Report concerning lands mortgaged by Leonard Jarvis, 1818.

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Report concerning lands mortgaged by Leonard Jarvis, 1818.

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Under successive authorizations, the Land Office oversaw the management and sale of public lands in Maine for the Commonwealth during the first half of the 19th century. As a part of this function, the office administered and recorded the settlement of disputed claims. This series consists of a report made by George Herbert, an agent appointed by the governor in 1815 to investigate the disposition of a tract of public lands in Maine mortgaged by the late Leonard Jarvis earlier in the century. Since then settlers had occupied lots in this tract, resulting in a variety of claims.

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Massachusetts. Land Office

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The abolition of the Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands did not signify a lack of interest in the development of Maine lands on the part of the Commonwealth. When the committee was abolished in June 1801, the General Court authorized the appointment of two land agents (Resolves 1801, c 46), who were directed to complete all contracts undertaken by the original committee, and to perform all other duties characteristic of it. With this action the legislature gave form to a land a...

Jarvis, Leonard, fl. 1799-1801.

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Herbert, George, 1814-1902

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