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American State Papers --TABLE OF CONTENTS. PUBLIC LANDS.--VOLUME IV.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS. PUBLIC LANDS.--VOLUME IV.
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COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
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423. Transmitting copies of contracts for surveying lands in Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas 1824, Mar. 5 ... 19
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427. Transmitting abstracts of the number of warrants issued for military bounty lands, for services in the late war, up to November 22, 1824. 1824, Dec. 7 ... 30
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456. Transmitting abstracts of same up to November 22, 1825 1825, Dec. 6 ... 427
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477. Transmitting reports of the number of land warrants issued to the officers and soldiers of the revolutionary war 1826, Jan. 23 ... 470
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492. Transmitting reports relating to the lead mines and salt springs 1826, Feb. 8 ... 519
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498. Transmitting report from the War Department relating to purchases of real estate for the United States within the limits of the States since July 4, 1776 1826, Feb. 15 ... 542
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500. Transmitting report from the Navy Department relating to purchases of real estate for the United States within the limits of the States since July 4, 1776 1826, Feb. 17 ... 552
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527. Transmitting report relative to the operations of the land system and the number of military bounty land warrants issued during the last year. 1826, Dec. 5 ... 788
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529. Transmitting report relating to the lead mines in Illinois and Missouri 1826, Dec. 8 ... 799
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561. Transmitting report relating to the public lands in Missouri and Illinois unfit for cultivation 1827, Jan. 29 ... 885
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579. Transmitting report and statements relative to the purchase of lands from the Indians; surveys, quantity, rates, expenses of the public lands; the amount paid, balances due, and amount forfeited by purchasers since the declaration of independence 1827, Feb. 16 ... 902
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
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427. Exhibiting abstracts of the number of warrants issued for military bounty lands, for services in the late war, up to November 22, 1824 1824, Dec. 7 ... 30
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456. Same, up to November 22, 1825 1825, Dec. 6 ... 427
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477. Statement of number of land warrants issued to the officers and soldiers of the Revolution ... 470
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483. Relative to the purchase of land on Throgg's Point, Long Island, New York, for a fortification and light-house 1826, Jan. 26 ... 476
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492. Relative to the lead mines and salt springs 1826, Feb. 8 ... 521
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498. Relative to real estate purchased for the United States within the limits of the States since July 4, 1776 1826, Feb. 15 ... 542
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501. Relative to the general operations and history of lead mines in Missouri and the upper Mississippi country 1826, Feb. 20 ... 555
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529. Relative to the lead mines in Illinois and Missouri 1826, Dec. 8 ... 799
COMMUNICATION FROM THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
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500. Relative to real estate purchased for the United States within the limits of the States since July 4, 1776 1826, Feb. 17 ... 552
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
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431. Report from a select committee, on the claim of 3the representatives of the Baron de Maison Rouge to lands in Louisiana 1825, Jan. 7 ... 50
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432. Report from a select committee, on the petitions of the inhabitants of Ouachita, in Louisiana, owners of the land called "Bastrop's grant". 1825, Jan. 11 ... 53
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433. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, relative to land forfeited for non-compliance with terms of sale 1825, Jan. 11 ... 56
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434. Report from same, relative to incomplete title to land west of Pearl river 1825, Jan. 11 ... 56
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438. Report from same, on the petition and documents of Thomas Arms 1825, Jan 18 ... 64
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441. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, relative to claims to land between the lines of Ludlow and Roberts, Ohio, under act of May 26, 1824 1825, Jan. 21 ... 66
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441. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition and documents of the heirs of Noel Soileau 1825, Jan. 21 ... 81
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443. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the memorial of Arkansas to grant to certain settlers rights of pre-emption 1828, Jan. 25 ... 82
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444. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the claim of Samuel Peters, under "Carver's grant" 1825, Jan. 28 ... 82
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446. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, against authorizing claimants to lands in Arkansas, of a larger amount than one league square, to try the validity of their claims in the United States district court for the district of Tennessee 1825, Jan. 31 ... 147
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449. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the petition of David Chambers for the remission of a forfeiture 1825, Feb. 15 ... 149
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451. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the expediency of prolonging the time for locating lands within the Virginia military district 1825, Feb. 17 ... 153
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455. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, relative to lands to be taxed by the States after sale by the United States 1825, Feb. 26 ... 426
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459. Report from a select committee, on the claim of the representatives of the Marquis deMaison Rouge 1825, Dec. 19 ... 431
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460. Report from a select committee, on the petitions of the inhabitants of Ouachita, in Louisiana, owners of the land called "Bastrop's grant". 1825, Dec. 20 ... 434
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466. Report from the Committee on Indian Affairs, on the petition of James Wolcott and wife for compensation for an Indian reservation 1826, Jan. 6 ... 453
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467. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, to confirm the reports of the commissioners appointed to ascertain the titles and claims to land in the Territory of Florida 1826, Jan. 6 ... 454
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468. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on bill for the relief of William Hambly and Edmund Doyle, (land in lieu of claim covered by Indian reservation) 1826, Jan. 10 ... 455
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469. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of the heirs of Louis de la Houssaye 1826, Jan. 10 ... 455
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471. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the expediency of providing for the disposal of lands liable to periodical inundation 1826, Jan. 11 ... 461
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472. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, relative to claims between the Rio Hondo and Sabine rivers, (neutral territory,) in Louisiana 1826, Jan. 13 ... 461
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473. Report from the Committee on the Judiciary, on the petition of the New England Mississippi Land Company, (Yazoo claims) 1826, Jan. 17 ... 464
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474. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of John H. Mills' claim to land in Louisiana 1826, Jan. 17 ... 467
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475. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, relative to settlers on the public lands and the rights of pre-emption 1826, Jan. ... 468
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476. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the petition of George T. Gaines and others, of Alabama, for same relief to purchasers who made prompt payment as to those who availed themselves of the credit system 1826, Jan. 20 ... 469
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480. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the petition of Charles Noble for a pre-emption right in Michigan 1826, Jan. 24 ... 475
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481. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Elizabeth Keary's claim to land in Louisiana 1826, Jan. 24 ... 475
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485. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the petitions of soldiers of the late war, relative to exchanging bounty lands unfit for cultivation 1826, Jan. 27 ... 480
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487. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, against providing for a surveyor general for Michigan 1826, Jan. 30 ... 483
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494. Report from a select committee on the memorial of Tennessee, for the relinquishment of title to certain vacant lands to that State for the purposes of education 1826, Feb. 9 ... 530
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495. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, against the claim of Silas Dinsmore, jr., deputy surveyor 1826, Feb. 10 ... 532
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497. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the petition of John Baptiste Pratt and others, heirs and legal representatives of Francis Vallé 1826, Feb. 15 ... 534
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504. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the petition of Isidore Moore, relative to a New Madrid claim in Missouri 1826, Feb. 24 ... 749
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505. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the expediency of appropriating a portion of the net annual proceeds of the sales of the public lands for the support of schools, to be apportioned among the several States 1826, Feb. 24 ... 750
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508. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the petition of John Thompson and wife to confirm the transfer of a Cherokee reservation 1826, Mar. 1 ... 757
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511. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the expediency of further relief to purchasers of public lands by authorizing holders of certificates to relinquish by legal subdivisions to the United States 1826, Mar. 7 ... 761
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512. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the expediency of vesting the fee-simple in school lands in Indiana in the trustees appointed by the legislature 1826, Mar. 7 ... 761
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513. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the expediency of granting authority to the legislative council of Michigan to lease the school lands 1826, Mar. 10 ... 762
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514. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Jacob Hampton, to correct an error made at the land office at Cincinnati 1826, Mar. 14 ... 762
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515. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Joseph Miller for indemnity for loss occasioned by defect of title to land in the Virginia Military Reserve 1826, Mar. 14 ... 763
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517. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, relative to the reports of the register and receiver of St. Helena on land claims in that district 1826, Mar. 17 ... 765
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519. Report from the Committee on the Territories, on the subject of providing by law for redemption of lands sold for taxes in the Territories 1826, Mar. 20 ... 768
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521. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, relative to claims of certain purchasers under the United States, and holders of Virginia military warrants between Ludlow's and Roberts' lines, in the State of Ohio 1826, Mar. 28 ... 771
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522. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Jacob Shafer for military bounty land 1826, April 26 ... 772
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524. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the petition of Francis Preston for authority to locate a Virginia military land warrant in Ohio 1826, May 5 ... 781
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525. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the petition of William Biggs, an officer of the regiment of General George Rogers Clark, for bounty land 1826, May 8 ... 784
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531. Report from the Committee on Private Land claims, on the petition of the heirs of Louis de la Houssaye, relative to a claim to land in Louisiana 1826, Dec. 19 ... 803
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532. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the expediency of granting to actual settlers pre-emptions in the St. Helena district, in Louisiana 1826, Dec. 20 ... 804
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535. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of John Winton, relative to his claim to land in Tennessee under a grant from North Carolina 1826, Dec. 26 ... 854
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538. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the petition of Morgan Magness to make a new selection for pre-emption right covered by a soldier's bounty-right 1826, Dec. 28 ... 858
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540. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of James Raven, relative to his revolutionary bounty land claim 1826, Dec. 29 ... 861
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541. Report of the Committee on Public Lands, on the claim of William Brown for special compensation as a deputy surveyor 1826, Dec. 29 ... 861
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542. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Elijah L. Clarke and others, relative to their claim to land in Louisiana 1827, Jan. 2 ... 862
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543. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Agnes Slacke, of the city of London, relative to her claim to land in Michigan 1827, Jan. 2 ... 863
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544. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Margaret Daniels, late Repshere, to commute military bounty land 1827, Jan. 2 ... 864
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546. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Elizabeth Cox, former wife of Thomas Bills, and children of Thomas Bills, relative to their claim to land in Louisiana 1827, Jan. 5 ... 865
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547. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Bartholomew Martin, relative to a claim to land in Louisiana ... 865
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548. Report from the Committee on Private Land claims, on the petition of Simon and Leondre Ducré, relative to their claim to land in Louisiana 1827, Jan. 9 ... 866
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549. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of John Overall for compensation on account of land warrants issued by the State of Georgia 1827, Jan. 10 ... 866
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551. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Joseph Smith, relative to his New Madrid claim 1827, Jan. 12 ... 872
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552. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the petition of Thomas Gulledge for the correction of an error in the entry of a quarter section 1827, Jan. 15 ... 873
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553. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Grammont Filhioe, relative to his claim to land in Louisiana 1827, Jan. 16 ... 873
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554. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, to give validity and time for further evidence to certain claims in the district of Opelousas, in Louisiana 1827, Jan. 17 ... 873
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564. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of J. H. Thomas, of St. Martin, relative to claim for land in Louisiana 1827, Jan. 30 ... 889
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573. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the memorial of Illinois for authority to sell certain salines in that State 1827, Feb. 10 ... 896
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580. Report from the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of the representatives of Jeremiah Buckley, relative to a claim in Indiana 1827, Feb. 21 ... 916
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583. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on charges by John Wilson, deputy surveyor, against the official conduct of George Graham, Commissioner of the General Land Office 1827, Feb. 27 ... 922
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585. Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the memorial of Arkansas for the relief of settlers on the Choctaw lands 1827, Feb. 27 ... 958
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