Land grant : to Samuel Steel, 1819 January 4.

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Land grant : to Samuel Steel, 1819 January 4.

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Land grant to Samuel Steele for one thousand acres in Missouri. Grant given under law granting land to former members of the Army of the United States. Steele served in O'Fallon's Company of Riflemen. Signed by President James Monroe and Commissioner of the General Land Office, Josiah Meigs.

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Meigs, Josiah, 1757-1822

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Josiah Meigs, the first president of what became the University of Georgia, was appointed by James Madison in 1814 to be commissioner of the General Land Office. From the description of Letter, dated 24 February 1820, to Thos. Freeman and John Coffee. (University of Tennessee). WorldCat record id: 54993383 ...

O'Fallon's Company of Riflemen.

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Monroe, James, 1758-1831

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James Monroe, fifth president of the United States of America (b. April 28, 1758, Monroe Hall, Virginia-d. July 4, 1831, New York, New York) fought with distinction in the Continental Army, and he practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a young politician, he joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, an advocate of Jeffersonian policies, he was elected United States Senator. As Minister to France in 1794-1796, Monroe showed strong ...