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 >The Library of Virginia >[log in to unmask] > >Visit the Library of Virginia's web site at http://www.lva.lib.va.us > >To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions >at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html ------------------------------------------------- Wesley E. Pippenger 2909-A S. Woodstock St. Arlington VA 22206 Webmaster Virginia Genealogical Society (703) 998-8920 [log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/pipp/ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html