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Cadastral survey map of original land grants and resurveys along the Potomac River from Georgetown (D.C.) to Great Falls (Md.)

Cadastral survey map of original land grants and resurveys along the P...

Shows tracts dated approx. 1675 to 1808. Also shows landowners' names and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal condemnations. Title devised by cataloger. Photostat copy of ms. map. Includes survey notes. At lower right: D... More

Colonial land patents and grantees : Calfpasture Rivers, Augusta County, Virginia /
[Map of Las Ormigas Grant, Sabine and DeSoto Parishes, Louisiana].

[Map of Las Ormigas Grant, Sabine and DeSoto Parishes, Louisiana].

Relief shown pictorially. Shows the present-day Sabine and DeSoto Parishes in eastern region of the Sabine River, Louisiana. Names of places and features in Spanish. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Title derived fr... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

A map of Wayne & Pike counties, Pennsylvania  : shewing the situations & forms of the warrantee tracts, with the numbers by which the respective tracts are distinguished in the maps & books in the Office of the Commissioners of places for Wayne County, the townships, boundaries, roads, waters and principal places /

A map of Wayne & Pike counties, Pennsylvania : shewing the situations...

Shows warrantee tract lines and tract numbers. Hand colored to show county and township boundaries. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. "Entered according to Act of Congress the 7th day of April, 1814, by Jason Torre... More

[Warrantee landholdings in the townships of Wayne County, Pa., ca. 1828-1835] /

[Warrantee landholdings in the townships of Wayne County, Pa., ca. 182...

The maps show warrantee landholding boundaries and numbers. The assigned landholders' names are not given. Each map (engraving) covers a single township in Wayne County. Title devised by cataloguer. The engrave... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Land-Office Treasury Warrant no. 10082 for Patrick Henry

Land-Office Treasury Warrant no. 10082 for Patrick Henry

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A Portion of New York from the Hudson River west to the Unadilla Branch of the Susquehanna River; from the Delaware River north to Fort Stanwix.

A Portion of New York from the Hudson River west to the Unadilla Branc...

Scale ca. 1:65,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor on parchment. Area is divided into the various tracts of land with the owners identified. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1079 Available also thr... More

[Eight survey tracts along the Kanawha River, W.Va. showing land granted to George Washington and others.

[Eight survey tracts along the Kanawha River, W.Va. showing land grant...

Scale ca. 1:40,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Imperfect: Deteriorated along old fold lines. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Has watermarks. Individual surveys dated 1771 through 1774, performed by "Mr... More

Signs president's name. Washington, D.C., Sept. 8. Affixing the signature "Franklin D. Roosevelt" to land grants and patents, Jeanne [...], 20, is getting a great thrill out of her new [...]h the General Land Office. As "Secretary to the President [...]ning Land Grants and Patents," she is the only authorized to sign the president's signature to documents. She is the youngest person ever appointed to the position, 9/8/37

Signs president's name. Washington, D.C., Sept. 8. Affixing the signat...

A black and white photo of a woman sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map showing the timber leases on the Girard Estate in Schuylkill & Columbia Co's, Pa

Map showing the timber leases on the Girard Estate in Schuylkill & Col...

Scale ca. 1:43,560. Hand colored. Shows collieries and land holdings. "To accompany the report of the Board of Directors of City Trusts, January 1st, 1879." "Photo.-litho. & printed by J. H. Camp, 610 Jayne St... More

Orange County before 1810 / - Public domain map drawing

Orange County before 1810 / - Public domain map drawing

Pictorial history map with drawings of early buildings/settlers/events and with names of early settlers/landowners. Relief shown pictorially. "Buildings marked * are standing in 1935." "Copyright Jan. 1, 1936."... More

Three thousand-acre land grant to the heirs of Hugh Mercer, Kentucky County, Virginia

Three thousand-acre land grant to the heirs of Hugh Mercer, Kentucky C...

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Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

The above plan is a discription of a new township called Royalsborough in the county of Cumberland, bounded southeasterly on the headline of Brunswick, southwesterly on Northyarmouth, northwesterly on proprietors land, northeasterly on Androscoggin River ...

The above plan is a discription of a new township called Royalsborough...

Scale ca. 1:30,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Shows township lots and owners. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 834 Available also through the Librar... More

A plan of the township of Blenheim, as surveyed and divided in the year 1772.

A plan of the township of Blenheim, as surveyed and divided in the yea...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Map of Onondaga County, New York : showing military townships and their names, lot lines, numbers, and dimensions, with names of first proprietors ... location of farm houses and names of owners, and separate plans of the city of Syracuse and all the villages in the county, on a large scale : from official records and new and accurate surveys /

Map of Onondaga County, New York : showing military townships and thei...

Shows real-property tracts and lines only in town (townships) adjacent to Syracuse; other towns are subdivided into numbered military townships. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored to emphasize town (townshi... More

One thousand-acre Virginia land grant  to Alexander Breckinridge

One thousand-acre Virginia land grant to Alexander Breckinridge

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Map of state land tract, Greene Co. / done pursuant to law, Simeon DeWitt, Surveyor Gen'l.

Map of state land tract, Greene Co. / done pursuant to law, Simeon DeW...

Blueprint copy of manuscript survey map of real property and land grants in central Greene County (N.Y.). Shows tract numbers, acreages, line measurements in chains, line declinations in degrees/minutes, and na... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"
Map of Hamilton County, State of Texas : showing the extent of all public surveys, land grants and all other official information compiled from the records of the General Land Office at Austin... /

Map of Hamilton County, State of Texas : showing the extent of all pub...

Relief shown by hachures. Lists statistics: area, population, geology, soil, timber, and general remarks. LC Land ownership maps, 994 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Other legal papers; Miscellaneous documents re; Land grants and patents, 1714-1786
George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Virginia Council, November 1769, Photostat, Land Grants 1745-69

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Virginia C...

Photostat, Land Grants 1745-69 Public domain scan of a manuscript related to George Washington and American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Other legal papers; Miscellaneous documents re; Land grants and patents, 1714-1786
Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Other legal papers; Miscellaneous documents re; Land grants and patents, 1714-1786
A supplement to an ordinance entitled, "An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory" : Whereas it is found to be inconvenient to execute that part of the land ordinance passed May 20th, 1785, which directs that certain proportions of lands be allotted to the several states, to be sold by the loan officers in each state ...

A supplement to an ordinance entitled, "An ordinance for ascertaining ...

Originated in the Continental Congress on March 19, 1788. Enacted into law on July 9. Place of publication from Evans and date of publication from the Journals of the Continental Congress 607. Former attributio... More

Patrick Henry land grant to William Duvall, John Hawes, and John May
Patrick Henry land grant to William Duvall, John Hawes, and John May
Map exhibiting the principal original grants & sales of lands in the State of Maine

Map exhibiting the principal original grants & sales of lands in the S...

Scale ca. 1:550,000. Hand colored. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2 Vault

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Virginia Council, November 1769, Photostat, Land Grants 1745-69

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Virginia C...

Photostat, Land Grants 1745-69 Public domain scan of a manuscript related to George Washington and American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Map of Cheever patent, no. 46.701, Clay County, Ky.

Map of Cheever patent, no. 46.701, Clay County, Ky.

Shows parcels of land with table of names of claimants as well as unclaimed land. Relief shown by contours and spot heights on some sheets. Scale on map coverage sheet: [ca. 1:79,200. 400 poles pr. inch]. Sheet... More

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: State of Virginia (Governor Benjamin Harrison) to George Washington, July 6, 1784, Land Grants

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: State of V...

Land Grants Public domain scan of a letter to George Washington, American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Map of Cheever patent, no. 46.701, Clay County, Ky.

Map of Cheever patent, no. 46.701, Clay County, Ky.

Shows parcels of land with table of names of claimants as well as unclaimed land. Relief shown by contours and spot heights on some sheets. Scale on map coverage sheet: [ca. 1:79,200. 400 poles pr. inch]. Sheet... More

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Other legal papers; Miscellaneous documents re; Land grants and patents, 1714-1786
Map of Cheever patent, no. 46.701, Clay County, Ky.

Map of Cheever patent, no. 46.701, Clay County, Ky.

Shows parcels of land with table of names of claimants as well as unclaimed land. Relief shown by contours and spot heights on some sheets. Scale on map coverage sheet: [ca. 1:79,200. 400 poles pr. inch]. Sheet... More

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Other legal papers; Miscellaneous documents re; Land grants and patents, 1714-1786
Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Other legal papers; Miscellaneous documents re; Land grants and patents, 1714-1786
By the United States in Congress assembled, June 20, 1788 : The Committee consisting of Mr. Williamson, Mr. Dane, Mr. Carrington, Mr. Kearney, and Mr. Wingate, to whom was referred the memorial of George Morgan and his associates, respecting a tract of land in the Illinois country of the Missis[s]ippi ...

By the United States in Congress assembled, June 20, 1788 : The Commit...

Imprint from Evans. Former attribution to John Dunlap rejected in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 34, p. 631. Recorded in Dunlap's account book. Cf. JCC 606. Text in two columns. Evans 21514 Journa... More

A piece of paper with a drawing on it [Attakapa Region land grants, Louisiana].

A piece of paper with a drawing on it [Attakapa Region land grants, Lo...

Shows land grants in the Bayou Teche region and in Vermilion Parish, most surveyed by François Gonsoulin. Title from LC Luso-Hispanic World. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 911 Orientation varies. Pen-and-ink on paper,... More

David S. Franks, Benjamin Kendall, et al to Virginia Governor, 1763-82, Memorial Tracing Dispute with French and Indians, with Extract of Letter on Land Grants

David S. Franks, Benjamin Kendall, et al to Virginia Governor, 1763-82...

Memorial Tracing Dispute with French and Indians, with Extract of Letter on Land Grants

David S. Franks, Benjamin Kendall, et al to Virginia Governor, 1763-82, Memorial Tracing Dispute with French and Indians, with Extract of Letter on Land Grants

David S. Franks, Benjamin Kendall, et al to Virginia Governor, 1763-82...

Memorial Tracing Dispute with French and Indians, with Extract of Letter on Land Grants

Petition from the Louisville Board of Trustees to the Virginia Assembly

Petition from the Louisville Board of Trustees to the Virginia Assembl...

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Mitchell County, Texas Historic map, Library of Congress

Mitchell County, Texas Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map showing block numbers and townships. "Unsold Lands of Texas & Pacific Railway Company are colored yellow." Pencil markings throughout of shaded blocks and initials showin... More

Land ownership map: 1669-1796 - Public domain map

Land ownership map: 1669-1796 - Public domain map

Scale ca. 1:14,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and colored line tape on base map: Department of Transportation, Arlington, Virginia, revised ... April 1975. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Shows Arling... More

Land-Office, 17th of June, 1765. The Honourable the Proprietaries having been apprized that many persons have been, and still continue in the practice of taking up large quantities of land within this Province, only with a design to retail them

Land-Office, 17th of June, 1765. The Honourable the Proprietaries havi...

Imprint 3; Franklin 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 142, Fol... More

Map of Cheever patent, no. 46.701, Clay County, Ky.

Map of Cheever patent, no. 46.701, Clay County, Ky.

Shows parcels of land with table of names of claimants as well as unclaimed land. Relief shown by contours and spot heights on some sheets. Scale on map coverage sheet: [ca. 1:79,200. 400 poles pr. inch]. Sheet... More

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Virginia Council, November 1769, Photostat, Land Grants 1745-69

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Virginia C...

Photostat, Land Grants 1745-69 Public domain scan of a manuscript related to George Washington and American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Other legal papers; Miscellaneous documents re; Land grants and patents, 1714-1786
Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Other legal papers; Miscellaneous documents re; Land grants and patents, 1714-1786
Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Other legal papers; Miscellaneous documents re; Land grants and patents, 1714-1786
The committee, consisting of Mr. Wadsworth, Mr. Irwine [sic] and Mr. White, to whom was referred the petition of the French and American inhabitants of Post St. Vincent's and the Illinois, by their agent, Mr. Tardiveau, beg leave to report : that as there is much uncertainty about the possessions of the inhabitants of the country upon the Wabash and Missis[s]ippi Rivers ...

The committee, consisting of Mr. Wadsworth, Mr. Irwine [sic] and Mr. W...

Imprint from Evans. Former attribution to John Dunlap rejected in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 34, p. 631. Recorded in Dunlap's account book. Cf. JCC 601. Evans 21521 Journals of the Continental... More

Petition from the Louisville Board of Trustees to the Virginia Assembly

Petition from the Louisville Board of Trustees to the Virginia Assembl...

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John Bondfield to Thomas Jefferson, September 4, 1784, Land Grants; with Warrant

John Bondfield to Thomas Jefferson, September 4, 1784, Land Grants; wi...

Land Grants; with Warrant Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Draft of the lands disputed by Philipse Patent against Beekmans & Rambaults.

Draft of the lands disputed by Philipse Patent against Beekmans & Ramb...

Scale 1:31,680; 40 chains to an in. Title from verso. Alternate title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America: [Map of Fishkill and vicinity] Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. R... More

Topographical map of Jersey City, Hoboken, and the adjacent country : describing minutely the courses of rivers and brooks, the township and original patent lines, railways, turnpike, carriage and bridle roads, the present farm boundaries with the names of their proprietors : a correct plan of public grounds and gentlemen's country seats, the position of farm houses, forests, swamps, and marshes, showing a complete view of the face of the country

Topographical map of Jersey City, Hoboken, and the adjacent country : ...

Shows cadastral and topographic data (land tracts with proprietors' names) in unurbanized areas. Relief shown by hachures and rock drawings. Also covers Hudson County (excluding Bayonne). Oriented with north to... More

[Survey of the original landholdings in Washington D.C. in the area bounded by The Mall, North Capitol St., Tiber Creek, N St. N.W., and Seventh St. N.W.] /
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Map of Cheever patent, no. 46.701, Clay County, Ky.

Map of Cheever patent, no. 46.701, Clay County, Ky.

Shows parcels of land with table of names of claimants as well as unclaimed land. Relief shown by contours and spot heights on some sheets. Scale on map coverage sheet: [ca. 1:79,200. 400 poles pr. inch]. Sheet... More

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: State of Virginia (Governor Benjamin Harrison) to George Washington, July 6, 1784, Land Grants

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: State of V...

Land Grants Public domain scan of a letter to George Washington, American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: State of Virginia (Governor Benjamin Harrison) to George Washington, July 6, 1784, Land Grants

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: State of V...

Land Grants Public domain scan of a letter to George Washington, American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Other legal papers; Miscellaneous documents re; Land grants and patents, 1714-1786
Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Other legal papers; Miscellaneous documents re; Land grants and patents, 1714-1786
Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Other legal papers; Miscellaneous documents re; Land grants and patents, 1714-1786
Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Other legal papers; Miscellaneous documents re; Land grants and patents, 1714-1786
Land-Office Treasury Warrant no. 21617 for John Campbell
Land-Office, 17th of June, 1765. The Honourable the Proprietaries having been apprized that many persons have been, and still continue in the practice of taking up large quantities of land within this Province, only with a design to retail them
Land grant for James Black

Land grant for James Black

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A map of a city with a river running through it [Attakapa Region land grants, Louisiana].

A map of a city with a river running through it [Attakapa Region land ...

Shows land grants in the Bayou Teche region and in Vermilion Parish, most surveyed by François Gonsoulin. Title from LC Luso-Hispanic World. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 911 Orientation varies. Pen-and-ink on paper,... More

Jury finding, Kentucky County, Virginia

Jury finding, Kentucky County, Virginia

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Land-Office Treasury Warrant no. 2375 for George Rogers Clark

Land-Office Treasury Warrant no. 2375 for George Rogers Clark

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Map of the patent of Oriskany. - Public domain old map

Map of the patent of Oriskany. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:32,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Cadastral map. Shows land allotments, with subdivisions, adjacent to the Mohawk River from Oriskany to Rom... More

[Map of military lots, tracts, patents, etc. in western Allegany and Garrett Counties, Maryland]

[Map of military lots, tracts, patents, etc. in western Allegany and G...

Scale ca. 1:40,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right. Has watermarks. "The whole amount of lots, 4163. Settled and improved, 635. Unimproved, 3520." "The patent tracts ar... More

Map of two millions acres of land, West Genesee, in the State of New York : recorded in the names of Wilhem Willink, Nic's van Staphorst, Pieter van Eeghen, Hendrik Vollenhoven, Rutger Jan Schinnelpenninck

Map of two millions acres of land, West Genesee, in the State of New Y...

Covers the Holland Purchase territory (Niagara Frontier region in far western New York State). Shows 6-mile-square townships, Amerindian reservations, and areas projected to be sold. Relief (Niagara Escarpment)... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Scott, Union and West Liberty Townships and Greentree Borough, Allegheny County. (Skeleton)

Scott, Union and West Liberty Townships and Greentree Borough, Alleghe...

Scale 1:19,800; 100 rods = 1 in. Photocopy. Shows original land grants with all pertinent information. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 110; 651/1; 651/2; 651/4;... More

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Virginia Council, November 1769, Photostat, Land Grants 1745-69

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Virginia C...

Photostat, Land Grants 1745-69 Public domain scan of a manuscript related to George Washington and American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Map of Cheever patent, no. 46.701, Clay County, Ky.

Map of Cheever patent, no. 46.701, Clay County, Ky.

Shows parcels of land with table of names of claimants as well as unclaimed land. Relief shown by contours and spot heights on some sheets. Scale on map coverage sheet: [ca. 1:79,200. 400 poles pr. inch]. Sheet... More

18th century map including the headwaters of the Big Cole River

18th century map including the headwaters of the Big Cole River

This representation of 50,096 acres surveyed for Edward Dillon was entered in Montgomery County Deed Book E, page 158, in the spring of 1795. It includes the headwaters of the "Big Cole" River, as well as the h... More

Land-Office, 17th of June, 1765. The Honourable the Proprietaries having been apprized that many persons have been, and still continue in the practice of taking up large quantities of land within this Province, only with a design to retail them
The committee, consisting of Mr. Wadsworth, Mr. Irwine [sic] and Mr. White, to whom was referred the petition of the French and American inhabitants of Post St. Vincent's and the Illinois, by their agent, Mr. Tardiveau, beg leave to report : that as there is much uncertainty about the possessions of the inhabitants of the country upon the Wabash and Missis[s]ippi Rivers ...

The committee, consisting of Mr. Wadsworth, Mr. Irwine [sic] and Mr. W...

Imprint from Evans. Former attribution to John Dunlap rejected in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 34, p. 631. Recorded in Dunlap's account book. Cf. JCC 601. Evans 21521 Journals of the Continental... More

A drawing of a plan for a railroad [Attakapa Region land grants, Louisiana].

A drawing of a plan for a railroad [Attakapa Region land grants, Louis...

Shows land grants in the Bayou Teche region and in Vermilion Parish, most surveyed by François Gonsoulin. Title from LC Luso-Hispanic World. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 911 Orientation varies. Pen-and-ink on paper,... More

Two thousand-acre British land grant, Fincastle County, Virginia

Two thousand-acre British land grant, Fincastle County, Virginia

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Two thousand-acre British land grant, Fincastle County, Virginia

Two thousand-acre British land grant, Fincastle County, Virginia

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Jury finding, Kentucky County, Virginia

Jury finding, Kentucky County, Virginia

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[Thomas Hutchins' land grant and map to 2000 acres in West Florida] /

[Thomas Hutchins' land grant and map to 2000 acres in West Florida] /

Shows land grant 4 miles east of the Mississippi River "slightly removed from Baton Rouge." Title from vendor's letter. Panel title: British patent to T. Hutchins, 1776, of 2000 a. of lands in Florida. Date of ... More

John Bondfield to Thomas Jefferson, September 4, 1784, Land Grants; with Warrant

John Bondfield to Thomas Jefferson, September 4, 1784, Land Grants; wi...

Land Grants; with Warrant Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

A map of the Federal Territory from the western boundary of Pennsylvania to the Scioto River

A map of the Federal Territory from the western boundary of Pennsylvan...

Scale ca. 1:650,000. "Longitude west from Philadelphia." LC copy annotated in black ink. Shows lands granted to Army companies and the proposed town of Marietta, Ohio. Includes historic notes and inset "A plan ... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Map of about 8000 acres of land on Spring Brook in the towns of Pittston and Covington, County of Luzerne, State of Pennsylvania.
Map of San Saba County : exhibiting the extent of public surveys, land grants, and other official information ; compiled from the records of the General Land Office at Austin, showing also geology, agriculture, and mineral districts and all important details /

Map of San Saba County : exhibiting the extent of public surveys, land...

Relief shown in hachures. Shows landownership. LC Land ownership maps, 1122 Inset view of San Saba City. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map showing holdings along Eastern Branch /

Map showing holdings along Eastern Branch /

Also shows original land tracts and tract numbers. From the Taggart Estate papers. India ink, col. inks, blue pencil, and lead pencil. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Fold-lined. Available also thro... More

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