U.S. Huntsville Land Office - Receivers' cash journal, 1820-1834.

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U.S. Huntsville Land Office - Receivers' cash journal, 1820-1834.

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District land office Receivers were responsible for all financial transactions relating to the sale of public lands. Receivers' cash journals provide a record of all cash transactions. Chronologically arranged, there is a separate entry for each transaction. Within each entry the following information has been recorded - name and residence of the buyer, location of the tract, total number of acres, price per acre, receipt number, and the total amount received. These records document the business aspects of public land sales and the work of the Receiver of Public Monies.

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama. Secretary of State. Lands Division.

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United States. Huntsville Land Office

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Authorities: Barefield, Marilyn Davis. "Old Huntsville Land Office Records and Military Warrants, 1810-1854." Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1985. Bush, Evelyn. "United States Land Offices in Alabama, 1803-1879." Alabama Historical Quarterly 17 (1955): 146-153. The land office later known as the Huntsville Land Office was created by an act of 1807 Mar. 3 and was established at Nashville, Tenn. on 1810 July 27. The office was moved to Twi...

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 ...