U.S. Tuscaloosa Land Office - Receivers' letterbook, 1851-1861.

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U.S. Tuscaloosa Land Office - Receivers' letterbook, 1851-1861.

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District land office Receivers were responsible for all finanical transactions relating to the sale of public land. This letterbook contains copies of letters from Tuscaloosa Receivers to the U.S. Land Office and U.S. Treasury. Some of the letters are routine in nature, but also included are estimated quarterly expenses and an 1856 list of property belonging to the Tuscaloosa Receiver's office. This letterbook documents the work of the district land office Receivers Thomas I. Burke, Marmaduke Slade and James W. Warren.

1 volume.

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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