1From George Washington to Thomas Lewis, 1 February 1784 (Washington Papers)
that I ought (if I have not been neglectful in taking them out) to have warrts somewhere for 5000 acres under the proclamation of 1763—of which no locations, that have come to my knowledge, have yet been made....claims to the amount of the Tract, & locating of them upon that spot.” The Virginia council had decided on 16 Dec. 1773 that an officer claiming land under the Proclamation of 1763...
2From George Washington to Thomas Lewis, 17 February 1774 (Washington Papers)
...surveys which Capt. Crawford has made for me in that country: these I intended, if the New Colony had taken place on the Ohio, to have patented in that Governmt, if I could not obtain them under the Proclamation of 1763; for this reason it was, I had them survey’d. If therefore Sir, you will do me the favour to Grant a Certificate (by which I can apply for & obtain a Patent for the Tract of...