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West Virginia Timeline - Record Detail
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August 14, 1772 |
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Item Details: |
Record Id:
178 |
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Description: |
The British Privy Council approved the petition of the Walpole Company (also known as the Grand Ohio Company) to establish Vandalia, comprising all of present-day West Virginia west and south of the Fairfax Stone in present-day Preston County, as the fourteenth colony. Due to the implausibility of obtaining quitrents and the revolution movement following the Boston Tea Party, the Vandalia scheme never developed. |
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Source: |
Rice, The Allegheny Frontier, pp. 73, 75. |
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See Also: |
Colonial. Settlement. |
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