U.S. St. Stephen's Land Office - Receivers' monthly accounts, 1824-1844.

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U.S. St. Stephen's Land Office - Receivers' monthly accounts, 1824-1844.

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District land office Receivers were responsible for all financial transactions relating to the sale of public lands. In these volumes are recorded the monthly accounts the Receiver kept with the U.S. Land Office. In journal form, the accounts record payment of salary and commissions to the Receiver, Register and other local officials and payments for supplies. Credits of the total amount collected by the Receiver each month are recorded, as is the amount deposited in local banks. These volumes include the accounts of Receivers George Conway, Thomas J. Wilkinson and E.H. Gordy. The 1824-1828 volume also contains accounts relating to the settlement of the estate of George Conway, 1826 June - 1828 Feb. 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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Conway, George, d.1826.

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Wilkinson, Thomas J.

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Gordy, E.H.

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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. St. Stephen's 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 St. Stephens Land Office was created by an act of Congress on 1803 Mar. 3 to administer part of the Land District East of the Pearl River. The office opened in 1811 Sept. and was moved to Mobile in 1867. Though the boundaries administered by the office changed several times, the St. Stephens Land Office generally was responsible fo...