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later owned, was eventually abandoned and burned down in 1800 and 1940, but a new house was built with the same name of the site, incorporating massive chimneys which survived the fire. A historical marker honoring Joshua Fry was erected at the site in 1963.
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Americans to secure land west of the Appalachian mountains and south of the Ohio River. This expedition was also supposed to strengthen relations between the colonists and Native Americans, many of whom had contested the
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Fairfax in the Piedmont region. In 1749, the pair received another commission, to establish the boundary between North Carolina and Virginia. Beginning in 1749, Fry also became involved with the
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Settlements of the lands toward the Mountains and Lakes" and included a handwritten copy of "A Brief Account of the Travels of
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