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Following his military service, Imlay sought his fortune in Kentucky (then still part of Virginia) and purchased a tract of land in Fayette County in 1783. He arrived there in March 1784, and quickly became involved in land speculation. In 1785 he quietly left America, probably for Europe, leaving a string of unpaid debts in his wake.
In January 1785 Breckinridge received a 1,000-acre grant for his war service. Five months later he purchased 5,662 Fayette County acres. In 1785 he filed entries for 13,600 acres in Fayette, but withdrew on 7,800 of those. He came alone to Kentucky in 1790, bought property for a home, and brought his family 1793.
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Gilbert Imlay. Gilbert Imlay, ? 1754 - 1828, American speculator and diplomat. Imlay, an army officer during the American War for Independence, settled for a time in Kentucky, writing from his experiences on the then-frontier a valuable Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America , published in London in 1792. He appears ...
Gilbert Imlay. IMLAY, Gilbert, author, born in New Jersey about 1750. He was a captain in the American army during the Revolutionary war, and after its termination emigrated to Kentucky, where he was appointed a deputy surveyor under George May, at Louisville.
Sep 30, 2015 · A biography of the American Gilbert Imlay (c 1754 - c 1828), revolutionary war veteran - and infamous lover of Mary Wollstonecraft. It also highlights how Imlay unwittingly acted as an intermediary between figures of greater significance, whose ideas, ambitions and schemes he frequently borrowed and disseminated across the Atlantic and continents.
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A. WHY PEOPLE MIGRATEDTO ARKANSAS. The settlement of Arkansas, 1820- 1880, was. only a. part of a larger contemporary movement- the westward. spread of the population of the United States over almost. half a continent. The reasons why people moved to Ar-. kansas are as varied as the causes of the westward move-.
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