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  2. State cessions - Wikipedia

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    Many, however, ignored the proclamation, and various frontier settlement enterprises, owing allegiance to disparate colonial governments, continued. By the time of the American Revolution, the boundaries between the Thirteen Colonies that became the United States had been for the most part surveyed and agreed upon. Their land claims also ...

  3. Closing (real estate) - Wikipedia

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    The closing date is set during the property negotiation phase and is usually several weeks after an offer is formally accepted. [2] At a high level, the closing typically involves the following parties: the seller, the buyer, real estate agents, attorneys (depending on the state), the mortgage lender, and the settlement agency (also known as a ...

  4. Community property in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Quasi-community property is a concept recognized by some community property states. For example, in California, quasi-community property is defined by statute as all real or personal property, wherever situated, acquired before or after the operative date of this code in any of the following ways:

  5. Partition and secession in California - Wikipedia

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    There are 58 counties of California currently.. California, the most populous state in the United States and third largest in area after Alaska and Texas, has been the subject of more than 220 proposals to divide it into multiple states since its admission to the Union in 1850, [1] including at least 27 significant proposals prior to the 21st century.

  6. Colonial history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1602 Vizcaino charted the coast from Lower California to Mendocino and some inland areas and recommended Monterey for settlement. The King agreed, but the settlement project was diverted to areas off Japan. [17] No settlements were established until 1769.

  7. Treasurer Garrity: More than $20M in unclaimed property ... - AOL

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    Sep. 1—WILKES-BARRE — Treasurer Stacy Garrity this week announced that Pennsylvania will receive more than $20 million in unclaimed property following a settlement that concludes the landmark ...

  8. 'My house is unsellable': This Pennsylvania woman bought ...

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    In 2006, Donna Schwartzbauer spent $15,000 on what she thought was a nice plot of land in Ross Township, Pennsylvania, just outside of Pittsburgh.She decided to build a house on it and make it her ...

  9. History of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The Birth of Pennsylvania, a portrait of William Penn (standing with document in hand), who founded the Province of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a refuge for Quakers after receiving a royal deed to it from King Charles II. The history of Pennsylvania stems back thousands of years when the first indigenous peoples occupied the area of what is now ...