Land patent to Robert C. Briggs : DS, 1864 Sept. 15.

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Land patent to Robert C. Briggs : DS, 1864 Sept. 15.

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Deed for the sale of 80 acres of public land in Marysville, Calif., to Robert C. Briggs, of Yolo County, Calif. The document is signed by President Abraham Lincoln, Secretary Edward D. Neill, and M. Granger, Recorder of the General Land Office. A stamp on the reverse side of the document indicates that the certificate was recorded in Yolo County on Mar. 17, 1886, and signed by A.J. Atchinson, Recorder.

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