Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1-1-1999

Abstract

George Knepper examines George Washington’s involvement in western land development and contrasts Washington’s approach to land acquisition and development in Virginia to the approaches used by speculators in Connecticut. Conference paper; originally published in Western Reserve Studies Symposium (14th:1999 : Cleveland, Ohio)

Keywords

Washington, George, 1732-1799, Land speculation--United States--History--18th century

Publication Title

Western Reserve Studies Symposium

Volume

14

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