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Land grants

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Adah Roberts land patent

 Collection — Manuscript box 33 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065246773]
Identifier: 1238
Scope and content

Land patent issued by the United States General Land Office granting 160 acres to Adah Roberts, the sister and heir of Oliver Roberts, a private of the 25th Infantry Regiment in the War of 1812; a statement signed by J. M. Edmunds, Commissioner, certifying the copy of the Illinois Military Bound Land Patents.

Dates: 1818, 1866.

United States General Land Office land grants to New York State

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065173316]
Identifier: 7-2-96
Scope and content

Approximately 400 items including land grants giving plots of federal land in Wisconsin to New York State under the provisions of the Morrill Land Grant College Act, with Ezra Cornell acting as the state's assignee. The grants are signed by President Andrew Johnson among others.

Dates: 1867.