U.S. St. Stephen's Land Office - Receivers' cash journals, 1817-1838.

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U.S. St. Stephen's Land Office - Receivers' cash journals, 1817-1838.

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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. The 1821-1838 volume also contains a letter from the Receiver to the Commissioner General's Office about the conduct of a land sale held on 1837 Oct. 9.

4 volumes.

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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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...

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 ...