The Walpole Grant was a grant of 2,500,000 acres of land between 38 degrees and 42 degrees north latitude and east of the Scioto River made on August the 14th 1773. The Walpole Company was formed in 1766. In 1769 the company petitioned for the grant of land, which was finally made by the crown in 1773. The Walpole Company was opposed by the Mississippi Company, formed some years later by a body of wealthyVirginia planters. Research Walpole Grant
The Mississippi Company was an American land company started in 1769 by some wealthy and prominent Virginians as a rival to the Walpole Company, which, in 1766, had obtained a grant of 500,000 acres along the Scioto River. Research Mississippi Company
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