Resurveys of private claims and concessions, ca. 1807-1877.

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Resurveys of private claims and concessions, ca. 1807-1877.

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Series 2 of RG 87-153 consists of resurveys of private claims and concessions, conducted in ca. 1807-1877. Many of the records herein were prepared by John Mullett and Joseph Fletcher. They provide information on name, date, coordinates, bearings, distances, acreages, claim numbers, nature of witness trees, and sometimes contain maps.

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Michigan. Dept. of Natural Resources. Real Estate Division.

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Greely, Aaron.

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Fletcher, Joseph, 1771-1843

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Mullett, John, 1786-1862

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John Mullett and his son, James H. Mullett, were government surveyors in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Arkansas. Born in Halifax, Vt., July 11, 1786; moved with father's family to Genesee Co., N.Y., ca. 1806; went to Buffalo, engaged in tailoring; moved with his family to Detroit, 1820; was appointed surveyor of government lands for aprox. 30 years, surveying large portions of Mich., Ill. and Indiana; one of founders of Detroit (Masonic ) Lodge) 1821; Grand ...