U.S. St. Stephen's Land Office - Receiver's list of land affected by the Relief Act of 1821, 1821.

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U.S. St. Stephen's Land Office - Receiver's list of land affected by the Relief Act of 1821, 1821.

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The Relief Act of 1821 allowed a debtor to give up part of his land to complete payment on the rest or to extend the time of credit. District land office Receivers kept a list of land affected by the act. Arranged by date, each entry contains the name of the purchaser, the receipt number, the location of land relinquished, the location of land fully paid and not relinquished and the location of lands on further credit. These records document the administration of the Relief Act of 1821 and illustrate the difficulties settlers encountered attempting to obtain and keep land.

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Alabama. Secretary of State. Lands Division.

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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...