Receiver's and Register's correspondence with the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1816-1876.

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Receiver's and Register's correspondence with the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1816-1876.

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Incoming correspondence from the General Land Office Commissioner concerns receipts and patent issuances; preemption claims; Receiver's and Register's account receipt; lead mines; relinquished and forfeited tracts; military bounty land warrants; and district office general operations. After August 8, 1855, correspondence concerns land formerly within the Edwardsville district but received and filed by the Springfield Land District Office.

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