Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-02-19

/ ihdJcohJ ~ hiS Ha''d l
ing date 29th of November, l133, /
directing William Gooch. Esq, |
lieutenant governor Of Virginia, to
appoint three or more commission
ers, mot exceeding liye) who in
conjunction with a like number to
be named and seputed by the said |
lord Fairfax, are to survey and |
settle the marks and boundaries OF
the said district Of land, agreeably |
to the terms Of the patent under
which the lord Fairfax claims.
No. 6. Copy of the commission
from lieutenant-governor Gooch to
William Byrd of Westoyer, John
Robinson Of Piscataway, and John
Grymes Of Brandon, appointing |
them commissioners on behalf Of
his majesty, with full power, an
thority, &c.
n have not been able to NEE. /
with a copy Of the commission OF
lord Fairfax to his commissioners !
they were William Beverly, VIM.
Fairfax and Charles Carter. ltap-
pears by the accompanying report
of their proceedings, that "his
lordsbip's commlssion," which hay-
ing been found upon examination
more restricted in its authority
than that of the commissioners OF
the crown, gave rise to some little
difficulty which was subsequently
adjusted.
No. Z. Copy of the instructions
on behalf of the right hOnOroble
lord Fairfax, to his commissioners.
No. 8. Minutes Of the proceedings
of the commissioners appointed on
the part of his majesty and the
right honorable Thomas lord Fair
fax, from their first meeting at
Fredericksburg, September 21th,
1886.
No. 9. Original correspondence
F between the commissioners during
the years 1876 and 1881, in refer
ence to the examination and sur
vey of the Potomac river.
, No. 10. The original field notes
of the survey of the Potomac
{ river. the mouth of the Shenandoah
} to the head spring of said Poto-
? mac river, by Mr.. Benjamin Win
slow.
, No. II. The original plat Of the
\ survey of the Potomac river
q No. y. Original letter from
h John Savage, one of the surveyors
\ dated January Il, 1887, stating the
r grounds upon which the commits
\ sioners had decided in favor Of the
.. Cohongoroota oyerthe Wappacomo
as the main branch Of the POto-
mac. The former, he SAYS, is both
8 wider and deeper than the
. latter.
No. 13. Letter from Charles
Carter, Esq, dated January 2Otht
3 1877, exhibiting the result of q
. comparative examination Of the
North and South branches of the
Potomac. The North Branch at its
Z mouth, he says, is twenty-tbree
h poles wide, the South branch six
Z teen, &c.
f No. II. A printed map of the
b Northern Neck of Virginia, situate
betwixt the rivers Potomac ana
G Rappahannock, drawn in the year
. 1877, by William Mayo, one Of the
r kings surveyors, according to his
actual survey in the preceding
e year.
o No. u. A printed map OF the
f course of the rivers Rappahannock
and Potomac, in Virginia, as sur
b veyed according to order in 1876
T. and 1877, supposed to be by lord
. Fairfax's surveyors.
1 No. 1G. A copy of the separate
o report of the commissioners ap-
Q pointed on the part of the crown
@ II have met with no copy Of the
!. separate report of lord Fairfax
d commissioners.
t, No. Il. Copy Of lord Fairfaxs
G observations upon and exceptions
}. to the report of the commissioners
y of the crown.
!. No. Is. A copy OF the report and
. opinion of the right honorable the
o lords of the committee of council
It for plantation alfsirs, dated 9th
!, April, l74j.
|. No. 10. The decision of his maj
/. esty in council, made on the lltb
It of April, 17l5, confirming the re
It port of the council for plantation
Y affairs, and further ordering the
lieutenant governor Of Virginia to
}. nominate three or more persons
n (aot exceeding fve,) who, IN con
Il junction with a like number to be
n named and deputed by lord Fair
o fax. are to run and marx ont the
o boundary and dividing line, ac
cording to his decision thus made
n No. 20. The original commits
|. sioners from Thomas lord Fairfax
!. to the honorable VIM. Fairfax
!. Charles Carter aud William Bower
j. ly, EsQrs., dated 1lth June, 17l5
r. lCol. Joshua Fry, Col. LunsforC
. Lomax, and Maj. Peter lIedgeman
It were appointed commissioners OF
the part of the crown
/. No. 81. Original agreement eli
n tered into by the commissions
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