U.S. Cahaba Land Office - Receivers' monthly account book, 1847-1853.

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U.S. Cahaba Land Office - Receivers' monthly account book, 1847-1853.

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District land office Receivers were responsible for all financial transactions relating to the sale of public land. This volume contains the monthly accounts the Register kept with the U.S. Land Office. In ledger form, the accounts summarize the expenses of the land office, such as supplies and salaries, and amounts received in gold and silver for public land sales. These records document the business aspects of public land sales and the work of the Receiver of Public Monies.

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Alabama. Secretary of State. Lands Division.

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United States. Cahaba Land Office

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Authorities: Brannon, Peter. "Through the Years: United States Land Offices in Alabama." Montgomery Advertiser, 1936 July 26. Bush, Evelyn. "United States Land Offices in Alabama, 1803-1879." Alabama Historical Quarterly 17 (1955): 146-153. A land office to administer land in the southeastern portion of the Miss. Territory was created by an act of 1815 Mar. 3. The first office opened in Milledgeville, Ga. on 1817 Aug. 4. On 1818 Oct. 20 an office ...

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 ...