Records of the Lands and Railroads Division.

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United States. Dept. of the Interior. Office of the Secretary. Records of the Lands and Railroads Division.

Records of the Lands and Railroads Division.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122516119

Records of the Division include letters sent and received and related records in numerous series, 1849-1907, with indexes, 1881-1905, and register; railroad packages, 1849-1901, arranged by name of land-grant railroad; records of timber trespasses and fraudulent land entries, 1887-1901; letters and reports received from land inspectors, 1891-1907; and records concerning the settlement of Oklahoma,1889-92. Letters sent relating to boundary surveys, the Engineer Office, Pacific railroads, land-grant railroads and wagon roads, and inspectors, 1849-1907. General records, 1849-1907, include histories of bills and joint resolutions of Congress, 1899-1907, appeal books, 1859-1907, decisions of the Secretary of the Interior, 1849-55, opinions of the Assistant Attorney General for the Department, 1886-1901, and account books of "Oklahoma town lot fund,"1901-7. Records relating to Des Moines River Land claims, 1895-99, claims submitted, 1895-1906, letters sent, 1896-1900, and action and award books, 1896-1904. Records concerning wagon roads, 1856-87, include letters received, accounts and other records, 1856-87, with a register of letters received, 1857-67; letters sent, 1857-71; and copies of letters sent concerning boundary surveys, 1857-63 and 1865-71. There are also records concerning reclamation, 1889-1907, with an index to correspondence, 1906-7, and "miscellaneous projects" records, 1901-7.

570 linear ft.

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