United States, General Land Office
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United States, General Land Office
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United States
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General Land Office
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- Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, had the bill entitled "An Act To Appropriate, for a Limited Time, the Proceeds of the Sales of the Public Lands of the United States, and for Granting Land to Certain States," become a law. January 17, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed
- Report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, relative to a quarter section of land purchased by Henry Case, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 21st instant. April 24, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
- Legislative, Judicial, and Executive expenses. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 711.) Sundry letters from heads of departments, with other papers, to accompany Bill H.R. No. 711. December 23, 1858. -- Ordered to be printed
- John F. Carmichael. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting a report of the Register and Receiver of the Land Office at Washington, Mississippi, on the claims to land of John F. Carmichael. December 5, 1828. -- Read, and laid upon the table
- Mineral resources of Nevada Territory. Letter from J.P. Usher, Acting Secretary of the Interior, in answer to resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th ultimo, in regard to the mineral resources of Nevada Territory. January 6, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed
- Geology and water resources of the Mud Lake region, Idaho, including the Island Park area, by Harold T. Stearns, Lester L. Bryan, and Lynn Crandall
- Report of the Secretary of the Interior submitting a report and estimate, under the seventh section of the act of 18th August, 1856, relative to clerk hire and office expenses of the district land offices. April 13, 1860. -- Read, motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. April 17, 1860. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number submitted, considered, and agreed to
- Lands ceded to the United States, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th of July last, a communication from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in relation to lands ceded to the United States, the quantity surveyed, &c. December 29, 1838. Referred to a select committee, to consist of one member from each state
- Land district -- south of Tennessee. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, in relation to the survey of the public lands south of Tennessee. February 2, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands
- Locations of land. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, relative to locations of land by the State of Missouri, &c. January 30, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table
- Depredations on timber lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, relative to depredations committed on timber situated upon the public lands, and the appointment of agents. June 29, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
- Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with statement of the q[u]antity of public land secured by claimants under acts of Congress granting pre-emptions, &c. May 14, 1836. -- Read. May 19, 1836. -- Ordered to be printed
- Manual of instructions for the survey of the public lands of the United States, prepared and published under the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office
- Colton's new sectional map of the western and southern portions of Florida, from the surveys of the U.S. Land Office, the U.S. Coast Survey and other original sources
- Document to accompany Senate Bill No. 26, to revive the act authorizing certain soldiers of the late war to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu thereof, and for other purposes. January 10, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives
- Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of February 28, 1845, with respect to suspended pre-emption land claims in Louisiana. December 9, 1845. -- Read. December 30, 1845. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed
- Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of March 26, 1872, information in relation to the lands in Louisiana granted to said state in aid of the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad. April 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed
- Levees -- Mississippi, and other rivers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the subject of constructing levees on the Mississippi, Red, Arkansas, and Missouri rivers. December 16, 1835. (Read, and laid upon the table.)
- E.A. Deslonde, receiver of public moneys at Nebraska City. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the account of E.A. Deslonde for clerk hire, &c. January 25, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed
- Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting reports of the land commissioners at Jackson Court House. November 17, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States
- In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 492.) Letters from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in reference to certain private land claims in the Territory of New Mexico. February 6, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed
- Estimated surface of territories north and south of 36 degrees 30 minutes. Tabular statement from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, showing the estimated surface of the territories of the United States north and west of the regularly organized states of the Union, and the portions of territory thereof north and south of the parallel of 36 degrees 30 minutes north latitude. July 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Territories, and ordered to be printed
- Private land claim of Anna M. Clark, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office on the private land claim of Anna M. Clark, of Florida. December 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed
- Virginia Military District, Ohio. (To accompany Bill H.R. 692.) Letter to Hon. Thomas Ruffin, of the House "Committee on Public Lands," March 22, 1858, in relation to Virginia Military District, Ohio. December 23, 1858. -- Ordered to be printed
- Private land claims -- Florida. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report (final) on private land claims in East Florida. January 15, 1830. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. February 5, 1830. -- Printed by order of the House of Representatives
- Cancellations of permits, &c. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting a report, showing what cancellations of permits, issued under the act for the occupation of the Florida peninsula, have been ordered by him ; the dates and other particulars of said permits ; and the grounds upon which they were cancelled, &c. January 23, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table
- Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) information in relation to the claim to land in the State of Louisiana, called the "Houmas claim." January 13, 1845. Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed
- Message from the President of the United States, communicating (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) information relative to reservations of mineral lands in the State of Illinois. February 28, 1845. Read, and ordered to be printed
- Land districts in Washington Territory. (To accompany Bill S. 375.) Sundry letters from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in reference to the creating of additional land district in the Territory of Washington. January 18, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed
- Report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with reports from the Register and Receiver of the Land Office for the District of Jackson Court-house, under the law for the adjustment of land claims in the State of Mississippi. February 18, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to be printed
- Private land claims in Missouri. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting the report of the Commissioners to Settle Private Land Claims in the State of Missouri, &c. December 16, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table
- Report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, showing the quantity of public land surveyed in each state since 1826, the quantity of land surveyed and not brought into market, and the amount received for sales made. February 9, 1831. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
- Estimate -- disposition of the public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting an estimate of amount required to enable the Department to furnish a tabular statement of the disposition of the public lands. February 28, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means
- The Louisiana Purchase and our title west of the Rocky Mountains, with a review of annexation by the United States, by Binger Hermann, Commissioner of the General Land Office
- Fraud in the resale of public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th instant, in relation to legislative provision to guard the public interest against the fraudulent combinations of individuals in the resale of relinquished lands, &c. &c. &c. March 17, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands
- Report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, on the subject of unconfirmed land claims in the State of Missouri. January 3, 1832. Read, and ordered to be printed
- Private confirmed land claims -- Florida. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of private confirmed land claims in Florida, rendered in obedience to a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th ultimo. January 4, 1833. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands
- New Mexico -- private land claim of the heirs of Luis Maria C. de Baca. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting documents in relation to the private land claim of the heirs of Luis Maria C. de Baca. February 6, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed
- Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, what portions of the public lands have been subject to entry at private sale for five years and upwards. January 8, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed
- Area of each state and territory, and extent of public domain remaining in each, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a statement exhibiting the area of each state and territory, &c. March 21, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed
- Ephemeris of the sun, Polaris and other selected stars, with companion data and tables for the year ..., United States Department of the Interior, General Land Office
- Colton's new sectional map of the eastern portion of Florida, from the surveys of the U.S. Land Office, the U.S. Coast Survey and other original sources
- Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the President's message of the 14th ult. upon the subject of certain lands in the State of Ohio, situate[d] between Roberts' and Ludlow's lines, with a bill to provide for the relinquishment of certain claims to land sold by the United States in the State of Ohio. January 21, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow
- New Mexico -- certain land claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating supplemental reports from the Surveyor General of New Mexico in regard to certain land claims in that territory. January 16, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed
- Protection and administration of forest reserves. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of appropriation for protection and administration of forest reserves. January 10, 1902. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed
- In Senate of the United States, February 2, 1832. Mr. King, Chairman of the Committee on Public Lands, laid on the table the following document relating to the "Bill to Establish the Number of Clerks, and Fix Their Compensation, in the General Land Office," and it was ordered to be printed ..
- Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, upon the subject of reducing the number of land offices, &c. January 12, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands
- Message from the President of the United States, communicating (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) copies of the proceedings in the case of the inquiry into the official conduct of Silas Reed, principal surveyor of Missouri and Illinois. February 7, 1845. Read, and ordered to be printed
- Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in answer to the resolution of the Senate, of 22d January, 1847. April 11, 1848. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. May 3, 1848. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 1,500 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate
- New Mexico -- private land claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating documents in relation to private land claims in New Mexico. February 10, 1860. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed
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- Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office,, transmitting a document showing what reservations of public lands in Florida have been made, & c. January 23, 1844., Read, and laid upon the table
- Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office transmitting a document exhibiting the name of individuals who have made actual settlement and armed occupation thereof., January 23, 1844. Red, and laid upon the table
- State of Florida, compiled from the official Records of the General Land Office and other sources by C. Roeser, Principal Draughtsman, General Land Office, Department of the Interior
- The Louisiana Purchase, by Frank Bond
- War of 1812 bounty lands in Illinois, with an introduction by James D. Walker ; indexed by Lowell M. Volkel
- Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office transmitting a report showing what cancellations of permits issued under the act for the occupation of the Florida peninsula, have been ordered by him;, the dates and other particulars of said permits, and the grounds upon which they were cancelled. January 23, 1844., Read, and laid upon the table
- Map of the State of Florida showing the progress of the surveys accompanying annual report of Commissioner Genl. Land Office
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