Southern Claims Commission in Virginia, The
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- “Senate Joint Resolution No. 12” (2010)
- “Senate Joint Resolution No. 5” (February 8, 1950)
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- Sir Walter Raleigh’s Patent to Settle Virginia (1584)
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- Flora Cooke Stuart (1836–1923)
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