George Graham papers, 1818-1824.

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George Graham papers, 1818-1824.

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Three letters of Jean Laffite written from Galveston, Tex., to Graham explaining Laffite's motives in seizing the port of Galveston and informing Graham that Pierre Laffite would give him verbal information concerning operations of the Spanish (1818). Also included are a commission from President James Monroe appointing Graham as Commissioner of the General Land Office (1823) and a letter of John Q. Adams, Secretary of State, transmitting the commission to Graham (1824).

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Laffite, Pierre, -1826?

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Laffite, Jean

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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 ...

Graham, George, 1770-1830

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George Graham was born in Dumfries, Va., about 1772, and died in Washington in August, 1830. He graduated from Columbia College in 1790 and studied law. During the War of 1812 he commanded the "Fairfax Light-Horse." During the last two years of Madison's administration and until relieved by Calhoun, he was acting secretary of war. In 1818 he inspected General Lallemande's colonists at Orscaquies Bluffs on Trinity River and induced them to submit to the authority of the United States. He became p...