Letters received by the Surveyor General of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, 1797-1856, Rolls 1-6 [microform], 1797-1817.

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Letters received by the Surveyor General of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, 1797-1856, Rolls 1-6 [microform], 1797-1817.

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Six microfilm reels of letters received by the Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory, 1797-1817, from the Secretary of the Treasury, the Commissioner of the General Land Office, the Secretary of the Interior, and other government officials and private individuals. The reels form reels 1-6 of the 43-reel National Archives Microfilm Publications Microcopy No. 479, taken from National Archives Record Group 49, Records of the Bureau of Land Management.

6 reels microfilm : 35 mm.

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