U.S. St. Stephen's Land District - Receivers' daybooks, 1800-1821.

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U.S. St. Stephen's Land District - Receivers' daybooks, 1800-1821.

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Receiver's daybooks record the daily financial transactions of the Receiver of Public Monies. Each single-entry transaction refers to a corresponding ledger or journal through numbers in the left column. The type of transaction is recorded with totals in the right column and at the bottom of each page. Generally each transaction relates to sales of public lands and includes information such as the name of the buyer, total amount received, total acreage, price per acre and total price. Sometimes the location of the land and receipt number are also included. These records document the daily activity of the Receiver and the total amount of money received at the district land office.

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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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...