Administrative files of the land agent, 1817-1845.

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Administrative files of the land agent, 1817-1845.

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Under successive authorizations, the Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands (1783-1801) and the Land Office were the agencies with responsibility for the management and sale of public lands in the District of Maine, and after its separation as a state in 1819 until 1861. From 1817 the Land Office was administered by three commissioners (Resolves 1815, c 131 (1816)), succeeded in 1820 by their clerk, George W. Coffin (Resolves 1820, c 24), who served as land agent until 1851. Series was created to document and administer the various responsibilities of the commissioners/land agent.

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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...

Coffin, George W.

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