Manuscripts

Land grant to John Simpson :

Image not available

Description: Grant of land to John Simpson, former sergeant in the Seventh Regiment, per act of Congress granting land to the late Army of the United States. Grant for 160 acres in Arkansas. Signed by President James Monroe; also signed by Commissioner of the General Land Office Josiah Meigs.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1821 April 30.
Call number: mssHM 34004
Creator: United States(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Cornelia McKnight, April 1971.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Land grant to Robert N. Chadsey :

Manuscripts

Grant of land to Robert N. Chadsey, former private in the Seventh Regiment, per act of Congress granting land to the late Army of the United States. Grant for 160 acres in Illinois. Signed by President James Monroe; also signed by Commissioner of the General Land Office Josiah Meigs. Printed form, filled in by hand.

mssHM 49485

Image not available

Land grant to John Hedges :

Manuscripts

Grant of land to John Hedges, father and heir of John Hedges, deceased, former private in Quackenboss?'s 41st regiment, per act of Congress granting land to the late Army of the United States. Grant for 160 acres in Illinois. Signed by President James Monroe; also signed by Commissioner of the General Land Office Josiah Meigs. Printed form, filled in by hand.

mssHM 42366

Image not available

John J. Longstreth land grant certificate

Manuscripts

Land grant to John J. Longstreth for 160 acres in Lamar, Colorado.

mssHM 84234

Image not available

Dakota Territory land grant to Aad T. Hamre

Manuscripts

Letters patent to Norwegian immigrant Aad T. Hamre, granting him 160 acres of land in the sales district of Sioux Falls, Dakota Territory. Signed in secretarial hand for President Rutherford B. Hayes; also signed by Secretary William H. Crook and by S.W. Clark, recorder of the General Land Office. Printed form, filled in.

mssHM 74610

Image not available

Land grant to the heirs of Abraham Kirkpatrick :

Manuscripts

Grant for 1,000 acres of land between the Little Miami and Scioto Rivers, northwest of Ohio River, Ohio, to Amelia Shaler, Eliza Conran, and Mary Ann Lewis, daughters of Abraham Kirkpatrick, former soldier, deceased. Signed by President James Monroe; also signed by Commissioner of the General Land Office Josiah Meigs, with recording notes on reverse. Printed form, filled in by hand.

mssHM 49486

Image not available

Land grant to Johann Carl Eschrich :

Manuscripts

Letters patent for 160 acres of lands subject to sale in Los Angeles, California, granted for service in the Mexican-American War. Signed in secretarial hand for Ulysses S. Grant; also signed by D.D. Cone, secretary, and by the recorder of the General Land Office. Printed form, filled in; includes docket.

mssHM 52728

Land grant to John Simpson :

Opening Hours

Admission Info and Tickets

You might also be interested in

Land grant to Robert N. Chadsey :

Land grant to John Hedges :

John J. Longstreth land grant certificate

Dakota Territory land grant to Aad T. Hamre

Land grant to the heirs of Abraham Kirkpatrick :

Land grant to Johann Carl Eschrich :