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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
American State Papers --INDEX TO PUBLIC LANDS. VOLUME VI.
PART I.
GENERAL AND PARTICULAR REFERENCES EXCEPT TO NAMES OF CLAIMANTS.
PART II.
PARTICULAR REFERENCES TO PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS.
PART I.
Relative to same. Memorial of citizens of ... 12, 13
Statement of the lands which have reverted, &c., &c., to the United States for non-payment, &c., &c., in ... 16, 17
Statement of land for purposes of education granted to ... 25--30
Report from Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) to sell certain Cherokee Indian reservations in ... 36
Memorials of the general assembly for the postponement of the sale in Jackson county, and for the relief of purchasers ... 51--53
Memorial of the general assembly for grants for establishing primary schools ... 54
Memorial of the general assembly for a grant for female academies ... 135
Report of the Committee on Public Lands (S.) on memorial of the general assembly for a grant to improve the navigation of the Coosa river, and to connect its waters with the Tennessee river ... 139
Report of the joint committee of the legislature on the conduct of the land commissioners for the sale of land to improve the Tennessee river ... 140
Memorial of general assembly for relief of purchasers of lands that have. been forfeited for non-payment, &c ... 142
Memorial of general assembly for a land office at Monticello ... 144
Statement of quantity of land sold and amount of money received, 1828--'29, in ... 157--159
Relating to settlements on lands in the Cahaba district, in South ... 187, 188
Statement of lands appropriated to specific objects within ... 190
Application of purchasers for further relief in ... 216
Statement of quantity of land sold, rate per acre, and amount received, 1899--'30, in ... 219
Relative to the 3 per cent. fund from sales for the construction of roads and canals in ... 224
Memorial of the general assembly for the further relief of purchasers and settlers in ... 251
Memorial of the general assembly for a graduation of the price, and for further relief to purchasers and settlers ... 260
Statement and estimated quantity surveyed and sold from 1826 to 1831, in ... 268
Appraised and estimated value of property conveyed to the United States in payment of debts, &c., in ... 288
Statement of quantity of surveyed and unsurveyed to January, 1831, in ... 294--298
Against application of certain purchasers who have forfeited for non-payment in ... 325
Relative to the right to pre-emption to lands granted for the cultivation of the vine and olive. Memorial of citizens of ... 372
Relative to the Yazoo claims under grant from Georgia, in ... 381, 382
Memorial of the general assembly to reduce the price of lands offered and not sold, and to sell by entry and not by auction ... 384
Resolution of same for the cession of the public lands to the States in which they lie ... 385
Relative to amount of discounts allowed on balances due in ... 394
Copy of report of register and receiver of St. Stephen's district, in ... 430
Statistical details relative to her interests in the proceeds of the sales of the public lands ... 448--451, 468, 477, 488
Relative to military and forfeited land scrip in ... 474
Relative to Mississippi land stock surrendered in offices in Mississippi and ... 489
Relative to claims west of the Perdido, &c., in ... 490
Statement of quantity offered for sale and remaining unsold ... 603, 604
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Operation of land system for 1832--'33 in ... 628
Memorial of the general assembly for a reduction of the price, and for a grant of lands unfit for survey ... 638
Whole amount granted, and for what purposes, to ... 662--664
Memorials of the general assembly to exchange 16th sections when valueless; for authority to sell remaining parts granted for improving Tennessee and other rivers; and for grant to academies in Tuscumbia ... 902, 903
Report of register and receiver, district of St. Stephen's ... 958, 959
Memorials of the legislature for locating land under treaty with the Cherokee Indians, for exchange of school lands, and for the sale of land in forty-acre lots ... 22, 23
Statement of money for roads and canals granted to ... 25--30
Memorials of the legislature for pre-emption rights to settlers, and the appointment of a surveyor general ... 33, 34
Report from Committee (H. R.) on Judiciary, on subject of remedies for prevention of frauds in the adjustment of land titles in--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Statements of Commissioner of General Land Office, register, and receiver; extract of letter from William Wirt, District Attorney Roane, &c., &c ... 38--47
Judicial decisions and legal opinions on certain land claims in ... 129--134
Memorials of the general assembly for grants to encourage settlers for defence of the frontiers ... 136, 318
Statement of quantity of land sold and amount of money received in 1828--'29, in ... 157--159
Statement of quantity of land sold, rate per acre, and amount received, 1829--'30, in ... 219
Statement and estimated quantity of land sold from 1826 to 1831 in ... 268
Statement of quantity of surveyed and unsurveyed lands to January, 1831, in ... 294--298
Memorial of the general assembly for compensation to agents for selecting lands for a university ... 318
Same for power to sell the salines, and apply the proceeds to purposes of education ... 319
Same for extension and modification of the pre-emption laws ... 319, 658
Same in favor of purchasers under French and Spanish titles, and to allow them to enter lands at the minimum price ... 329
Instructions relative to proof in support of donation claims in ... 358--360
Memorial of the general assembly for a grant for a penitentiary ... 375
Same for indemnity to settlers on land ceded to the Cherokee Indians, by treaty of 1817 ... 375
For indemnity for improvements between White and Arkansas rivers ... 389
Details of number of acres appropriated to, and objects for which appropriated in ... 448, 468, 488
Statement of quantity offered for sale and remaining unsold in ... 603, 604
Memorials of general assembly for donations to actual settlers, and to each county for buildings; for right of assignees of bounty lands to float their claims ... 623, 637
Operation of land system for 1832--'33 in ... 628
For the establishment of a land office at Helena, in ... 654
Whole amount granted, and for what purposes, in ... 662--664
Relative to expediency of coercing those entitled to bounty lands to draw their patents ... 911
Statement of suspended patents for lands sold in ... 944--948
Relative to title to Pea Patch island ... 435
Relative to the exchange in Illinois, for purposes of education, of military ... 13, 14
Relative to the location of revolutionary warrants ... 167
Relative to claimants to Virginia military, entering their claims to lands lying in the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois ... 182
Resolution of Virginia, January 2, 1781, ceding lands northwest of Ohio river ... 182
Statement showing amount of Virginia warrants issued from 1782 to 1822 ... 182, 183
Memorial of the officers of the war of 1812--'15 for ... 220, 338
Relative to the expediency of making changes in the law for the relief of the officers and soldiers of the Virginia continental line ... 307
Documents relating to scrip issued for lost entries on Virginia continental warrants ... 397--401
Returns of bounty lands and number of warrants issued in 1832 ... 510
Relative to revolutionary officers entitled to military ... 576
Statements relative to the bounty land branch of the Land Office ... 585
For right of assignees to float their claims, &c. ... 637
To coerce those in Arkansas to draw their patents who are entitled to ... 911
Relative to sufficiency of provision to satisfy revolutionary ... 916
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Statement of subscription to Ohio and Chesapeake canal ... 29
Relative to canal lands donated to Indiana ... 151, 658
Relative to canal from Lake Michigan to the Illinois river ... 177
Same to connect Wabash and White rivers ... 395
Same to connect Wabash and Erie canal ... 383, 658, 920
Same from Lawrenceburg to St. Joseph's river ... 950
Same to aid in connecting the Pennsylvania and Ohio canals ... 951
Relative to a road from the Wabash river to ... 301
On private land claims in Missouri. Reports of ... 703--901, 921--937
For adjusting land titles in Detroit. For compensation to ... 958
Annual report in relation to the operations of the land system, and number of bounty land warrants issued during the years 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833 ... 1, 191, 316, 510, 515, 623
Statement of the lands which have reverted, &c., &c., to the United States for non-payment, &c., &c., in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Michigan ... 17, 18
Statement of the quantity remaining unsold in Tennessee ... 31, 32
Covering additional claims for the district of Jackson Court-House, in Mississippi--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Report of register and receiver. List of claimants ... 136
Tabular statements of quantity sold and moneys received in each of the States and Territories for the years 1828--'29 ... 157--159
Relative to the location of revolutionary bounty land warrants ... 167
Relative to laying off towns at Chicago creek, Illinois, and St. Mark's, Florida ... 171, 172
Statement of certain lands sold in Florida as swamp, and purchased by land officers ... 178, 179
Relating to settlements on the public lands ... 186--188
Statement of lands appropriated for specific objects to the several States, showing the proceeds of the three per cent. fund to 1828 ... 190
Tabular statement of quantity sold, rate per acre, and amount received from sales in 1829--'30 ... 219
Register of claims west of Pearl river in Louisiana, said to be derived from Spanish authorities ... 220, 221
Relative to location of grants to Indiana for a road from Lake Michigan to the Ohio river ... 253--258
Relative to the establishment of an office of surveyor general for Louisiana ... 267
Statement and estimated quantity of surveyed lands and amounts received from 1826 to 1831 ... 268
Relative to the sales at New Orleans in November, 1830 ... 292
Estimate of the expense of surveys and statement of lands unsurveyed to January 1, 1831 ... 294--298
Relative to a map of the surveyed and unsurveyed lands ... 308
Relative to unconfirmed private claims--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
A, B, C, D, E, F, circular to and extracts of letters from registers and receivers, St. Louis, Franklin, Jackson, Palmyra ... 335
Relative to the issue of scrip for lands forfeited for non-payment ... 341
Relative to the quantity, situation, and value of military lands undisposed of in Ohio ... 351
Relative to proof in support of donation claims in Arkansas ... 359
Relative to Virginia military land warrants ... 365--367
Relative to providing for the more speedy issuing of patents after sales ... 368--370
Relative to the claim of James Mackay--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Extracts from letter from recorder of land titles at St. Louis, Missouri ... 391
Relative to amount of discounts allowed on balances due by purchasers in several States ... 394
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Documents relating to scrip issued on claims for lost entries on Virginia continental warrants--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
A, B, C, D, and copies of certificates from Surveyor Latham ... 397--401
Relative to the expediency of dividing the office of surveyor general in Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas ... 402--409
Receipts and expenditures of the land offices for the year 1831 ... 410--412
Relative to the claim of Paul Ducharme ... 414
Relative to establishing a land office at Columbus, Miss ... 417
Tabular statements in connexion with the proposition to distribute the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the States ... 448--451
Relative to establishing a new district in Michigan ... 457--464
Relative to military and forfeited scrip ... 473, 474
Statement of donations ... 477
Statements relative to the sales ... 488, 489
Statement of the number of patents prepared which have not been signed by the President of the United States ... 504, 505
Relative to the old mines in Missouri ... 505, 506
Relative to principal deputy surveyors in Louisiana and surveyor general south of Tennessee ... 513
Relative to the erection of new offices in the Choctaw purchase and reorganization of Mississippi districts ... 515
Correspondence and instructions relative to surveys of private confirmed claims in Florida ... 519--555
Relative to expenses of land offices and of the surveys ... 561, 571
Relative to arrears of business in the General Land Office and more prompt discharge thereof; also relative to the system of surveys; also relative to arrears of work in the office of surveyors general--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
See papers marked I, II, III, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S ... 577--601
Relative to the surveys and sale of the public lands ... 602--604
Relative to pre-emptions in Louisiana ... 650
Relative to the establishment of a land office at Helena ... 655
Relative to Wabash and Erie canal ... 658
Amount of land sold and net proceeds, surveyed and unsold, granted to States and Territories, granted in bounties, donations, and for schools ... 662--664
Relative to claims in the southeastern Louisiana district ... 665, 703
Report of the recorder and commissioner under acts of July 9, 1832, and March 2, 1833, for final adjustment of private claims in Missouri ... 703--901
Relative to expediency of coercing those in Arkansas who are entitled to bounty lands to draw their patents ... 911--912
Relative to a connexion of the surveys with the line of demarcation between Indiana and Illinois ... 913--915
Relative to progress in the surveys of land acquired from the Pottawatomie Indians--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
A. Extract from letter from surveyor general of Ohio, &c. B, C. Explanatory diagrams ... 915, 916
Relative to provision for satisfaction of revolutionary land warrants ... 916, 917
Statement of patents suspended for lands sold in Arkansas ... 944, 948
In relation to the lands acquired from the Choctaw and Creek tribes ... 971--974
Statistical details relative to her interests in the proceeds of the sales of the public lands ... 448--451
Amount granted to deaf and dumb asylum in ... 664
Memorial of Indiana for grants for the establishment of asylums for lunatics and the ... 252
Amount granted to Kentucky and Connecticut asylums ... 664
Relative to the title to the Pea Patch island in ... 432--441
Statistical details relative to her interests in the proceeds of sales in the public lands ... 448--451
For extra compensation. Application of the receiver at ... 363
For road to Chicago and Galena from ... 606, 645
Relative to compensating commissioners for adjusting titles in ... 958
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In favor of distributing the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the States and Territories for the purposes of ... 163--166, 301, 614, 969
Number of acres appropriated for academies, universities, and religious and charitable institutions ... 448
Statement of quantity sold and amount of money received, 1828--'29, in ... 157--159
Relative to compensating R. C. Allen for locating two townships for a seminary of learning in the Territory of ... 168
Relative to laying off a town at St. Mark's, in ... 171
Relative to certain swamp land purchased by land officers in ... 178, 179
Statement of quantity sold, rate per acre, and amount received, 1829--'30, in ... 219
Statement of quantity of surveyed and unsurveyed lands to January, 1831, in ... 294--298
Resolution of legislative council to locate lands in lieu of 16th sections worth less than $1 25 per acre, for education ... 320
Details with respect to number of acres appropriated, and objects, &c., in ... 448, 468, 477, 488
Payment on account of purchase of ... 449, 467
Relative to military and forfeited scrip in ... 474
Correspondence and instructions relative to surveys of private confirmed land claims in ... 519--555
Operation of land system for 1832--'33 in ... 628
Whole amount granted, and for what purposes, to ... 662--664
For the construction of a railroad from Jacksonville to Gulf of Mexico ... 962
Same, of Florida, Alabama, and Georgia railroad ... 963
Relative to the compensation of the register and receiver at the land office at St. Augustine, in ... 168
Abstract of claims in ... 545
In Alabama.--For relief of purchasers of ... 142
Stock issued under the acts of May 23, 1828, and March 31, 1830; and also the amount received in payment to June 30, 1830 ... 196
In Alabama.--Against application of purchasers for relief ... 325
In Indiana.--For the issue of scrip for lands forfeited for non-payment ... 340
Relative to military and forfeited scrip ... 473, 489
In Illinois.--For relief to forfeited pre-emption right settlers ... 571
Statement of forfeited stock issued and amount received in payment to September 31, 1833 ... 631
Appraised and estimated value of property conveyed to the United States in payment of debts, &c., in ... 288
Statistical details relative to her interests in the proceeds of the sales of the public lands ... 448--451
Payment of compact with ... 449, 467
Resolutions of general assembly against the distribution of the proceeds of sales of the public lands among the States ... 951
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Statement of lands which have reverted to the United States for non-payment in ... 17, 18
Statements of money and lands for education, and roads and canals, granted to ... 25--30
Statement of quantity sold and amount of money received, 1828--'29, in ... 157--159
Relative to laying off a town at Chicago, in ... 171
Relative to allowing the relinquishment of land granted for a canal (Lake Michigan to Illinois river) and to issue scrip for an equal quantity of land in ... 177
Statement of land appropriated for specific objects to ... 190
Statement of quantity sold, rate per acre, and amount received, 1829--'30, in ... 219
Relative to the three per cent. fund from the sales for the construction of roads and canals in ... 224
For the extension of the pre-emption law in ... 249
For the establishment of a new land office in ... 261
Relative to permission to sell the salt springs on Vermillion river, in ... 262
Statement and estimated quantity surveyed and sold from 1826 to 1831 in ... 268
Resolution of the general assembly for additional grant of saline reserve and power to sell ... 277
Appraised and estimated value of property conveyed to the United States in payment of debts, &c., in ... 288
Memorial of the general assembly for grant for the improvement of Kaskaskia river, in ... 289
Same for the improvement of Embarrass river ... 289
Resolution of general assembly for grants for schools in each county in ... 290
Statement of quantity of, surveyed and unsurveyed, to January, 1831, in ... 294--298
Memorial of the general assembly for a grant for a road from Chicago to the Wabash river ... 300
Same, to substitute for 16th sections unfit for cultivation other unappropriated sections for education ... 321
On the pre-emption claim of Peoria county, in ... 348
Statistical details relative to her interests in the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands ... 448--451, 468, 477, 488
Relative to military and forfeited scrip in ... 474
Relative to sale of lands dividing Indiana and ... 518
Memorial of the legislature for right of pre-emption to actual settlers ... 560
Same, relative to forfeited pre-emption settlers ... 571
Statement of quantity offered for sale and remaining unsold in ... 603, 604
Resolution of general assembly for reduction of the price to actual settlers ... 606
Same for a grant to construct a road from Detroit to Chicago and Galena ... 606, 645
Same for survey and sale of extension of Quincy and Vandalia land districts and exchange of school lands ... 610, 611
Operation of land system for 1832--'33 in ... 628
Relative to a connexion of the surveys with the line of demarcation between Indiana and ... 913--915
Statement of land for purposes of education granted to ... 27, 30
Memorial of general assembly for relief to holders of certificates of forfeited lands for non-payment ... 137
Resolution of general assembly for other lands in lieu of alternate sections granted for canals, which have been taken by Indian reservations, &c ... 151
Resolution of general assembly for authority to sell the salines ... 152
Memorial of same respecting certain school lands ... 155
Statement of quantity sold and amount of money received, 1828--'29, in ... 157--159
Statement of lands appropriated for specific objects to ... 190
Statement of quantity sold, rate per acre, and amount received, 1829--'30, in ... 219
Relative to the 3 per cent. fund from the sales for the construction of roads and canals in ... 224
Resolution of general assembly for the establishment of a land office in northern part of ... 251, 252
Memorial of general assembly for grants for the establishment of deaf and dumb and lunatic asylums in ... 252
Relative to locations and confirmations of grants for a road from Lake Michigan to the Ohio river by ... 253--258, 264, 265, 266, 308, 309
Resolution of general assembly for further relief of purchasers in ... 258
Statement and estimated quantity surveyed and sold from 1826 to 1831, in ... 268
Resolution of general assembly for a grant for a road from Madison to Indianapolis, in ... 277
Appraised and estimated value of property conveyed to United States in payment of debts, &c., in ... 288
Statement of quantity of surveyed and unsurveyed lands to January, 1831, in ... 294--298
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Same for donations to construct roads from the Ohio river ... 317
Same for issue of scrip for lands forfeited for non-payment ... 340
Resolution of general assembly for donations to actual settlers on condition of settlement and improvement ... 362
Same for permission to sell her saline reservations ... 363
Same for an examination of Maumee river and improvement thereof by use of proceeds of donations to Wabash and Erie canal; also relative to quantity granted and for other lands; also Report of Committee (H. R.) same subject ... 383, 658, 920, 952
Relative to amount of discounts allowed on balances due in ... 394
Resolution of general assembly for the sales in forty-acre lots ... 395
Same for a cession of the lands for internal improvement and education ... 395
Same for a donation for a canal to connect Wabash and White rivers ... 395
Same for a donation for a road from St. Joseph's river to Liberty in ... 396
Statistical details relative to her interests in the proceeds of the sales of the public lands ... 448, 451, 468, 477, 488
Resolution of general assembly relative to saline reserve in Dearborn county ... 469
Relative to military and forfeited scrip in ... 474
Relative to certain salt springs in ... 491
Relative to sale of lands dividing Illinois and ... 518
Statement of quantity offered for sale and remaining unsold in ... 603, 604
Resolutions of general assembly for pre-emption rights to settlers and for the survey of the lands obtained from the Pottawatomie Indians ... 606, 607
Same for cession of her lands for internal improvement and education ... 614
Operation of land system for 1832--'33 in ... 628
Whole amount granted and for what purposes, to ... 662--664
Relative to a connexion of the surveys with the line of demarkation between Illinois and ... 913--915
Relative to surveys of lands acquired from the Pottawatomies, in ... 915--917
For a donation for schools in lieu of a 16th section granted for the use of a college in ... 919
Resolution of general assembly for reduction in the price of land ... 939
Same for a grant for a canal or railroad from Lawrenceburg to the south bend of St. Joseph's river ... 950
Relative to the sale of certain Cherokee Indian reservations in Alabama ... 36
Relative to a claim for a reservation under treaty of 1814 with the Creek ... 219
Relative to the cessions of land by the Pottawattomies to Indiana for a road from Lake Michigan to the Ohio river ... 265
For the sale of lands acquired at the minimum price under treaty with Choctaws ... 344
Relative to a reservation to the Choctaw Nation under the treaty of Dancing Rabbit creek ... 363
For indemnity to settlers on lands in Arkansas ceded to the Cherokees by treaty of 1817 ... 375
Payments of contracts with the several Indian tribes ... 449--467
Relative to the erection of new land offices in the Choctaw purchase ... 515
Estimate of Indian reservations made by treaty ... 583
Relative to survey and sale of lands in Indiana obtained from the Pottawatomies ... 606, 607
To provide Chickasaw townships with school lands ... 661
Relative to surveys of lands acquired from the Pottawatomies ... 915
Relative to lands acquired from the Choctaws and Creeks ... 971
Same to Alabama ... 903
Statistical details relative to her interests in the proceeds of sales of the public lands ... 448--451
Amount granted to Deaf and Dumb Asylum in ... 664
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Statement of lands sold from 1820 to 1832 at each of the ... 629, 630
Memorials of general assembly and citizens of Alabama for relief of purchasers, postponement and change of sale, and for granting pre-emption rights to occupants in that State ... 10, 13
Memorials and resolutions of Illinois for authority to exchange unproductive school and military bounty lands for purposes of education ... 13, 14
Report from Committee (H. R.) on Public Lands relative to land relinquished in part as forfeited for non-payment, and balance retained by paying residue of purchase money, (claims of Wilson and Martin.) ... 14
Memorials of Michigan for grant of sections to erect court-houses and jails, and for a township for the endowment of a hospital ... 15, 16
Statement of lands which have reverted to United States for non-payment, &c., &c., in Alabama, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Michigan ... 16--18
Memorial of the Tombecbee Association for the cultivation of the vine and olive for relief, ... 19--21
Memorials of Arkansas for locations under treaty with the Cherokee Indians for exchange of school lands, and for sales in forty-acre lots ... 22
Message (and documents) showing the amount of money and land granted to the States for the purposes of education and the construction of roads and canals ... 25--30
Statement of the quantity remaining unsold in the State of Tennessee, and appointment of a surveyor general ... 30--32
Report from Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on an application to sell certain Indian reservations in Alabama ... 36
Report from Committee on Public Lands (S.) on provision for making embankments, bridges, and roads in Louisiana ... 36
Report from the Committee on the Judiciary (H. R) on the subject of remedies for prevention of frauds in the adjustment of titles in Arkansas ... 38--47
Memorials of Alabama for the postponement of the sale in Jackson county, and for the relief of purchasers in that State ... 51--53
Memorial of Alabama for a grant to establish primary schools in that State ... 54
Final report on private claims in East Florida ... 55--121
Report from the Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) relative to the sale to Ohio of the public lands in that State ... 127, 128
Report from the Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on the most equitable manner of disposing of the refuse lands in Tennessee ... 128
Communication from Attorney General Berrien of judicial decisions and legal opinions on claim in Arkansas ... 129--134
Memorial of Alabama for a grant for female academies in that State ... 135
Memorial of Arkansas for grants to encourage settlers for defence of frontiers ... 136--318
Communication from the Commissioner of the General Land Office covering additional claims for the district of Jackson Court-House, in Mississippi ... 136
Memorial of Indiana for relief to holders of certificates of forfeited lands for non-payment, ... 137
Report from Committee on Public Lands (S.) to allow Ohio to apply the proceeds granted to the Miami canal to the construction of railroads ... 138
Report from the Committee on Public Lands (S.) on the memorial of Alabama for a grant to improve the navigation of Coosa river and connect its waters with the Tennessee river ... 139
Memorial of Alabama for relief of purchasers of lands that have been forfeited for non-payment, &c., &c ... 142
Same, for an office at Monticello ... 144
Memorial of Mississippi for a grant in lieu of a section intended for schools ... 147, 152
Report from select committee (H. R.) in favor of grant to deaf and dumb institutions in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and North Carolina ... 149
Report from Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) as to Pennsylvania Institute ... 352
Resolution of Indiana for other lands in lieu of alternate sections which have been taken by Indian reservations, &c., &c ... 151
Same for authority to sell the salines ... 152
Memorial of same respecting certain school lands in that State ... 155
Statements showing the amount of money received for lands sold in 1828--'29, and the expenses of each office in each State and Territory ... 157
Report from select committee (H. R.) in favor of a grant to Transylvania University ... 162, 340
Report from select committee (H. R.) on distributing the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the States and Territories for the purposes of education ... 163--166
Relative to the location of revolutionary bounty warrants ... 167
Relative to the compensation of registers and receivers ... 168
Relative to allowing Illinois to relinquish land granted for a canal from Lake Michigan to the Illinois river, and to issue scrip in lieu thereof ... 177
Relative to lands sold in Florida as swamp lands, and purchased by land officers ... 178, 179
Relative to protection of surveyors ... 180, 181
Relative to Virginia military bounty ... 182--184
Report from Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) relative to the title of sections 8, 11, 26, 29, in 13th township and 7th range, in the Steubenville district, in Ohio ... 185
Relative to settlements on the public ... 186--188
Relative to certain town and village lots in St. Louis ... 188, 189
Message transmitting statement of the whole quantity granted to the several States for specific objects to the year 1828 ... 189
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Estimate of the private claims confirmed by the laws of the United States ... 199
Statement in relation to the indexing of the private claims ... 199, 200
Application of purchasers in Alabama for further relief, with table exhibiting prices paid by purchasers, &c ... 216
Statement of quantity sold, rate per acre, and amount received from sales in 1829--'30 ... 219
Memorial of officers of the war of 1812--'15 for bounty ... 220
Register of claims in district west of Pearl river, in Louisiana ... 221
Relative to the three per cent. fund from the sales for the construction of roads and canals in certain States ... 224
Decisions of Judge Peck on the claims of the heirs of Mackay, Wherry, and of Auguste Choteau, in Missouri ... 225--248
Memorial of Illinois for the extension of the pre-emption law in that State ... 249, 250
Memorial of Alabama for further relief of purchasers and settlers in that State ... 251
Resolution of Indiana for the establishment of an office in the northern part of that State ... 251, 252
Memorial of same for grants to establish asylums for deaf and dumb, and for lunatics ... 252
Memorial of Mississippi for an amendment of the pre-emption laws ... 252, 253
Relative to locations of grants to Indiana for a road from Lake Michigan to the Ohio river ... 253--258, 263, 264, 265
Resolution of Indiana for further relief to purchasers in that State ... 258
Memorial of Alabama for a graduation of the price, and for further relief to purchasers and settlers ... 260
Memorial of Illinois for the establishment of a new land office in that State ... 261
Report from the Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on memorial of Illinois for permission to sell the salt springs on Vermilion river ... 262
Memorial of Ohio for a grant for a road from the Ohio river to Lake Erie ... 265
Relative to the creation of an office of surveyor general in Louisiana ... 267
Quantity surveyed and sold, and amounts received from 1826 to 1831 ... 268
Memorial of Michigan for a grant to encourage the cultivation of silk ... 268
Relative to the establishment of the plan of Detroit, in Michigan ... 270--277
Resolution of Illinois for additional grant of saline reserved, and power to sell ... 277
Resolution of Indiana for a grant for a road from Madison to Indianapolis ... 277
Statement of property which has been assigned, set off, or conveyed to the United States for payment of debts, its appraised and present estimated value, &c ... 278--288
Memorial of Illinois for a grant for improvement of Kaskaskia river ... 289
Same for improvement of Embarrass river ... 289
Resolution of same for a grant of a section in each county for schools ... 290
Statement of the sales of certain lands at the land office in New Orleans, in November, 1830, and for the postponement of said sales ... 290--294
Estimate of the expense of surveys, and statement to January, 1831, of unsurveyed ... 294--298
Memorial of Indiana to be allowed to tax lands sold by the United States to that State ... 298
Memorial of Missouri that there may be sales in forty-acre lots, and that quarter sections be divided by east and west as well as by north and south lines ... 299, 300
Same for the establishment of a board of commissioners in that State ... 300
Memorial of Illinois for a grant for a road from Chicago to the Wabash river ... 301
Application of Delaware for distribution of the proceeds of sales of the public lands among the States for education ... 301, 302
Report from Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) in application to grants to disbanded officers of war of 1812--'15, and to heirs of those who died or were killed in service ... 302--306
Memorial of officers of war of 1812--'15 for bounty ... 338
Report from Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on the inexpediency of making changes in the laws relating to Virginia military bounty warrants ... 307
Relative to a map of the surveyed and unsurveyed ... 309
Resolution of Indiana for a confirmation of selections reserved under treaty with Pottawatomie tribe for a road from Lake Michigan to the Ohio river ... 308, 309
Same for donations to construct certain roads from the Ohio river ... 317
Memorial of Arkansas for compensation to agents for selecting for a University in that State ... 318
Same to be allowed to sell the salines in that Territory--supply proceeds to education, &c ... 319
Same for extension and modification of pre-emption laws ... 319, 658
Resolution of Florida to locate, in lieu of 16th sections worth less than $1 25 per acre, for education ... 320
Memorial of Illinois to substitute for 16th sections unfit for cultivation other unappropriated sections for education ... 321
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) against application for relief of purchasers in Alabama, who have foreited for non-payment ... 325
Application of citizens of Missouri for settlement of claims in that State ... 326
Memorial of Arkansas, that purchasers under French and Spanish titles may enter at the mimimum prices, &c ... 329
Memorials of Ohio for additional grants of school land in the Western Reserve, and to which the Indian title has been extinguished ... 331, 640
Relative to unconfirmed private claims in Missouri ... 335
Memorial of Indiana for issue of scrip for land forfeited for non-payment ... 340
Memorial of Mississippi for sale of those acquired from the Choctaw Indians, at the minimum prices ... 344
Memorial of Ohio for a grant for a road from Gallipolis to Chilicothe ... 348
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Memorial of Mississippi for a donation to Amos Moore for public services ... 350
Relative to the quantity, situation, and value of the military, in Ohio ... 350
Report from Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) in relation to a cession of the refuse to Tennessee--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Communications from representatives in Congress from Tennessee and surveyor 12th district, ... 353
Instructions relative to proof in support of donation claims in Arkansas ... 358--360
Resolution of Indiana for donations to actual settlers on condition of settlement and improvement ... 362
Same for permission to sell her saline reservations ... 363
Report from Committee on Public Lands, (H. R.,) relative to a reservation to the Choctaw nation, under the treaty of Dancing Rabbit creek ... 363
Same in relation to issuing of scrip for the unlocated warrants granted by Virginia to her revolutionary officers and soldiers ... 364--367
Relative to providing for the more speedy issuing of patents of the sales ... 368
Report from Committee on Private Land Claims, (H. R.) relative to right of pre-emption for the cultivation of the vine and olive ... 372
Memorial of Arkansas for a grant for a penitentiary ... 375
Same for indemnity to settlers on those ceded to the Cherokee Indians by treaty of 1817 ... 375
Memorial of Mississippi for a grant of one million of acres for the improvement of navigable streams ... 377
Relative to the Yazoo claims in Alabama, under grant from Georgia ... 381
Memorial and resolution of Indiana for an examination of Maumee river, and for the improvement thereof, and resolutions for grants on Wabash and Erie canal, and Report to ... 383, 658, 920, 952
Memorial of Alabama to reduce the price of those offered and not sold, and to sell by entry and not by auction ... 384
Memorial of Mississippi for a donation to aid in making roads ... 385
Resolution of Alabama for the cession to the States in which they lie ... 385
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) in favor of the claims of the settlers on the old mines in Missouri ... 386
Relative to same subject ... 505
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on application of Ohio for a grant for education of the deaf and dumb ... 387
Relative to claims for indemnity for improvements between the White and Arkansas rivers ... 389
Relative to the amount of discounts on balances due by purchasers ... 394
Resolution of Indiana for sales in forty-acre lots ... 395
Same for a cession for internal improvements and education ... 395
Same for a donation for a canal to connect the Wabash and White rivers ... 395
Same for a donation for a road from the South Bend of St. Joseph's river to Liberty ... 396
Documents relating to scrip issued to satisfy Virginia continental warrants ... 397
Receipts and expenditures of the several offices for 1831 ... 410--412
Report from the Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on expediency of establishing an office at Columbus, Mississippi ... 417
Memorial of Mississippi for a donation to Jefferson College, and report thereon ... 422, 431
Report from the Committee on the Judiciary (H. R.) on the subject of the title of the United States to the Pea Patch island, in Delaware river ... 432
Report (Mr. Clay's) from Committee on Manufactures (S.) on distributing the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several States--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Statement of quantity of acres unsold to which title has and has not been extinguished in each State or Territory; of amount paid for title and expenditures; exhibiting a comparative view of the progress of population; showing dividend of each State in the proceeds of the public lands ... 441--451
Report from the Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) relative to sales to the States in which they lie--
DOCUMENT WITH:
Statement of amount of purchase money abated or relinquished by the operation of the relief laws ... 451--455
Amounts of money paid for the purchase and amounts received as proceeds of sales ... 449
Report of the Committee on the Judiciary (H. R.) on the proceedings of the Commissioner of the General Land Office relative to a new district to be established in Michigan--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Answer of the Commissioner; testimony before the committee ... 457--466
Statement of the quantity and cost, receipts from sales, and objects to which appropriated ... 466
Resolution of Indiana relative to the saline reserve in Dearborn county ... 469
Statement of amount of military and forfeited scrip for the years 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831 ... 473, 474
Statement of donations to States and Territories, corporate bodies, and individuals, &c ... 477
Report (Mr. King's) of the Committee on Public Lands (S.) on the distribution of the proceeds among the State--
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DOCUMENTS WITH:
Statement of the quantity sold and receipts therefrom to close of year 1831 ... 487--489
Abstract of claims west of Perdido, east of Pearl river, and below 31st degree of north latitude, in Alabama ... 490
Report from the Committee on Public Lands (S.) relative to certain salt springs in Indiana ... 491
Report of Secretary of State relative to the expediency of providing for the adjustment of all claims derived from Spain in West Florida between the Mississippi and Perdido rivers, and report of the Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) ... 495--504, 506
Relative to deducting certain expenditures in calculating the net proceeds of the sales ... 509
Returns of bounty claims and number of warrants issued in 1832 ... 510
Relative to deputy surveyors in Louisiana and surveyor general south of Tennessee ... 513
Relative to the creation of new offices in the Choctaw purchase and reorganization of Mississippi districts ... 515
Relative to amendment of act of July 9, 1832, for the final adjustment of Missouri claims ... 516
Relative to the sales of lands dividing Indiana and Illinois ... 518
Correspondence and instructions relative to surveys of private confirmed claims in Florida ... 519--555
Extracts from Solorzano's Politica Indiana, showing the powers of the Spanish viceroys and governors of the Indies in reference to grants ... 556, 935
Memorial of Illinois for right of pre-emption to actual settlers ... 560
Report from Committee of Ways and Means (H. R.) relative to increased appropriations for the officers and for the correction of abuses in execution of surveys--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Letters from Commissioner: A, explanation of the estimate of expenses; B, explanation of the estimates of surveying; C, copy of surveyor's estimate for 1833; estimate of amount in Louisiana; D, copies of reports from Surveyors General ... 561--571
Memorial of Illinois for relief to settlers whose pre-emption rights have been forfeited ... 571
Relative to arrears of business in the General Land Office, and more prompt discharge thereof; also in relation to the system of surveys; also in relation to arrears of work in the office of Surveyors General ... 577--601
Relative to the survey and sale of the public ... 602--604
Resolution of Vermont for a division of the proceeds of the sales among the States ... 604
Resolution of Illinois for a reduction of the price of ... 606
Resolution of Illinois for a grant to construct a road from Detroit to Chicago and Galena ... 606, 645
Resolutions of Indiana for pre-emption rights to settlers, and for the survey of those obtained by treaty with the Pottawatomie Indians ... 606, 607
Statement of the amount of expenditures in the last three years on account of the public ... 607
Memorials of Alabama for reduction of price and extension of rights to pre-emption to settlers, for relief of purchasers of 1818--'19, and for abandoning sales at auction ... 608, 609, 634, 635, 657
Memorial and resolution of Illinois for survey and sale, extension of Quincy and Vandalia districts, and exchange of school ... 610, 611
Memorial of Missouri for changes in the land system, and for ceding them to the States in which they lie, and for disposition of unsurveyed and refuse, and for exchange of her school ... 612, 634, 636
Resolution of Indiana for a cession for internal improvement and education ... 614
Message adverse to the distribution of the proceeds of the sales ... 612--622
Memorials of Arkansas for donations to settlers in western frontier, and for donations to each county, and for right of assignees of bounty lands to float their claims ... 623, 637
Same, for a reduction of the time of, and for a grant of those returned unfit for survey ... 638
For grant to Missouri of certain unsurveyed ... 639
Report from Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on a reduction and graduation of the price ... 640
Report from Select Committee (H. R.) in the disposition in Tennessee of certain school and other ... 644
Report from Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) relative to pre-emption rights in Louisiana--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Communications from Surveyors General, Commissioner General Land Office, register land office, New Orleans ... 649--652
Report from Committee (H. R.) on granting to Louisiana in aid of internal improvements ... 653
Resolutions of Ohio adverse to re-chartering bank of United States, and to the distribution of proceeds of the sales ... 654
Memorial of Arkansas for an office at Helena ... 654
Report from Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) against a grant to Perrysburg in Ohio ... 656
Memorial of Mississippi for grant to support primary schools, to exchange 16th sections when valueless, and to provide Chickasaw township with school lands, and to change office from Clinton to Jackson ... 660, 661, 662
Amount sold, and net proceeds; of surveyed and unsold; granted to States and Territories; and granted in bounties and donations, and to schools ... 662--664
Report of register and receiver of office at New Orleans of claims in the southeastern district of Louisiana ... 665--708
Report from Committee on Private Land Claims on same subject ... 903--911
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Report of same commissioners with translations of Spanish laws and customs, having relation to the Missouri claims ... 921--937
Memorials of Alabama to exchange 16th sections for, when valueless, for authority to sell remaining part of grants, and for grant to academies in Tuscumbia, for improving Tennessee and other rivers ... 902, 903
Report from Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on expediency of coercing those entitled to bounty lands in Arkansas to draw their patents ... 911
Relative to a connexion of the surveys with the line of demarcation between Indiana and Illinois ... 913--915
Progress of surveys of land acquired from the Pottawatomie Indians ... 915
Relative to the sufficiency of the provision for the satisfaction of revolutionary bounty ... 916
Report from Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) in favor of a donation to Indiana for the use of schools in lieu of a 16th section granted for the use of a college ... 919
Resolution of Indiana for a reduction in the price of ... 939
Statement of suspended patents in Arkansas ... 944--948
Resolutions of Ohio for a grant to aid in the construction of the Mad River and Lake Erie railroad ... 949
Memorial of Indiana for a grant for a canal or railroad from Lawrenceburg to the South Bend of the St. Joseph's river ... 950
Resolutions of Louisiana for a grant to reimburse the expense of a levee in parish of Pointe Coupée ... 950
Same of Georgia against the distribution of the proceeds of sales among the States ... 951
Report of register and receiver of district of St. Stephen's, Alabama ... 958
Resolutions of Ohio for grants to aid in connecting the Pennsylvania and Ohio canals ... 961
Resolutions of Florida for a grant to construct a railroad from Jacksonville to the Gulf of Mexico ... 962
Same to aid in the construction of the Florida, Alabama, and Georgia railroad ... 963
Same of Ohio for grants to the officers and soldiers of war of 1812--'15, and their widows and orphans ... 968
Same for a distribution of a part of the proceeds of the sale among the States for education ... 969
Message (and documents) in relation to lands acquired from the Choctaw and Creek tribes of Indians ... 971
Memorial and report from committee (H. R.) relative to the title to certain lots in New Orleans ... 173, 975--977
Statement of land, for purposes of education, granted to ... 25--30
Relative to provision for making embankments, bridges, and roads in ... 36
Statement of quantity sold and amount of money received in 1828--'29 in ... 157--159
Relative to the title of the United States to certain quays in New Orleans, the report of committee ... 173, 975
Statement of lands appropriated to specific objects within ... 190
Statement of quantity sold, rate per acre, and amount received 1829--'30 in ... 219
Rights of claims west of Pearl river in ... 221
Relative to the establishment of an office of surveyor general for ... 267
Statement and estimated quantity surveyed and sold from 1826 to 1831 in ... 268
Statement of, in New Orleans in November, 1830, &c., &c ... 290--294
Statement of quantity of, surveyed and unsurveyed lands, to January, 1836, in ... 294--298
Relative to amount of discount allowed on balances due in ... 394
Statistical details relative to her interests in the proceeds of the sales of the public lands ... 448--451, 467, 477, 488
Payment on account of purchase of Louisiana ... 467, 449
Relative to military and forfeited suits in ... 474
Statement of quantity offered for sale and remaining unsold in ... 603, 604
Operation of land system for 1832--'33 in ... 628
Relative to pre-emption rights in ... 649
Relating to grants in aid of internal improvement ... 653
Whole amount granted, and for what purposes, to ... 662--664
Report of register and receiver of claims in the southern land district of ... 665--703
Report from Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on same subject ... 903--911
Resolutions of general assembly for a grant to reimburse expenses of a levee in parish of Pointe Coupée, and for recovery of runaway slaves to Mexican territory ... 950
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Statistical details relative to her interests in the proceeds of sales ... 448--451
Statistical details relative to her interests in the proceeds of the sales ... 448--451
Statistical details relative to her interests in the proceeds of the sales ... 448--451
Same for a township for the endowment of a hospital for the relief of discharged and disabled soldiers and seamen ... 15, 16
Statement of lands which have reverted to the United States for non-payment, &c., in ... 17, 18
Statement of money for roads and canals granted to ... 25--30
Statement of quantity sold and amount of money received in 1828 and 1829 in ... 157--159
Statement of quantity sold, rate per annum, and amount received in 1829 and 1830, in ... 219
Statement and estimated quantity surveyed and sold from 1826 to 1831 in ... 268
Memorial of the legislative council for a grant of land to encourage the cultivation of silk ... 268
Relative to the establishment of the plan of Detroit, in ... 270--277
Appraised and estimated value of property conveyed to United States in payment of debts, &c., in ... 288
Statement of quantity surveyed and unsurveyed to January, 1831, in ... 294--298
Application of receiver at Detroit for extra compensation ... 363
Relative to the claim of White, Neale & Stratton for laying out a road in ... 393
Details respecting objects for which lands are appropriated in ... 448, 468, 477, 488
Relative to the establishment of a new district in ... 457
Relative to military and forfeited scrip in ... 474, 489
Statement of quantity offered for sale and remaining unsold ... 603, 604
Operation of land system from 1832 to 1833 in ... 628
Whole amount granted, and for what purposes, to ... 662--664
Report of select committee (H. R.) on claim of Judges Chipman and Woodbridge, as commissioners to adjust titles in Detroit ... 958
Statement of lands for purposes of education granted to ... 25--30
Additional claims for the district of Jackson Court-House, in ... 136, 137
Memorial of the general assembly for a grant in lieu of a section intended for schools ... 147, 152
Statement of quantity sold and amount of money received 1828--'29 in ... 157--159
Statement of quantity appropriated for specific objects to ... 190
Statement of quantity sold, rate per acre, and amount received 1829--'30 in ... 219
Relative to the three per cent. fund from sales, for the construction of roads and canals in ... 224
For amendment of the pre-emption laws in ... 252
Statement and estimated quantity surveyed and sold from 1826 to 1831 in ... 268
Statement of quantity surveyed and unsurveyed to January, 1831, in ... 294--298
Memorial of the general assembly for sale of lands acquired from the Choctaw Indians at the minimum price ... 344
Same for a donation to Amos Moore for public services ... 350
Same for a grant of a million of acres for the improvement of navigable streams in ... 377
Same for a donation to aid in making roads ... 385
Relative to amount of discount allowed on balances due in ... 394
On expediency of establishing an office at Columbus, in ... 417
For donation to Jefferson College, in ... 422, 430
Statistical details relative to the interests in the proceeds of the sales ... 448--451, 468, 477, 488
Relative to military and forfeited scrip in ... 474
Relative to Mississippi stock surrendered in the offices in Alabama and ... 489
Relative to the reorganization of the land offices in ... 515
Statement of quantity offered for sale and remaining unsold ... 603, 604
Operation of land system for 1832--'33 in ... 628
Memorial of the general assembly for grants to support primary schools ... 660
Whole amount of grants, and for what purposes, to ... 662--664
Statement of land, for purposes of education, granted to ... 25--30
Statement of quantity sold and amount of money received 1828--'29 in ... 157--159
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Relative to certain town or village lots for the use of schools in St. Louis, in ... 188, 189
Statement of quantity appropriated by Congress to specific objects within ... 190
Argument of L. E. Lawless, on claim of Antoine Soulard, in the United States court, St. Louis, held pursuant to an act to enable claimants within Missouri and Arkansas to try the validity of their claims ... 201--215
Statement of quantity sold, rate per acre, and amount received in 1829--'30 in ... 219
Relative to the three per cent. fund from sales, for the construction of roads and canals in ... 224
Decisions of Judge Peck on claims of Mackay Wherry and of Auguste Chouteau and others in ... 225--248
Statement and estimated quantity surveyed and sold from 1826 to 1831 in ... 268
Appraised and estimated value of property conveyed to the United States in payment of debts, &c., in ... 288
Statement of quantity of surveyed and unsurveyed lands to January, 1830, in ... 294--298
Memorial of the general assembly that lands may be sold in forty-acre lots, and that quarter sections may be divided by east and west as well as by north and south lines ... 299, 300
Memorial of same for the establishment of a board of commissioners in ... 300
Application of sundry citizens for a settlement of their claims in ... 326
Relative to unconfirmed private claims in ... 335
Relative to the claims of the settlers on the Old Mines, in ... 386, 505
Relative to amount of discounts allowed on balances due in ... 394
Statistical details relative to the interests proceeds of the sales in ... 448--451, 468, 477, 488
Relative to military and forfeited scrip in ... 474
Relative to the final adjustment of claims in ... 516
Statement of quantity offered for sale and remaining unsold ... 603, 604
Memorial of the general assembly for changes in the system, and for ceding the lands to the States in which they lie, and for disposing of the unsurveyed and refuse lands, and exchange of school lands, in ... 612, 636
Operation of the system for 1832--'33 in ... 628, 634
Memorials of the general assembly that registers be directed to transcribe the fieldnotes on the back of patents, and for a grant of certain unsurveyed lands ... 638, 639
Same for grants to support primary schools ... 660
Same to exchange 16th sections when valueless, and that Chickasaw townships may be provided with school lands ... 661
Same for change of office from Clinton to Jackson ... 662
Whole amount granted, and for what purposes, to ... 662--664
Reports of commissioners and recorder on Missouri private claims, and translations of Spanish laws and customs ... 703--901, 921--937
Statistical details relative to her interests in the proceeds of the sales ... 448--451
Statistical details relative to her interests in the proceeds of the sales ... 448--451
Statement of the sales in November, 1830, and for postponement of said sales in ... 290--294
For a grant to deaf and dumb institution in ... 149
Appraised and estimated value of property conveyed to the United States in payment of debts in ... 288
Statistical details relative to her interests in the proceeds of the sales ... 448--451
Statement of sales prior to organization of the land office in ... 469, 488
Appraised and estimated value of property conveyed to the United States in payment of debts, &c., in ... 288
Statistical details relative to her interests in the proceeds of the sales ... 448--451
Statements of money and land for purposes of education and roads and canals, granted to ... 25--30
Relative to the sale of the public lands within the State to ... 127, 128
Report of the Committee on Public Lands (S.) in favor of allowing the State to apply the proceeds of land granted to the Miami canal to the construction of railroads.
For grant to deaf and dumb institution in ... 149
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Relative to title of sections 8, 11, 26, 29, in township 13 and range 7, in the Steubenville district, and to making a donation of said sections for use of schools in ... 185
Statement of lands appropriated for specific objects to ... 190
Statement of quantity sold, rate per acre, amount received, in 1829 and 1830, in ... 219
Relative to the three per cent. fund from sales for the construction of roads and canals in ... 224
Memorial of the general assembly for a grant for a road from the Ohio river to Lake Erie ... 265
Statement and estimated quantity surveyed and sold from 1826 to 1831 in ... 268
Appraised and estimated value of property conveyed to the United States in payment of debts, &c., in ... 288
Statement of quantity surveyed and unsurveyed to January 31, in ... 294--298
Memorials of the legislature for additional grants of school lands in the western reserve, and lands to which the Indian title has been extinguished ... 331, 640
Same for a grant for a road from Gallipolis to Chilicothe ... 348
Relative to the quantity, situation, and value of military lands in ... 350
Relative to a grant for the education of the deaf and dumb ... 387
Relative to amount of discounts allowed on balances due in ... 394
Statistical details relative to her interests in the proceeds of the sale ... 448--451, 468, 477, 488
Relative to military and forfeited scrip in ... 474
Statement of quantity offered for sale and remaining unsold in ... 603, 604
Operation of the land system for 1832--'33 in ... 628
Resolutions of the legislature of, adverse to rechartering the Bank of the United States, and to the distribution of the proceeds of sales among the States ... 654
Adverse to a grant to Perrysburg, in ... 656
Whole amount granted, and for what purposes, to ... 662--664
Resolutions of the general assembly for a grant to aid in the construction of the Mad River and Lake Erie railroad ... 949
Same to aid in connecting the Pennsylvania and Ohio canals ... 961
Same for donating to the officers and soldiers of the war of 1812--'15, and their widows and orphans ... 968
Same for a distribution of a part of the proceeds of sales among the States for education, ... 969
Amount granted to ... 664
Statement of number and cost of patents prepared which have not been signed by the President of the United States ... 504, 505
Relative to suspended ... 586, 588, 944--948
To coerce those in Arkansas who are entitled to bounty lands to draw their ... 911
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on same subject ... 352
Appraised and estimated value of property conveyed to the United States in payment of debts, &c., in ... 288
Statistical details relative to her interests in the proceeds of the sales of the public lands ... 448--451, 488
Statement of sales prior to organization of land office in ... 469, 489
For pre-emption rights to actual settlers in Arkansas ... 33, 34
On the subject of the bill to grant pre-emption rights to settlers ... 186--188
For the extension of the pre-emption law in Illinois ... 249
For amendment of the pre-emption laws in Mississippi ... 252
For extension and modification of pre-emption laws in Arkansas ... 319, 658
Relative to the pre-emption claim of Peoria county, Illinois ... 348
Relative to the right of pre-emption to lands granted for the cultivation of the vine and olive in Alabama ... 372
For right of pre-emption to actual settlers in Illinois ... 560
For relief to settlers whose pre-emption rights have been forfeited in same ... 571
For extension of time of pre-emption rights to settlers in Indiana ... 606
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DOCUMENTS WITH:
Communications from the Secretary of the Treasury and Commissioner of the General Land Office, with tables marked No. 1 to No. 9 ... 25--30
Message recommending provision for the protection to the surveyors--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Letters from surveyor south of Tennessee; principal deputy surveyor southeastern district of Louisiana; and letters from H. H. Gurley and Edward Livingston ... 180, 181
Message transmitting statements of the whole quantity of land granted to the several States for specific objects ... 189, 190
Messages in relation to sales at the Crawfordsville office, in Indiana, for a road from Lake Michigan to the Ohio river--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Statements from the Secretary of the Treasury ... 263, 264, 265, 266
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Communication from the Commissioner of the General Land Office; A, B, letters from surveyor's offices; C, tabular estimate of work, &c., &c ... 402--409
Message relating to quantity and cost of public lands, receipts from sales, and objects to which appropriated--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Statement of amount paid for the purchase, and amount received from the sales of public lands; A, statement of estimated quantity, and how appropriated; B, statement of amount on account of Virginia land claims; C, special sales prior to organization of land office: ... 466--469
Message adverse to the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Statement of the revenue derived from the public lands; copy of the bill to appropriate for a limited time the proceeds of sales, &c., &c ... 616--622
Message in relation to the lands acquired from the Choctaw and Creek tribes of Indians--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Communication from the Commissioner of the General Land Office.--Proclamation of the President ... 971--974
In Florida.--Relative to ... 519, 555
Statement of estimate of private claims confirmed, and notice of Indian reservations made by treaty ... 583
Statement relative to indexing ... 584
In Louisiana, southeastern district.--Relative to ... 665--703, 903--911
In Missouri.--Report of recorder and commissioners on ... 703--901
For the correction of a mistake in entering a ... 320
To make good a deficiency in a fractional ... 339
To correct error in the entry of a quarter section in Indiana ... 333
For a grant to aid in constructing Mad River and Lake Erie railroad ... 949
Same for a canal or railroad from Lawrenceburg to St. Joseph's river ... 950
Same for construction of a railroad from Jacksonville to Gulf of Mexico ... 962
Same of Florida, Alabama and Georgia railroad ... 963
(See Lands.)
For district of Jackson Court-House, in Mississippi.--Report of additional claimant ... 136
Relative to the compensation of register and receiver at St. Augustine, East Florida ... 168
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Register of claims to land in St. Helena district, Louisiana ... 221
Application of receiver at Detroit for extra compensation ... 363
Copy of report of register and receiver, St. Stephen's district, Alabama ... 430
Abstract from same relative to lands west of the Perdido. &c ... 490
Relative to directing registers to transcribe field-notes on back of patents ... 638
Relative to pre-emptions in Louisiana ... 651
At New Orleans.--Their report of claims in the southeastern district of Louisiana, and report from Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on same subject ... 665--703, 901
Relative to sales prior to organization of land offices, and to land stock surrendered, &c ... 488, 489
(See Treasury, Department of the.--Commissioner of the General Land Office.)
Relative to such in Alabama which have reverted to the United States for non-payment ... 16, 17, 384
For grant for a road from Chicago to the Wabash river ... 301
(See Roads.)
For grant of a million of acres for the improvement of navigable streams in Mississippi ... 377
For improvement of the Maumee river ... 383
For indemnity for improvements on White and Arkansas rivers ... 389
For a donation for a road from St. Joseph's river to Liberty, in Indiana ... 396
For a donation for improvement of Tennessee and others ... 902
Relative to locations and confirmations of grants to Indiana for a road from Lake Michigan to the Ohio river ... 253--258, 263, 264, 265, 308, 309
For a grant for a road from the Ohio river to Lake Erie ... 265
For a grant to Indiana for a road from Madison to Indianapolis ... 277
For a grant to Illinois for a road from Chicago to the Wabash river ... 301
For a grant to Indiana for certain roads from the Ohio river ... 317
For a grant to Ohio for a road from Gallipolis to Chilicothe ... 348
For a grant to Mississippi to aid in making roads ... 385
Relative to the claim of White and others for laying out a road in Michigan ... 393
For a donation to Indiana for a road from St. Joseph's river to Liberty ... 396
For a donation to Illinois for a road from Detroit to Chicago and Galena ... 606, 645
Canals.--Delaware and Chesapeake, Ohio and Chesapeake, Dismal Swamp, Louisville and Portland.
Roads.--Cumberland, Nashville, Natchez, Wheeling, Missouri, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, and Louisiana ... 29
Relative to the three per cent. fund from sales in certain States for the construction of ... 224
Statement of quantity of land granted for ... 586
In Illinois.--For like authority ... 263
In Illinois.--For additional grant and power to sell ... 277
In Arkansas.--For power to sell and apply proceeds to education of orphans and indigent children ... 319
In Indiana.--For permission to sell her ... 363
Number of acres appropriated for salines ... 448
Relative to saline reserve in Dearborn county, Indiana ... 469
Relative to salt springs in Indiana ... 491
Same, from Lawrenceburg to ... 950
Application of Arkansas to extend time for locating land under treaty with the Cherokee Indians for an exchange of school lands, &c ... 22, 23
Statements of money and land granted to the States for education, &c ... 25--30
For establishment of primary schools in Alabama and Mississippi ... 54, 660
For grants for male and female academies in Alabama ... 135, 903
For a grant in lieu of a section intended for schools in Mississippi ... 147, 152
For grants to deaf and dumb institutions ... 149, 352, 387
Respecting certain school lands in Indiana ... 155
In favor of a grant to Transylvania University ... 162, 340
In favor of distributing the proceeds of sales among the States and Territories for the purposes of education ... 163--166, 301, 614, 969
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Against expediency of making a donation of certain sections in 13th township and 7th range, in Steubenville district, in Ohio, for use of ... 185
Relative to certain town or village lots in St. Louis for the use of ... 188, 189
For grants in each county of Illinois for ... 290
For compensation to agents for selecting lands for a university in Arkansas ... 318
For power to sell the salines in Arkansas and apply proceeds to purposes of education ... 319
For authority to Florida to locate, in lieu of 16th sections for education ... 320
Same to Florida ... 321
For additional grants in the western reserve Indian lands, Ohio ... 331, 640
For donation to Jefferson College ... 422, 430
Number of acres appropriated for common ... 448, 477
For exchange of school lands in Illinois and Missouri ... 610, 636
For disposition of certain school lands in Tennessee ... 644
To provide Chickasaw townships with school lands ... 661
Amount granted to ... 663
For a grant to Indiana, in lieu of a 16th section for use of a college ... 919
For adjustment of all claims in West Florida, between the Mississippi and Perdido rivers, derived from ... 495, 502, 506
Extracts from Solorazano's "Politica Indiana" ... 556
Compendium of history of royal law of ... 928
Relative to lands in Missouri under grants from Spanish and French governments ... 300
Same in Alabama ... 326
Application of Arkansas in favor of purchasers under ... 329
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Communications from the governor and judges of the Territory of Michigan; memorial of the citizens of Detroit; report of Committee on Territories; explanations by Thomas Smith and John R. Williams ... 271--277
Relative to the expediency of providing by law for the settlement of all claims derived from Spain between the Mississippi and Perdido rivers, in West Florida--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
A, B, C, certificates of the commissioners for Pearl River districts; D, letter of Mr. Tacon to Mr. Van Buren, (translation;) E, draught of a bill ... 499--504
Relative to the three per cent. fund from sales, for the construction of roads and canals in certain ... 224
Appraised and estimated value of property conveyed to United States in payment of debts, &c., in the United ... 278--288
Estimate of the expense of surveys and statement of unsurveyed lands for 1831 in the several ... 294--298
Resolution of Alabama for cession to the States in which the lands lie ... 385
Reports from Committee on Manufactures and Public Lands (S.) on distributing the proceeds of sales among the several ... 441--451, 477, 478--487
Report from Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) relative to the sale to the States in which the lands lie ... 451--455
Resolution of Vermont for a division of the proceeds of the sales among the several ... 604
Memorial of Missouri for cession to the States in which the lands lie ... 612
Resolution of Pennsylvania, for same ... 614
Relative to the unsurveyed and refuse lands in the new ... 634
For the reduction and graduation of the price, application of Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and Alabama ... 640
Resolutions of Georgia against the distribution of the proceeds of the sales among the ... 951
Resolutions of Ohio for part of such proceeds for education ... 969
Amount granted to the several ... 663
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Statement and estimated quantity of surveyed lands, and amounts received from 1826 to 1831 ... 268
Estimate of the expense of surveys and statement of unsurveyed lands to January 1, 1831 ... 294--298
Relative to a map of the surveyed and unsurveyed lands ... 308
Relative to surveys of private confirmed claims in Florida ... 519--555
Relative to the expenses of the public ... 561--571
Relative to the system of surveys, &c., &c ... 577--601
Relative to the survey and sale of Pottawatomie lands in Indiana ... 606, 607
Statement of quantity surveyed within the last three years, embracing salaries and other expenses ... 607
For survey and sale of certain lands in Illinois ... 610
Relative to the unsurveyed and refuse lands in the new States ... 634
For a grant to Arkansas of lands returned unfit for survey ... 638
Same to Missouri of certain unsurveyed lands ... 639
Amount surveyed and unsold ... 663
Relative to a connexion of the surveys between Indiana and Illinois ... 913
Relative to progress of surveys of lands acquired from the Pottawatomie Indians ... 915
of the Virginia military district, in Ohio.--Statement of the ... 351
Relative to the office of surveyor south of Tennessee ... 378
Relative to the appointment of one for Louisiana ... 267
In Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas.--Relative to the expediency of dividing the office of ... 402--409
Relative to the principal deputy surveyors of Louisiana, and surveyor general south of Tennessee ... 513
Letters relative to the public surveys from ... 561--571
Relative to the business in the offices of ... 577--601
Relative to pre-emptions in Louisiana ... 650
Relative to purchases made by ... 664
Statement of quantity remaining unsold in ... 30, 32
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on the most equitable manner of disposing of the refuse lands in ... 128, 129
Appraised and estimated value of property conveyed to United States in payment of debts, &c., in ... 288
Relative to a cession of refuse lands in ... 353
Communication on same subject from representatives in Congress from ... 356
Relative to the condition of surveyor's office south of ... 378
Statistical details relative to her interests in the proceeds of the sales in ... 448, 451
Relative to removal of the office of surveyor general south of ... 513
Relative to the disposition of certain school lands in ... 644
(See States--Lands.)
Relative to claims founded on incomplete ... 673
Showing the operations of the land system and number of bounty land warrants issued during the year 1828--'29--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office.
A. Monthly returns and quarterly accounts of registers and receivers.
B. Exhibit of payments into the treasury, &c., &c.
C. Extracts from letters from Isaac T. Preston relative to the Bowie claims in Arkansas.
Report of the proceedings of the bounty land office for the year ending September 30, 1829 ... 1--9
(See Commissioner of the General Land Office.)
Showing the quantity reverted to the United States in Alabama for non-payment, amounts forfeited, sold, prices, &c.--
DOCUMENT WITH:
Statement of the Commissioner of the General Land Office with respect to such lands in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Michigan ... 17, 18
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Showing the amount of money and land granted to the States for the purposes of education and the construction of roads and canals ... 25
Statement of land remaining unsold in the State of Tennessee--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Statement of the Commissioner of the General Land Office.
A, B. Letter from the Commissioner and answer of the secretary of state of Tennessee ... 31, 32
Communicating the final report of the register and receiver of the district of East Florida on private claims under the act of May 23, 1828 ... 55--121
Showing the quantity sold and amount of money received in each of the States and Territories during the years 1828--'29--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4. Tabular statements from the Commissioner of the General Land Office ... 157--159
Relative to certain lands sold in Florida as vacant lands and purchased by land officers ... 178
Relating to settlements on the public lands--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Copy of a letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with papers marked A, B, C, D, on the subject of the bill to grant pre-emption rights to settlers ... 186--188
Statement of lands appropriated by Congress to the several States for specific objects, showing the proceeds of the three per cent. fund to the year 1828 ... 189, 190
Showing the operations of the land system and the number of military bounty land warrants issued during the last year--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office.
A. Exhibit of the periods to which the returns of the registers and receivers have been rendered.
B. Exhibit in relation to the public lands to June 30, 1830.
C. Statement of the amount of forfeited land stock and amount received in payment under acts of May 23, 1828, and March 31, 1830.
D. Statement of the quantity sold at each of the offices from July 1, 1820, to December 31, 1829.
E. Estimate of the private claims confirmed by the laws of the United States.
F. Statement in relation to the indexing of the private claims.
Report from the bounty land office for the year ending September 30, 1830, for services rendered during the revolutionary war.
Abstract of the number of warrants issued for the year ending September 30, 1830 ... 191--201
Statement of the quantity sold, rate per acre, and amount received from sales in 1829--'30 ... 219
Relative to the three per cent. fund from sales for the construction of roads and canals in certain States ... 224
Relative to sales at the Crawfordsville office, in Indiana, for a road from Lake Michigan to the Ohio river ... 264, 265, 266
Transmitting report from the Solicitor of the Treasury of lands and other property which have been assessed, set off, or conveyed to the United States for payment of debts, their appraised and present estimated value, &c ... 218--288
Transmitting copy of correspondence relative to the sales at New Orleans in November, 1830, and copy of the record of sales--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Copy of letters of Hon. E. D. White; of principal deputy surveyor; tabular returns from office of Commissioner of General Land Office ... 290--294
Relative to a map of the surveyed and unsurveyed lands ... 308
Relative to instructions of the proof in support of donation claims in Arkansas--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Letters from Commissioner of General Land Office; register and receiver at Batesville, Arkansas Territory ... 358--360
Relative to amount of discounts allowed on balances due by purchasers in several States ... 394
Receipts and expenditures of the land offices for the year 1831 ... 410
Copy of report of register and receiver of St. Stephen's district, in Alabama ... 430
Statements of quantity unsold; quantity granted for internal improvements, education, &c.; amount paid for title; expenses incurred; and amount received for land sold, ... 448--451
Relative to military and forfeited land scrip ... 473, 489
Statement of quantity sold, and receipts therefrom to the close of the year 1831--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Sales in the several States; special sales prior to organization of land offices, amount of forfeited land stock and military scrip; amount of Mississippi land stock surrendered, ... 487--489
Relative to deducting certain expenditures in calculating the net proceeds of sales ... 509
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Relative to the survey and sale of the public lands--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
A. Average amount appropriated and expended.
B. Quantity offered for sale.
C. Aggregate quantity remaining unsold and subject to private entry ... 602--604
Statement of the amount of expenditures on account of lands in the last three years ... 607
Relative to the Wabash and Erie canal ... 658
Amounts sold, and net proceeds; surveyed and unsold lands; granted to States and Territories, and granted in bounties, donations, and schools ... 662--664
Relative to claims in the southeastern district of Louisiana--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Communications from Commissioner of General Land Office; reports of register and receiver at New Orleans ... 665--703
Relative to a connexion of the surveys with the line of demarcation between Indiana and Illinois--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
A. Report from Commissioner of Public Lands.
B. Extract from a letter from the surveyor general of Ohio, &c ... 913--915
Relative to the sufficiency of the provision for the satisfaction of revolutionary bounty land warrants--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
1. Report from Commissioner of General Land Office.
2. Letter from register of Virginia land office.
3. Letter from agent of Virginia ... 916, 917
Statement of suspended patents for land sold in Arkansas--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Communications of Commissioner of General Land Office.
A. Statement for Little Rock district.
B. Statement for Batesville district ... 944--948
Report of register and receiver of St. Stephen's district, Alabama ... 958
Payments on account of Louisiana and Florida ... 449
Resolution of assembly and council for a division of the proceeds of sales among the several States ... 604
Application by citizens of Alabama, and report from Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) for pre-emption to lands granted for the encouragement of the cultivation of the ... 372
Report from Committee on Public Lands relative to issuing scrip for unlocated warrants granted by the State to her revolutionary officers and soldiers--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Statements from the land office of the quantity granted by Virginia; quantity located in Kentucky and Ohio; value of vacant lands, &c., &c.; quantity of unsatisfied outstanding warrants, &c.; letter from J. B. Mason ... 365, 367
Documents relating to scrip issued to satisfy Virginia military warrants ... 397--401
Statistical details relative to her interests in the proceeds of sales ... 448, 451
Statement of amounts granted and money paid in satisfaction of Virginia land claims ... 469
Relative to provision to satisfy revolutionary bounty land warrants ... 916
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Relative to the title to the Pea Patch island, in the Delaware, and value of the property--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
Statements of Messrs. Rodney & Reed; opinions of district attorneys and Attorney General; letter from the Solicitor of the Treasury ... 432--441
Reports from the bounty land office for 1829--'30--'31--'32--'33 ... 1, 191, 310, 511, 615
Relative to revolutionary officers entitled to military bounty lands ... 576
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