visit to Crawford at his house upon theYoughiogheny, the occasion being turned to profitable account by bothparties. Washington-Irvine Correspondence, p. 115. ^^^^^^^^^^^■^^^^
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THE EARL OF DUNMORE.The last Colonial Governor of Virginia. From a very fine portrait in the State I,ibrary Gallery at Richmond, Va.
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