U.S. St. Stephen's Land Office - Register's letterbook, 1826.

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U.S. St. Stephen's Land Office - Register's letterbook, 1826.

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J.B. Hazard served as Register of the St. Stephen's Land Office from 1826 May 4 to 1835 Aug. 23. This series consists of copies of letters sent by Register Hazard to the U.S. General Land Office in Washington, D.C., to various other district land office officials, and to purchasers of land in his land district, 1826 Sept. - Dec. Topics discussed include private land claims, surveys, laws regarding land sales and Hazard's bond of office. These records reveal the inner workings of the office of Register at St. Stephen's.

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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 ...