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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875

American State Papers --TABLE OF CONTENTS. PUBLIC LANDS.--VOL. I.

American State Papers [Public Lands: Volume 1] : Index
TABLE OF CONTENTS. PUBLIC LANDS.--VOL. I.

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COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
• No.
• ... Page
• 4 Respecting grants of land in the territory northwest of the Ohio. December 23, 1790 ... 5
• 6 Enclosing resolutions of the Virginia Legislature respecting her military bounty lands. January 17, 1791 ... 12
• 7 Enclosing communication from the Secretary of State relative to land claims in the territory northwest of the Ohio. February 18, 1791 ... 13
• 9 Showing the quantity and situation of unclaimed lands in the territory ceded to the United States by North Carolina. November 10, 1791 ... 17
• 10 Respecting bounty lands located by the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line which have been since ceded to the Chickasaw Indians. January 24, 1792 ... 20
• 18 Respecting Indian grants to the inhabitants of Post Vincennes. April 15, 1794 ... 26
• 21 Enclosing report of Attorney General on claims to lands in the southwest, under a law of the State of Georgia passed January 7, 1794. April 29, 1796 ... 28
• 46 Appointing commissioners to settle land claims with Georgia. December 31, 1799 ... 82
• 66 Respecting fraudulent grants of land in the Indiana Territory. February 18, 1802 ... 111
• 69 Enclosing articles of agreement and cession entered into with Georgia. April 26, 1802 ... 113
• 97 Describing the situation and titles to lands in the vicinity of Detroit. February 17, 1804 ... 173
• 99 Relative to frauds in acquiring lands in Louisiana. February 20, 1804 ... 177
• 112 Exhibiting the situation of land titles in the Michigan Territory. December 23, 1805 ... 229
• 147 Relative to public ground in and adjacent to the city of New Orleans. March 7, 1808 ... 538
• 150 Relative to the claims of certain subjects of Great Britain to lands in Mississippi. April 22, 1808 ... 542

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
• 110 Abstract of the evidences of title to lands claimed under any act or pretended act of Georgia. February 14, 1805 ... 201

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
• 3 On the best plan for disposing of the public lands. July 22, 1790 ... 4
• 40 Relative to the progress of surveys in the Territory northwest of Ohio. May 3, 1798 ... 72
• 68 On the petition of Arthur Morrison. April 6, 1802 ... 113
• 129 Enclosing a letter from the commissioners of land claims for the district of Kaskaskia. April 5, 1806 ... 264
• 132 Relative to land claims in the district of Vincennes. December 23, 1806 ... 267
• 135 Enclosing transcripts of decisions of land commissioners in Michigan Territory. January 2, 1807 ... 282
• 136 Enclosing supplemental report on land claims in the district of Vincennes. January 3, 1807 ... 508
• 143 Relative to the quantity and quality of public lands in Orleans territory. January 23, 1808 ... 535
• 145 Relative to an alteration in the mode of surveying in the Orleans territory. February 22, 1808 ... 536
• 146 Relative to pre-emption rights west of Pearl river. February 27, 1808 ... 538
• 148 Enclosing report of the commissioners of land claims in the district of Kaskaskia. March 7, 1808 ... 539
• 149 Relative to land claims in Michigan Territory. March 7, 1808 ... 541
• 154 Enclosing transcripts of decisions of the Commissioners of Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory. January 5, 1809 ... 546

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
• 14 Relative to the refugees from Canada and Nova Scotia. March 2, 1793 ... 23
• 47 Special report of on the case of Seth Harding a refugee from Nova Scotia. February 17, 1800 ... 82
• 56 Transmitting list of refugees from Canada and Nova Scotia, entitled to compensation. May 8, 1800 ... 95
• 128 Relative to military land warrants. March 28, 1806 ... 264

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
• 15 On the claims of the French settlers at Gallipolis. March 24, 1794 ... 23
• 23 On the contract between the United States and John Cleves Symmes, May 5, 1796 ... 59
• 72 Report on the same subject. January 28, 1803 ... 115

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
• 1 On the Virginia military bounty lands, in the territory ceded, northwest of the Ohio river. July 31, 1789 ... 1
• 2 On ascertaining the eastern boundary of certain cessions from New York and Massachusetts. July 31, 1789 ... 3
• 5 On the message of the President, respecting grants of land in the territory northwest of the Ohio. January 6, 1791 ... 12
• 8 On the message of the President, relating to Virginia military bounty lands. March 3, 1791 ... 17

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• 11 On the memorial of the Illinois and Wabash land companies. March 26, 1792 ... 21
• 12 Report on the same. April 3, 1792 ... 22
• 13 Favorable to granting compensation to refugees from Canada and Nova Scotia. February 19, 1793 ... 22
• 16 On claims on lands ceded by the State of North Carolina. February 19, 1794 ... 24
• 17 On the petitions of the refugees from Canada and Nova Scotia. April 1, 1794 ... 25
• 19 On Indian grants to the inhabitants of Post Vincennes. April 3, 1794 ... 26
• 20 On granting relief to persons claiming lands under purchases made from North Carolina, which have since been secured to the Indians by treaty. March 10, 1796 ... 27
• 22 On the amount of reservations in sales to the Ohio company and others. May 3, 1796 ... 59
• 24 Adverse to granting certain pre-emption rights. May 12, 1796 ... 60
• 25 Granting a change of location of certain donation lands in the Northwestern territory. May 12, 1796 ... 60
• 26 On the petition of Alexander Fowler. May 17, 1796 ... 62
• 27 On the claims of certain companies under the act of the State of Georgia, of 1794. May 20, 1796 ... 62
• 28 On the petition of Hannibal William Dobbyn. May 31, 1796 ... 63
• 29 On the petition of Amos Ailles, and others. January 3, 1797 ... 63
• 31 Granting an extension of the time of credit on lands sold. January 30, 1797 ... 65
• 32 On the memorial of the Illinois and Wabash land companies. February 3, 1797 ... 66
• 33 On the contract of John Cleves Symmes. February 9, 1797 ... 66
• 35 Granting relief in the case of claims on lands ceded by North Carolina. March 1, 1797 ... 69
• 37 On the southern and western limits of the State of Georgia. March 2, 1797 ... 70
• 38 On the memorial of John Spafford and others. January 16, 1798 ... 71
• 39 On the petitions of John Nelson. and of Susannah Russell. January 23, 1798 ... 71
• 41 Adverse to the petitions of Hannibal William Dobbyn and John Ellyson. May 19, 1798 ... 73
• 42 On the quantity of lands sold, and amount of money received, northwest of Ohio. June 13, 1798 ... 73
• 43 Adverse to altering the mode of running meridian lines in the surveys. June 13, 1798 ... 73
• 48 Recommending a lease of the salt springs and licks in the northwest territory. January 19, 1800 ... 82
• 49 On the petition of John Mountjoy. February 21, 1800 ... 83
• 50 On the petition of Isaac Zane. February 21, 1800 ... 83
• 51 On the expediency of accepting a cession of the Western Reserve of Connecticut. March 21, 1800 ... 83
• 52 On the memorials of Thomas Burling and others; of John Collier and others; and of Cato West and others. April 2, 1800 ... 88
• 53 On the petition of William Hill and others. April 4, 1800 ... 92
• 54 On the petition of Mathew Patterson and others. April 7, 1800 ... 92
• 55 On the petitions of sundry claimants under John Cleves Symmes. April 16, 1800 ... 93
• 57 On the sale of lands acquired by cession from North Carolina. May 9, 1800 ... 97
• 58 On the claims of refugees from Canada and Nova Scotia. May 9, 1800 ... 99
• 59 On the petition of Griffin Taylor. February 2, 1801 ... 100
• 60 Against granting pre-emption rights in the northwestern territory. February 25, 1801 ... 100
• 61 On the claim of Georgia to lands in the Mississippi territory. February 28, 1801 ... 100
• 62 On the petition of James McCashen, and others. December 14, 1801 ... 101
• 63 On the expediency of extending the time of location of military land warrants. December 30, 1801 ... 103
• 64 On the petition of Isaac Zane. January 11, 1802 ... 110
• 65 On the petition of George Ash. February 5, 1802 ... 111
• 67 On certain claims on lands ceded by North Carolina, arising prior to such cession. March 24, 1802 ... 112
• 70 On the petition of John Cleves Symmes. April 29, 1802 ... 115
• 71 On the petition of Samuel Frazer. January 12, 1803 ... 115
• 73 On the petition of Bernard Glenn. February 11, 1803 ... 119
• 76 Relative to the Indiana Territory. March 2, 1803 ... 146
• 79 On the expediency of amending the several laws providing for the sales of public lands. December 2, 1803 ... 147
• 81 On the petition of the mayor and alderman of the city of Natchez. December 15, 1803 ... 148
• 83 Granting further time for the location of military land warrants. December 26, 1803 ... 150
• 84 On the petition of John Thomson. December 26, 1803 ... 150
• 87 On the memorials of the South Carolina and Virginia Yazoo companies. January 7, 1804 ... 163
• 88 On certain claims to lands in Tennessee. January 10, 1804 ... 164
• 90 Against granting donations to actual settlers in Mississippi. January 23. 1804 ... 166
• 91 On the expediency of amending the several laws providing for the sale of public lands. January 23, 1804 ... 166
• 92 On sundry land claims in the Mississippi Territory. January 25, 1804 ... 169
• 94 On the expediency of amending the several laws providing for the sale of public lands. January 27, 1804 ... 171
• 95 On the petition of Matthew Phelps. February 13, 1804 ... 173
• 96 On the petition of the Illinois and Wabash land companies. February 14, 1804 ... 173
• 98 On the expediency of amending the laws providing for sale of public lands. February 22, 1804 ... 177
• 100 On the claim of William Dunbar to land adjoining Natchez. March 10, 1804 ... 177
• 101 On the report on the memorials of the South Carolina and Virginia Yazoo companies. March 13, 1804 ... 180
• 105 On the expediency of allowing claimants, under Georgia, south of Tennessee, further time to register their titles. December 4. 1804 ... 193
• 106 In relation to claim of the United States to lands in Tennessee. January 8, 1805 ... 193
• 108 On the memorials of several companies claiming lands in the Mississippi Territory under a law of Georgia. January 18, 1805 ... 197
• 109 Relative to the claim to lands in and adjoining Natchez. February 7, 1805 ... 200
• 111 On the petition of George Rogers Clark . December 23, 1805 ... 229
• 115 On the memorial of the Ohio company. January 17, 1806 ... 236
• 116 On the petition of inhabitants of Randolph and St. Clair counties, Indiana. January 21, 1806 ... 237
• 117 On the petition of Pim-e-ne-se, or William Ward, and three children of John Ward, deceased. January 24, 1806 ... 237
• 118 On the petition of Francis Menissier. February 3, 1806 ... 238
• 119 On the petition of George Ash. February 3, 1806. ... 238
• 120 On the petition of Roger Enos. February 24, 1806. ... 239
• 121 On the petition of Samuel Dick, William Bruce and Asa Kitchell. February 26, 1806 ... 239
• 122 Granting lands for the support of colleges and schools in the territory of Orleans. February 27, 1806 ... 240
• 123 On the claim to land in and adjoining Natchez. March 4, 1806 ... 240
• 124 Adverse to granting pre-emption rights in Indiana and Mississippi. March 11, 1806 ... 242
• 125 On the petition of the inhabitants of Washington county, Mississippi. March 11, 1806 ... 243
• 126 On the titles to lands in the Michigan Territory. March 18, 1806 ... 244
• 127 Against a further extension of credit to purchasers of public lands. March 22, 1806 ... 263
• 130 On the expediency of abolishing the credit system in sales of public lands. April 5, 1806 ... 265

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• 131 On the petition of sundry inhabitants of Ovid, New York. December 8, 1806 ... 267
• 134 Granting further time for the location of Virginia military land warrants. December 30, 1806 ... 282
• 138 On the petition of Thomas Rodgers. January 27, 1807 ... 532
• 139 On the petition of sundry officers who served in America during the war between France and Great Britain. February 3, 1807 ... 532
• 140 On the petition of George Ash. February 17, 1807 ... 533
• 141 Relative to the perfecting of certain land titles in Tennessee. February 17, 1807 ... 534
• 142 Relative to the refugees from Canada and Nova Scotia. December 22, 1807 ... 534
• 151 On the petition of William Biggs. April 23, 1808 ... 545
• 153 Adverse to granting pre-emption rights in Mississippi. November 21, 1808 ... 546
• 155 Favorable to a reduction of the price of public lands, and an abolition of the credit system. January 19, 1809 ... 825
• 157 On the petition of Job Sheldon, William Irwin and Richard Long. February 27, 1809 ... 827

MEMORIALS AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.
• 30 Memorial of the Illinois and Wabash land companies. January 13, 1797 ... 63
• 34 Memorial of G. Turner and Peyton Short, claimants under John Cleves Symmes. February 25, 1797 ... 68
• 36 Petition of the inhabitants of Luzerne county, Pennsylvania. March 2, 1797 ... 70
• 44 Relative to grants of land to settlers in Vincennes and the Illinois country. December 17, 1798 ... 74
• 45 Report of the Governor of the Northwest Territory on the same subject. February 21, 1799 ... 80
• 74 Report of commissioners on claims to lands west of Chattahoochee river, and south of the cession by South Carolina, February 16, 1803 ... 120
• 75 Memorial of sundry claimants of lands ceded to the United States by Georgia. February, 22, 1803 ... 145
• 77 Memorial of the Illinois and Wabash land companies. October 27, 1803 ... 146
• 77 Memorial of the Legislative Council of the Mississippi Territory. November 25, 1803 ... 147
• 80 Memorial respecting the adjustment of land claims in Tennessee. December 5, 1803 ... 148
• 82 Memorial suggesting alterations in the mode of surveying and selling public lands. December 23, 1803 ... 149
• 85 Memorial of the South Carolina Yazoo company. December 28, 1803 ... 151
• 86 Memorial of the Virginia Yazoo company. December 28, 1803 ... 157
• 89 Memorial respecting claims on lands ceded by North Carolina. January 16, 1804 ... 164
• 93 Petition of William Dumber, claiming title to land in and near Natchez. January 26, 1804 ... 170
• 102 Memorials of the Georgia and Tennessee companies. February 17, 1804 ... 185
• 103 Memorial of the Georgia Mississippi company. November 32, 1804 ... 191
• 107 Memorial of inhabitants of Wayne county, Indiana territory. January 17, 1805 ... 196
• 113 Memorial of the Legislature of the territory of Orleans. December 31, 1805 ... 232
• 114 Memorial in behalf of the upper Mississippi company. January 7, 1806 ... 234
• 133 Memorial of inhabitants of Columbian county, Ohio. December 30, 1806 ... 281
• 137 Application of Ohio for an exchange of certain school lands. January 15, 1807 ... 531
• 144 Memorial of sundry claimants under grants of lands from the State of Georgia. February 5, 1808 ... 536
• 152 Application of Mississippi for pre-emption rights in certain cases. November 7, 1808 ... 545
• 156 Application of inhabitants of Point Coupee for certain reclaimed lands. February 13, 1809 ... 826

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