U.S. Demopolis Land Office - Registers' letterbook and correspondence, 1833-1860.

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U.S. Demopolis Land Office - Registers' letterbook and correspondence, 1833-1860.

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This series consists of a letterbook containing copies of outgoing letters from the Demopolis Land Office Register a letterbook of correspondence from the General Land Office and a folder of correspondence. Letters are addressed to and from the U.S. Land Office, other district land office officials and individuals. Some of the letters are routine in nature discussing office procedures, while others discuss land claims and disputes. Included are letters of Registers A.I. Crawford, Thomas P. Simpson, L.B. McCarty and Edward A. Taylor. These records document the work of district land office Registers.

2.2 cubic ft. (1 records center carton, 2 archives boxes, 1 folder and 1 volume).

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 6692253

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama. Secretary of State. Lands Division.

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Taylor, Edward A.

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United States. Demopolis Land Office

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Authority: Bush, Evelyn. "United States Land Offices in Alabama, 1803-1879." Alabama Historical Quarterly 17 (1955): 146-153. The Demopolis Land Office was established by an act of 1833 Mar. 2 and began operation on 1833 July 15. It was formed out of the western part of the Cahaba and the northern part of the St. Stephens land districts. The Demopolis Land Office was moved to Montgomery on 1866 Mar. 30. From the description of Agency history recor...

Crawford, A.I.

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McCarty, L.B.

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Simpson, Thomas, Mrs.

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United States. General Land Office

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Under regulations approved on March 20, 1915, tracts set aside as villa sites under the provisions of an act of April 12, 1910, within the former Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, were offered for sale at public auction, beginning at Polson, Montana, on July 26, 1915. The sale was adjourned to Dayton, Montana, on August 6 and concluded at Kalispell, Montana, on August 7, 1915. There were 889 parcels of land, not less than 2 nor more than 5 acres in area, fronting on Flathead Lake, and under ...