declare independence and rally the retarded yankee goyim for war with their fatherland. > following the revolutionary war, george washingtons land gains were substantial. he had invested in western lands and worked to politically and commercially link the west with the eastern seaboard. by 1769, new treaties were negotiated with the iroquois and cherokee that opened the ohio valley to settlers once again. > ohio valley land: washington began surveying and claiming land in the ohio valley, with the responsibility of representing the entire group of veterans. he purchased the rights to over 5,000 acres of land, in addition to the 15,000 acres that had been established as the bounty for field officers, giving him a total of more than 20,000 acres to be located, surveyed, and registered in the ohio valley. > great kanawha river land: in october 1770, washington crossed into the ohio country again, accompanied by his friend dr. james craik and a few guides and servants, to survey his bounty land in the region where the great kanawha emptied into the ohio river. he was granted four patents on the ohio and great kanawha rivers containing a total of 20,150 acres in what is now the state of west virginia. > total land holdings: added to the land that washington already owned at mount vernon, near fredericksburg, and in the shenandoah valley, the new patents brought george washingtons total land holdings to a substantial 32,855 acres. he continued to amass western land for the rest of his life, with his total land holdings exceeding 50,000 acres by the time of his death.
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