This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Hi2.2ACIB/4085.1.2 Message Board Post: In order to understand who Jacob Myers is and why Patrick Henry would sign documents allowing Jacob to acquire so much land you have to understand the Myers family. This family which as been in America since the mid 1600's is a wealthy Dutch Jewish family although Jacob himself maybe Catholic. The Myers families are in 4 cities. Boston, Pittsburgh, Richmond Va and Baltimore. It helps to know who the Myers families are related to in these cities. The Wealthy Owings Family is from Baltimore and it helps also to know who they are related to. The whole transaction of the sale of the Slate Creek Works is to help in getting government contracts to produce cannonballs. Baltimore is important city since Dupont is there and the Government ammo testing area is there. Jacob Myers and his son Jacob Myers jr. move to Baltimore to help get these contracts.