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1782 – The Virginia General Assembly enacted a law that allowed slaveholders to manumit their slaves by his or her last will and testament; where before, manumission, (the legal release of enslaved people at a time when slavery is sanctioned by law), required a special act of the state legislature.
1906 – The Daily Progress newspaper carried the following front page headline: ROOSEVELT COMING President And His Party Will Pay A Week End Visit To Pine Knot, In Southern Albemarle.
1935 – George Barclay Rives, former member of the United States diplomatic corps, died at his home “Edgewood” near Cobham, at the age of 60.

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-*[[1782]] &ndash; The '''[[Virginia General Assembly]]''' enacted a law that allowed slaveholders to manumit their slaves by his or her last will and testament; where before, manumission (the legal release of enslaved people at a time when slavery is sanctioned by law), required a special act of the state legislature.
+*[[1782]] &ndash; The '''[[Virginia General Assembly]]''' enacted a law that allowed slaveholders to manumit their slaves by his or her last will and testament; where before, manumission, (the legal release of enslaved people at a time when slavery is sanctioned by law), required a special act of the state legislature.
 *[[1906]] &ndash; The [[Daily Progress]] newspaper carried the following front page headline: '''ROOSEVELT COMING''' ''President And His Party Will Pay A Week End Visit To [[Pine Knot]], In Southern Albemarle.''
 *[[1935]] &ndash; George Barclay Rives, former member of the United States diplomatic corps, died at his home '''“[[Edgewood]]”''' near Cobham, at the age of 60.