Yorktown in York County, Virginia. "[Captain James Duncan, the author of the Journal which follows, was born in Philadelphia in 1756. He graduated at Princeton College, and was preparing for the ministry as the War of the Revolution opened, when he volunteered and was commissioned an officer in Colonel Hazen's regiment (Congress' Own), serving with distinction until its close. When the county of Adams was erected he was appointed the first prothonotary,...

"The Minutes of the Board of Property, herewith given, comprise only a portion of what, in many respects, are valuable documents. Several of the early volumes are illegible, while others cannot be found and hence the record begins with Minute Book C.".