Record of appraised value of canal land, 1849.

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Record of appraised value of canal land, 1849.

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Volumes record unsold canal land appraised value (required under 1849 canal land sale regulations) for rural tracts and include tract legal description; acreage; and topographical descriptions (i.e., prairie; woodlands; scattered timber; good timber; good flat prairies; and moist prairie).

ledgers 3 volumes.

Illinois State Archive

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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...