Register of field notes of boundary lines and subdivisions of townships, ca. 1804-1839.

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Register of field notes of boundary lines and subdivisions of townships, ca. 1804-1839.

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Register serves as an index to boundary line and subdivision surveys and contains township legal descriptions; survey dates; surveyor names; and original field book numbers in which survey field notes were contained. Also included is an original field book number list; and the FEDERAL LAND SURVEYORS' FIELD NOTES (RS 953.005) volume number.

ledgers 2 volumes.

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Federal land surveys in Illinois were authorized by Congressional act (March 26, 1804), when the U. S. Surveyor General was given jurisdiction over all public land north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi Rivers. Surveys began in the western Vincennes Tract (1804) and southern Illinois (1806), then proceeded northward; covering all but most northern Illinois by 1831. When the Illinois surveys began, the Surveyor General was an independent officer under the President's direct su...