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Abstract of land claims
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Abstract of valid land claims : comp. from the records of the General land office and Court of claims, of the state of Texas
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An act to encourage the construction of railroads in Texas, by donations of lands
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249011
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Report of the commissioner of the General land office of the state of Texas, for the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 1876
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Land claim of Edward Potter
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The manuscript describes the boundaries of the land claim of Edward Potter near Los Angeles. The claim was made before Judge K. H. Limmish, who also signed the item. The land bordered a ranch belonging to Lewis Granger, who was then District Attorney.
mssHM 69817
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Report on land claim No. 103
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters (including 1 letter book), manuscripts (including 50 diaries), documents (including 55 account books, 12 cash books, and 5 miscellaneous volumes), and photographs related to the lives and activities of various Janin family members and the extended Janin-Blair-Jesup-Croghan families. Subject matter in the collection includes: politics and government in Washington, D.C., and Louisiana; society and customs in Washington, D.C., and New Orleans; Blair House (Washington, D.C.); land titles in Indiana Territory, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Missouri; the Ocean Canal and Transportation Company, which ran from Louisiana to St. Louis; the history of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, from the time of purchase by John Croghan in 1839 until 1932, when it became a national park (at which time Violet Blair Janin was the primary owner); and mining in Australia. Persons represented in the collection include: James Lawrence Blair, Mary Jesup Blair, Violet Blair Janin, John Croghan, William Croghan, Albert Covington Janin, Louis Janin, Julia Clark Jesup, Thomas Sidney Jesup, George M. Wheeler, and Lucy James Blair Wheeler. Organizations represented in the collection (with which Violet Blair Janin was affiliated) include: Daughters of the American Revolution, National Association Opposed to Woman's Suffrage, National Cathedral Association, National Society of Children of the American Revolution, and the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America.
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Abstract of title of land in Etiwanda, California
Manuscripts
Also 11 land patents.
mssHM 29319