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Frontier, Law, People, Postwar Politics (>1783) February 3, 2021 January 31, 2021

Comte d’Estaing’s Georgia Land Grants

by Robert Scott Davis

On the morning of October 9, 1779, one of the bloodiest and most forgotten battles of the American Revolution took place during the Siege…

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I think you're absolutely right, Bill - that's a point I make in the manuscript I'm working on that's a very extended version of the article. Thanks for your comments,…
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