U.S. St. Stephen's Land Office - register of receipts taken from individuals for land adjudged not for sale, 1818-1823.

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U.S. St. Stephen's Land Office - register of receipts taken from individuals for land adjudged not for sale, 1818-1823.

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U.S. District Land Office Registers kept records of public lands offered for sale, those sold and other matters relating to the sale of public lands. This volume is labeled "register of receipts taken from individuals by William Crawford, receiver of P.A. at St. Stephens, on account of monies returned in consequences of land applied for being adjudged not for sale and all money entered of the current expenses of this." Each entry contains the date, the receipt number, purchaser's name and county of residence, amount of commission, amount repaid and notes. This volume documents the complexities of public land sales and the problems associated with determining which lands could be offered for sale.

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Alabama. Secretary of State. Lands Division.

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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...

Crawford, William, 1788-1847

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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 ...