Land grant to Jonah Bartoe for 160 acres of land in Illinois : Washington, 1817 Oct 6.

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Land grant to Jonah Bartoe for 160 acres of land in Illinois : Washington, 1817 Oct 6.

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Document, signed by James Monroe, President, and Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the Land Office, with seal affixed. On the verso is written in the autograph of Eliphalet St. John, Justice of the Peace, the Conveyance of the land mentioned in the document above to Jared Ayres, signed and sealed by Jonah Bartoe, with two statements concerning Jonah Bartoe signed by Eliphalet St. John, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn., March 3, 1818.

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St. John, Eliphalet.

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Monroe, James, 1758-1831

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Bartoe, Jonah.

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Meigs, Josiah, 1757-1822

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Josiah Meigs, the first president of what became the University of Georgia, was appointed by James Madison in 1814 to be commissioner of the General Land Office. From the description of Letter, dated 24 February 1820, to Thos. Freeman and John Coffee. (University of Tennessee). WorldCat record id: 54993383 ...

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