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Scope and Contents Report of the Committee on the Public Lands on the petition of Chew and Relf, owners, and representatives of the owners of the claim of the Marquis de Maison Rouge. Made February 10, 1817. Accompanied with a "Bill confirming the title of the Marquis de Maison Rouge." [Washington, D.C. : William A. Davis, 1817] 2 p. Shaw 42723Concerning the petitioners' claim to a tract of land in Louisiana. [Richard Relf and Beverly Chew formed the most successful early mercantile partnership in...