U.S. Elba Land Office - Receivers' quarterly account books, 1854-1861.

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U.S. Elba Land Office - Receivers' quarterly account books, 1854-1861.

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District land office Receivers were responsible for all financial transactions relating to the sale of public lands. They were required to submit quarterly accounts to the General Land Office for examination. In these volumes the Receiver would record quarterly totals of credits and debits. Credits would list acres sold and the amount received. Included was a chronological listing of all sales with the following information: date of purchase, receipt number, purchaser's name, location of the tract, number of acres purchased, price per acre, how the payment was made (amount in forfeited livestock, amount in military script, amount of purchase money), and notes. Debits listed necessary expenses such as salaries, commissions, postage, etc. These account books document the business aspects of public land sales and provide information on purchasers.

3 volumes.

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama. Secretary of State. Lands Division.

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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 ...

United States. Elba Land Office

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Authorities: Bush, Evelyn. "United States Land Offices in Alabama, 1803-1879." Alabama Historical Quarterly 17 (1955): 146-153. Hahn, Marilyn Davis. "Old Sparta and Elba Land Office Records and Military Warrants, 1822-1860." Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1983. The Sparta Land Office was created by an act of 1820 May 11 to be to located at Conecuh County Courthouse. This land was previously administered by the Cahaba Land Office and incl...