Letters Across the Chesapeake, Month by Month
Where correspondence originated across the Chesapeake: Maryland; Virginia; West Virginia and the Kentucky country, 1771–1783
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County boundaries shown as they stood in 1783, when Virginia still included present-day West Virginia and claimed the Kentucky country. Bubbles are placed by modern coordinates, so a town may appear in a different county than its label. Boundaries: Newberry Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.