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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.--VOLUME V.

American State Papers [Public Lands: Volume 5] : Index
TABLE OF CONTENTS PUBLIC LANDS.--VOLUME V.

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FOR ALPHABETICAL INDEX SEE THE CLOSE OF THE VOLUME.

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
• No.
• Date.
• Page.
• 588. Operations of the land system, and the number of military bounty land warrants issued during the last year 1827, Dec. 4 ... 1
• 682. Approval of the official conduct of Thomas A. Smith, receiver of the land office at Franklin, Missouri 1828, May 24 ... 530
• 695. Relating to lead mines in Missouri and Illinois 1828, Dec. 23 ... 589
• 735. Relating to Spanish and French ordinances affecting land titles in Florida and other territories of France and Spain 1829, Feb. 13 ... 631
• 743. Relating to the cost of surveying, selling, and managing the public lands in 1827 1829, Feb. 23 ... 788

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
• 592. Grants made to French emigrants to cultivate the vine and olive 1827, Dec. 21 ... 14
• 593. Sale of land reserved for salines in Illinois 1827, Dec. 24 ... 28
• 598. With report of the commissioner on land claims in the Territory of Michigan 1828, Jan. 2 ... 47
• 624. Vacant and unappropriated lands in Tennessee 1828, Jan. 22 ... 395
• 626. Sale of relinquished lands to original purchasers 1828, Jan. 23 ... 398
• 630. Report and decisions upon private land claims in East Florida 1828, Jan. 30 ... 402
• 635. Reorganization of the surveying department in the district south of Tennessee 1828, Feb. 2 ... 433
• 648. Condition of the office of the surveyor of the public lands in Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas 1828, Feb. 18 ... 462
• 649. Grants made to French emigrants for the cultivation of the vine and olive 1828, Feb. 18 ... 466
• 661. Location of the land granted to the Kentucky asylum for teaching the deaf and dumb 1828, Mar. 20 ... 478
• 666. Relating to land claims in Alabama 1828, Mar. 28 ... 493
• 673. Official accounts and transactions of Thomas A. Smith, receiver of public moneys at the land office at Franklin, Missouri 1828, April 3 ... 516
• 674. Relating to persons employed in the examination of the land offices, and their compensations in the years of 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827 1828, April 4 ... 521
• 678. Relating to public lands which have been in market from five to twenty years and remain unsold 1828, April 21 ... 526
• 720. Quantity and quality of inundated lands in Louisiana, the cost of reclaiming them, and their value when reclaimed 1829, Jan. 15 ... 614
• 731. Instructions to land officers in Arkansas relative to claims to donations of land 1829, Feb. 7 ... 625

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
• 605. Operations of the public lead mines and their condition in 1827 1828, Jan. 7 ... 346
• 625. List of persons entitled to reservations of land under the treaty with the Cherokee Indians of February 27, 1819 1828, Jan. 23 ... 396
• 676. Expenses and product of lead mines and land reserved for same in Missouri 1828, April 8 ... 523
• 695. Operations of the lead mines in Missouri and Illinois in 1828 1828, Dec. 23 ... 589

COMMUNICATIONS FROM GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
• 610. Proposition to increase the pay for surveying swamp lands 1828, Jan. 7 ... 352
• 621. Reservations for salines in Indiana 1828, Jan. 21 ... 389
• 634. Extension of time for adjusting private land claims in Mississippi 1828, Feb. 1 ... 433
• 657. Amount of payment made by the purchasers of public lands, and mode of applying or accounting for the same 1828, Mar. 12 ... 475
• 665. Compensation to land officers in Arkansas for extra services 1828, Mar. 27 ... 492
• 670. Relating to public land in Alabama unsold, relinquished, surveyed, and resale of relinquished lands 1828, Mar. 27 ... 512

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• 679. Relating to an error in the land office at Cincinnati in the quantity of a quarter section of land sold to Henry Case 1898, April 24 ... 529
• 683. Relating to operation of the land system and the number of military bounty land warrants issued during the last year 1828, Dec. 2 ... 532
• 684. Letter relating to the claim of John F. Carmichael to land in Mississippi 1828, Dec. 3 ... 535
• 685. Report from Commissioner relating to quantity and quality of unsold lands 1828, Dec. 9 ... 538
• 741. Report relating to private land claims in Mississippi 1829, Feb. 18 ... 782

REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE ON PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS.
• 609. Provision for the trial and decision of claims to land in the several States and Territories derived otherwise than from the United States 1828, Jan. 9 ... 350
• 681. Adverse to the Indian grant to the Double Head Company 1828, May 5 ... 530
• 712. The petition of Isidore Moore to land in Missouri 1829, Jan. 7 ... 608
• 729. To refund money paid for land which was held under a Spanish grant, on petition of Pierre Leglise 1829, Jan. 29 ... 623

REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE ON PUBLIC LANDS.
• 653. Adverse to sale of school lands in Missouri, on the memorial of citizens. 1828, Feb. 25 ... 473
• 655. Relating to land claims in Florida 1828, Feb. 29 ... 474
• 656. Adverse to correction of error in survey of public land after the issue of a patent 1828, Mar. 10 ... 474
• 699. Adverse to pre-emption right of John Duly 1828, Dec. 29 ... 595

REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE ON THE JUDICIARY.
• 615. List of officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army entitled to bounty land who have not received it 1828, Jan. 15 ... 360
• 680. On the official conduct of Thomas A. Smith, receiver of public moneys at Franklin, Missouri 1828, Apr. 29 ... 529
• 701. Relating to claim of Thomas L. Winthrop and others, of the New England Mississippi Land Company 1828, Dec. 31 ... 597
• 709. Pre-emption right to William Connor, the husband of an Indian woman of the Delaware tribe in Indiana 1829, Jan. 5 ... 605
• 732. Indemnification for loss of certificates for land in the Georgia Company's purchase, &c 1829, Feb. 9 ... 629

REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE PUBLIC LANDS.
• 590. On remission of forfeitures of partial payments for public lands 1827, Dec. 19 ... 12
• 598. On report of commissioners on land claims in the Territory of Michigan. 1828, Jan. 2 ... 47
• 600. On appointment of a surveyor for the Virginia military land district in Ohio. 1828, Jan. 4 ... 342
• 611. On reserved lands for seats of justice and exchange of school lands in Florida 1828, Jan. 11 ... 354
• 613. On petition of Benjamin Freeland, of Indiana, for correction of an error in bidding for land at a public sale 1828, Jan. 14 ... 355
• 617. On plan to prevent fraudulent combinations at the resale of relinquished lands, and to authorize their entry at fixed prices 1828, Jan. 17 ... 376
• 629. On pre-emption rights in the Choctaw district in Mississippi 1828, Jan. 28 ... 400
• 631. On land for the support of schools in the Connecticut reserve in Ohio 1828, Jan. 30 ... 431
• 632. On sale of lead mines in Missouri 1828, Jan. 30 ... 431
• 636. On land claims of the Marquis de Maison Rouge in Louisiana 1828, Feb. 4 ... 442
• 637. On land for the support of colleges in Ohio 1828, Feb. 4 ... 443
• 639. On reduction and graduation of the price of public lands 1828, Feb. 5 ... 447
• 644. Relative to a grant of land to Ohio for paying debt incurred for making canals 1828, Feb. 11 ... 455
• 652. On petition of Robert L. Kennon, claiming to be indemnified for deficiency in quantity 1828, Feb. 25 ... 473
• 654. On pre-emption rights in Michigan and Indiana 1828, Feb. 29 ... 473
• 660. On claim of Hannah Drayton and others to land in East Florida 1838, Mar. 19 ... 478
• 677. Adverse to granting a township of land to Kenyon college, in Ohio 1828, Apr. 9 ... 525
• 686. On petition of Elijah Carr for correction of an error in the relinquishment of a quarter section of land 1828, Dec. 15 ... 581
• 689. On pre-emption rights to certain persons in Florida 1828, Dec. 19 ... 583
• 690. On granted lands to Alabama for the improvement of certain rivers 1828, Dec. 22 ... 584
• 697. Relating to the case of Hyacinth Bernard's claim to land in Louisiana 1828, Dec. 29 ... 593
• 698. Relating to claim of Marcellin Bonnabel to land in Louisiana 1828, Dec. 29 ... 594
• 699. Relating to pre-emption right in Louisiana, on claim of John Duly, of Indiana 1828, Dec. 29 ... 595
• 705. Relating to private claim to land in Louisiana, on claim of Ebenezer Cooley 1828, Dec. 31 ... 601
• 710. Relating to the application of citizens of Michigan for land for a poor-house 1829, Jan. 5 ... 607
• 713. Relating to fraud in the location of a Canadian bounty land warrant 1829, Jan. 7 ... 609
• 714. Relating to claim to land on habitation and cultivation in Michigan in the case of James Porlier and others 1829, Jan. 9 ... 609
• 716. Relating to Cherokee reservation confirmed, and the petition of Joseph Elliott and Peggy Stephens 1829, Jan. 12 ... 611

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• 717. Relating to the application for land for the Cumberland hospital 1829, Jan. 12 ... 612
• 719. Relating to the remission of price of land above the minimum value 1829, Jan. 14 ... 613
• 725. On petition of Nancy Dolan for indemnity for defect in title to land in Louisiana sold to the United States 1829, Jan. 26 ... 621
• 728. On petition of Allen Glover and George S. Gaines for remission of part price of public land 1829, Jan. 27 ... 623
• 734. Relating to correction of error in patent for bounty land 1829, Feb. 12 ... 630
• 739. Relating to the claim of Josiah Barker to land in Louisiana 1829, Feb. 17 ... 776
• 746. Relating to the application of Louisiana for a cession of the public lands in that State, and for grant to construct a canal 1829, Feb. 24 ... 792

REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS.
• 589. On claim of John Brest to lands in Louisiana 1826, Dec. 22 ... 7
• 591. On claim of Andrew Turnbull and others of East Florida 1827, Dec. 20 ... 13 On claim of the heirs of Alexander Chevalier Delahoussaye, of Louisiana. 1827, Dec. 27 ... 35
• 601. On claim of Mary Loveless and Mary Ann Bond in Indiana 1828, Jan. 4 ... 342
• 603. On claim of J. F. Carmichael to land in Mississippi and Louisiana 1828, Jan. 4 ... 345
• 606. On claim of Dr. John Love to land in East Florida 1828, Jan. 8 ... 349
• 607. On the expediency and justice of allowing Minor Thomas to locate 480 acres of land in the State of Indiana 1828, Jan. 8 ... 349
• 612. On claim of James Winter to land in Louisiana 1828, Jan. 11 ... 355
• 618. On claim of Pedro Gonzales, Salvador Gonzales, and Joseph Gonzales to a donation of land in Louisiana 1828, Jan. 17 ... 387
• 619. On claim of James Steptoe and others, of Georgia 1828, Jan. 17 ... 387
• 633. On claim of the heirs of Philip Renaut in Illinois 1828, Feb. 1 ... 432
• 645. On claim of Thomas B. Magruder in Mississippi 1828, Feb. 12 ... 456
• 658. On claim of Chad Miller, a deserter from the army, to bounty land 1828, Mar. 14 ... 476
• 662. On claim of Francis Preston for location of Virginia military land warrants 1828, Mar. 22 ... 491
• 663. On claim of James Russel for indemnity for land in Arkansas, included in a cession made to the Cherokee Indians 1828, Mar. 22 ... 491
• 664. On claim of Jeremiah Walker to land in Louisiana 1828, Mar. 25 ... 492
• 672. On claim of Allen B. McAlhany for bounty land for military services 1828, Apr. 3 ... 516
• 691. On claim of Garrique Flanjac; refusal to allow the location of land, in lieu of private claim, in in more than one tract 1828, Dec. 22 ... 586
• 692. On claim of the Board of Trustees to vest the title to land reserved for schools in St. Louis, Missouri 1822, Dec. 22 ... 587
• 693. On claim of Peter P. McCormick, relative to quantity of land on a claim of settlement and cultivation in Missouri 1828, Dec. 22 ... 587
• 696. On claim of John Ellis for land in Mississippi 1828, Dec. 29 ... 592
• 702. On claim of John Thompson to land in Louisiana 1828, Dec. 31 ... 600
• 703. On claim of George P. Frost, to revolutionary bounty land 1828, Dec. 31 ... 600
• 704. On claim of John Brest to land in Louisiana 1828, Dec. 31 ... 601
• 706. On claim of Susannah McHugh to land in Louisiana 1829, Jan. 2 ... 602
• 711. On claim of James Young, of Louisiana 1829, Jan. 5 ... 608
• 715. On claim of Henry Case for correction of error at the land office at Cincinnati, Ohio 1829, Jan. 12 ... 610
• 740. On claim to land between Roberts and Ludlow's lines, in Ohio 1829, Feb. 18 ... 777

REPORT FROM COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE JUDICIARY.
• 651. On petition of Rebecca Blodget, claim for right of dower on land in the District of Columbia belonging to the government 1828, Feb. 22 ... 471

REPORT FROM COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
• 620. On claim of Julia Gwynn, in behalf of herself and daughters, for land out of which they allege to have been defrauded 1828, Jan. 18 ... 388

REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON INDIAN AFFAIRS.
• 623. On claim to refund to North Carolina money paid by that State to the Cherokee Indians for certain reservations of land 1828, Jan. 22 ... 391
• 640. On petition of Angelia Cutaw to reservation omitted in treaty 1828, Feb. 5 ... 450

REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF WAYS AND MEANS.
• 688. On refusal to purchase a reservation made to an individual in an Indian treaty 1828, Dec. 16 ... 583

FROM SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
• 747. On the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several States 1829, Feb. 25 ... 793

RESOLUTIONS AND MEMORIALS OF STATES AND TERRITORIES.
• 595. Application of Missouri for a reduction in the price of public lands and a donation to actual settlers 1827, Dec. 27 ... 36

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• 596. Application of Arkansas for a graduation of the price of the public land and an exchange of school lands 1827, Dec. 31 ... 37
• 597. Application of the corporate authorities of New Orleans to be allowed to sell the vacant lots on the quays of that city 1827, Dec. 31 ... 37
• 604. Application of Louisiana for the final adjustment of land claims and titles in that State, including the De Bastrop and Maison Rouge grants, &c. 1828, Jan. 7 ... 345
• 608. Application of Illinois for reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands, and cession of the refuse lands to the States 1828, Jan. 9 ... 350
• 616. Application of Florida for graduating the price of the public lands in that Territory 1828, Jan. 17 ... 375
• 622. Application of Ohio to be allowed to sell the land set apart for religious purposes 1828, Jan. 21 ... 391
• 627. Application of Mississippi for an extension of the time for adjusting private land claims in that State 1828, Jan. 24 ... 398
• 628. Application of Florida to be allowed to sell the lands reserved for a seminary and schools 1828, Jan. 28 ... 398
• 638. Application of Alabama to purchase the public land within-that State 1828, Feb. 4 ... 445
• 641. Application of Ohio for additional school lands in the Connecticut reserve 1828, Feb. 5 ... 451
• 642. Application of Alabama to exchange the school lands when barren, for other lands 1828, Feb. 6 ... 451
• 650. Application of Indiana for further relief to purchasers of public lands 1828, Feb. 20 ... 471
• 667. Application of Mississippi for land for a seat of justice in Washington county, of that State 1828, Mar. 31 ... 508
• 687. Plan for the disposition of the public lands in Louisiana 1828, Dec. 16 ... 582
• 694. Resolutions of the legislature of Missouri relative to the graduation price of public lands, &c 1828, Feb. 22 ... 588
• 707. Application of Missouri to be authorized by law to sell the school lands and salt springs belonging to said State 1829, Jan. 5 ... 603
• 708. Application of Missouri that the public lands containing lead and iron ore may be sold 1829, Jan. 5 ... 604
• 721. Application of Indiana for sale of public land in vicinity of lands granted for the canal from Lake Erie to the Wabash river 1829, Jan. 15 ... 618
• 722. Application of Indiana for further relief to purchasers of public lands 1829, Jan. 19 ... 619
• 723. Application of Illinois for assent of Congress for the sale of saline reservations in that State 1829, Jan. 20 ... 620
• 724. Application of Illinois for donations of land to citizens of Galena and Jo Daviess county, in that State 1829, Jan. 20 ... 620
• 726. Application of Missouri for a change in the system of disposing of the public lands 1829, Jan. 26 ... 621
• 727. Application of Louisiana for a cession of the public lands therein to that State 1829, Jan. 26 ... 622
• 728. Application for remission of part of the price of land purchased in Alabama 1829, Jan. 27 ... 623
• 730. Application of Illinois for a reduction in the price of the public lands 1829, Feb. 9 ... 624
• 733. Application of Indiana claiming all the public lands in that State 1829, Feb. 10 ... 630
• 736. Application of Ohio for a donation of land for making a road from Chilicothe to Marietta, in that State 1829, Feb. 16 ... 775
• 737. Application of Illinois for grant of land to complete the canal between Illinois river and Lake Michigan 1829, Feb. 16 ... 775
• 738. Application of Illinois for grant of land for the improvement of the navigation of certain rivers therein 1829, Feb. 16 ... 776
• 742. Application of Ohio for grant of land for support of colleges and universities 1829, Feb. 20 ... 787
• 744. Application of Ohio for donation of land for schools in that State 1829, Feb. 23 ... 791
• 745. Application of Mississippi that pre-emption rights be granted to certain settlers in Washington county, in that State 1829, Feb. 23 ... 791

MEMORIALS OF INDIVIDUALS, ETC.
• 599. Of Robert Mitchell, on behalf of himself and others, to land claim in Florida, known as "Forbes's purchase" 1828, Jan. 3 ... 329
• 602. Of Stephen Glascock and others to claim of land in Missouri 1828, Jan. 4 ... 343
• 643. Of citizens in relation to a change in the original plan of the city of Detroit, in Michigan 1828, Feb. 8 ... 452
• 646. Of citizens in relation to land titles in Missouri 1828, Feb. 13 ... 458
• 659. Of citizens in-relation to land titles in east Florida 1828, Mar. 17 ... 477
• 668. Of Theodore Jones and others to land claims in Missouri derived from the French and Spanish governments 1828, Mar. 31 ... 509
• 675. Of inhabitants remonstrating against graduating the price of the public lands in Michigan 1828, Apr. 4 ... 522

MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.
• 647. Letter from W. Haile, relating to land claims in Mississippi 1828, Feb. 18 ... 460
• 669. Letter from A. W. Bumpas, surveyor, in relation to quality and quantity of vacant land in Tennessee. 1828, Mar. 31 ... 509
• 671. Letter from Nathaniel Smith, in relation to the operation of the graduating system in the sale of the State lands in Tennessee 1828, Apr. 2 ... 514
• 700. Relating to quality, quantity, and average value of unsold and unsalable public land that would fall under the operations of the graduation bill, &c 1828, Dec. 30 ... 595

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