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Preferred Citation:

Virginia Quitrents Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Gift

Scope and Contents

Negative photostats of longhand transcripts of the 1704 Virginia quitrent lists for twenty counties. The lists give the names of landowners and acres held, with occasional comments on absentee landholders. Originals located at the Public Records Office, London, England.

Related Material

Originals are located at the Public Records Office, London, England. OCRC # 23185232

Mss. 39.2 V82 co Virginia Counties Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Land grants--Virginia
• Land tenure--Virginia
• Photostats
• Rent--Virginia
• Virginia--Landowners