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4_string_troubador t1_j7d67x2 wrote

Reply to comment by Sunnyjim333 in Lead Plates and Land Claims in North America and Europe: When did the practice begin of burying lead plates to establish ownership of land, and why did it die out, and was it ever used successfully in a court of law to establish ownership? by whyenn

Celeron did it too, when he led an expedition in 1749 to strengthen French claims to the Ohio River Valley

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