Grundy County field notes and surveys, 1863-1881.

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Grundy County field notes and surveys, 1863-1881.

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Field notes and land surveys were compiled by Artemus J. Mathewson, a civil engineer and surveyor, who surveyed much of the land sold by the Illinois and Michigan Canal. The surveys, arranged by legal description detail survey acreage and land ownership; survey number; topographical features; and railroad passage through the tract.

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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...

Mathewson, Artemus J.

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