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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.
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.
La Fayette was not freed until the peace of Campo Formio, Oct. 17, 1797, when Napoleon asked for his release. Mme. La Fayette had set out from Dunkerque Sept. 5 on a small American ship, and reached Hamburg on Sept. 13, according to Robert de Crèvecceur, Saint John de Crèvecœur sa vie et ses ouvrages, p. 208.
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In March 1783 Boone agreed to accept Imlay's promissory note for £2,000, to be paid in two instalments in exchange for a tract of 10,000 acres located on Hingston's Fork of the Licking River in Fayette County, which Boone had entered on 26 December the year before.
Mar 30, 2024 · After the war Imlay sought his fortune in the western territories, purchasing a tract of land in Fayette County, one of three territories into which Kentucky had been divided, in 1783. He arrived there in March 1784, and quickly became involved in land speculation.
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Gilbert Imlay 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 .
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.
