Land sales receipts, 1830-1842.

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Land sales receipts, 1830-1842.

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Land sale receipts issued to tract purchasers by Illinois and Michigan Canal officials (1830-1843) record receipt number; sale date; purchaser name; tract legal description; price per acre; and total purchase price.

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Illinois State Archive

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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...