Brent and Group:
This book is INDEED in print. Willow Bend Books, Westminster, Md.,
1-800-876-6103, reprinted it like 2 years ago.  I agree, it's a great
resource for understanding how the grant system works and the relationship
to patents and other land transactions.
W.

At 07:50 AM 11/30/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Although it is no longer in print, Fairfax Harrison's book, Virginia Land
>Grants: A Study of Conveyancing in Relation to Colonial Politics (Richmond,
>1925), remains a very valuable and comprehensible account of how the system
>of granting and transferring land worked.
>
>Try a good Virginia research library or your own library's Interlibrary Loan
>service
>
>Brent Tarter
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