Document: Edwardsville, [Ill.], 1820 Feb. 24.

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Document: Edwardsville, [Ill.], 1820 Feb. 24.

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Deed signed by Coles as register of the land office at Edwardsville, Illinois. Several transfers of ownership are recorded on the document.

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United States. Edwardsville Land Office.

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The Edwardsville Land District Office (1816-1855), created by a Congressional act on April 29, 1816, was originally assigned all Kaskaskia District land north of the third principal meridan baseline. District boundaries changed when the newly created Springfield land office (1822) assumed jurisdiction over all land north of the separation line between townships thirteen and fourteen, and when a Congressional act (March 2, 1833) transferred additional district land to the Quincy and Vandalia Dist...

Coles, Edward, 1786-1868

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Edward Coles was born on December 15, 1786 into one of the oldest Virginia families. When he inherited his family's estate in 1808, Coles felt somewhat conflicted about slavery. After serving as President James Madison's private secretary from 1809-1815, Coles purchased land in Illinois with the intention of eventually moving his estate west. In 1816 Madison sent Coles to Russia for diplomatic purposes, and Coles spent the next two years traveling in Europe. When he returned to the United States...