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* October 10 – Dunmore's War – Battle of Point Pleasant: Cornstalk is forced to make peace with Dunmore at the Treaty of Camp Charlotte, ceding Shawnee land claims south of the Ohio ( modern Kentucky ) to Virginia.
It is said that the naming of Dunmore Street was not to honour the ex-governor, but to celebrate the place in Norfolk where he had last set foot.
* The borough of Dunmore in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania is also named in his honour.
Lake Dunmore is located in Salisbury, Vermont | Salisbury and Leicester, Vermont | Leicester, entirely within Addison County.
Dunmore is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, adjoining Scranton.
Dunmore is one of the numerous villages which sprang from the original township of Providence, Pennsylvania.
Today, Dunmore is a borough bordering the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Dunmore is located at ( 41. 417530 ,-75. 624432 ).
The Upper Green Ridge area is the wealthiest of the neighborhoods, which extends into the neighboring borough of Dunmore.
Lake Dunmore is located in this town.
The number of convicts transported to North America is not verified although it has been estimated to be 50, 000 by Dr John Dunmore Lang.
Further evidence of the origin of the name is attested to by the remains of a Fife hill fort, Dunmore, at position 56 ° 10 ' 15. 65 " N, 3 ° 20 ' 12. 14 " W which overlooks the Firth of Forth.
The history of the Dunmore family is described in the historical text Lindores Abbey and its burgh of Newburgh: their history and annuls by Alexander Laing, available from Google Books.
Earl of Dunmore is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.
* Shellharbour City Council is south of Wollongong, and ranges from Albion Park Rail in the north west, west to Macquarie Pass near the escarpment, and south to Dunmore near the Minnamurra River.
Helen Dunmore ( born 12 December 1952 ) is a British poet, novelist and children's writer .< ref >
Chylak died of a heart attack at age 59 in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, and is survived by his wife Sue, his sons Robert and William, and seven grandchildren.
Dunmore East () is a popular tourist and fishing village village in County Waterford, Ireland.
Dunmore East is noted for:
The village is home to the Waterford Harbour Sailing Club that has dinghy and keelboat sailing and the Dunmore East Adventure Centre, which has many watersports events for adults and children.
Also there is the Dunmore East Sea Scouts one of the best scouting troops in the country.
Sea angling and Diving is catered for by Dunmore East Angling Charters.
Dunmore East is also home to some of the best seafood restaurants in Ireland.
The most popular event in Dunmore East is the annual bluegrass festival which takes place at the end of August.

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Dunmore saw rising unrest in the colony and sought to deprive Virginia militia of supplies needed for insurrection.
" speech at the Second Convention and the accompanying resolution calling for forming an armed resistance made Dunmore " think it prudent to remove some Gunpowder which was in a Magazine in this place.
* Dunmore Street in Norfolk, Virginia was named for him.
Shenandoah County was established in 1772, it was originally named Dunmore County for Virginia Governor Lord Dunmore.
The same year, immediately to the north of Rockingham County, Dunmore County, named for Virginia's last Royal Governor, John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, an unpopular figure, was renamed.
At this time, William Allsworth, a shoemaker by trade, who had visited the Connecticut land at Wyoming for the purpose of selecting a place for his home the year previous, reached the point at evening, where he encamped and lit his fire in the forest where Dunmore was thus founded.
Because the township does not have a local police force for " economic reasons ," according to township supervisor Ronald Cosklo, as must therefore solely rely on the Dunmore State Police force for protection, Fell Township has in recent years become a veritable hotbed for illegal drugs which are then sold to the neighboring City of Carbondale.
The committee passed a resolution denouncing the governor, Lord Dunmore, for his actions.
* Orange Prize for Fiction: Helen Dunmore, A Spell of Winter
The beach between Slea Head and Dunmore Head on the Dingle Peninsula, Ireland, a location where scenes for Ryan's Daughter were filmed.
Besides his new congregation, he led the Committee of Safety and Correspondence for Dunmore County, Virginia.
Dunmore County was a county in Virginia formed in 1772 and named for the colonial lieutenant governor, John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore.
The bestowal of this gift was apparently made at the occasion of a festive gathering at Dunmore ; The Bishop of St Andrews William de Lamberton, the Abbot of Lundoris, Sir David de Berkeley ( of Cullairnie ), Sir Alexander of Seton, the Governor of Berwick, Alex of Claphain, and others, were present as witnesses ; most of whom had borne their part in the great struggle for Independence .-- The Chartulary of Balmerino, pp. 40, 41.
George Murray, 5th Earl of Dunmore, bought the Estate of Harris from Alexander Norman Macleod for £ 60, 000 in 1834.
The third creation was in 1619 for Richard Preston, 1st Lord Dingwall, who was also created Baron Dunmore.
The first result of the deal was a book and TV show entitled Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution, dealing in particular with the proclamation issued during the Revolutionary War by Lord Dunmore offering slaves from rebel plantations freedom in return for service to the crown.
The fort was originally known as Fort Fincastle and was named for Viscount Fincastle, Lord Dunmore, Royal Governor of Virginia.
He served for Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of Virginia.

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