List of lots and land conveyed to the trustees of the Illinois and Michigan Canal by the Governor, 1843-1848.

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List of lots and land conveyed to the trustees of the Illinois and Michigan Canal by the Governor, 1843-1848.

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List itemizes all lots and land conveyed by the Governor to the Illinois and Michigan Canal Trustees in accordance with a statute passed by the General Assembly on February 21, 1843, including conveyed property legal descriptions and remarks on sales made between 1845 and 1849.

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Illinois and Michigan Canal (Ill.)

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After the U.S. Congress granted nearly a hundred miles of public lands (between Lake Michigan and Illinois River headwaters) to the state of Illinois for canal construction (March 30, 1822), the General Assembly passed a canal bill (Feb. 14, 1923) establishing the Illinois and Michigan Canal Company. Following this company's failure, Congress donated Illinois land (March 2, 1827) "equal to one-half of five sections in width, on each side of the canal, reserving each alternate sectio...