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New York--Inhabitants Of--Lien of Judgments Upon Land... The Petition of the undersigned residents of the city of New York. [Washington, D.C.] 1832.

Signed in type by 75 property owners in NYC

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Message from the President of the United States in Compliance with a resolution of the Senate concerning the Public Lands, etc. [Washington, D.C.] 1832. 6 p.

How much government land has been sold, how much is still unsold, how much was formerly Indian land, how much money was paid to other countries to settle land claims, and the total expense of administering the land.

Signed in type by Andrew Jackson on p.1.

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Reports made to the Senate and to the House of Representatives, by committees of those houses, on the propriety of Disposing of the Public Lands to those states in which they lie. [Washington, D.C.] 1832. 32 p.

Extensive data and reports

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Signature of H.D. Gilpin on top of page 1.

Report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, reating to donations of the public lands of the United States, to States, Territories, corporate bodies, individuals, etc. [Washington, D.C.] 1832. 2 p.

Table

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In Senate of the United States. May 18, 1832...Mr. King made the following Report: [Washington, D.C.] 1832 20 p.

Part of a debate over to what extent the Federal Government and states (old vs. new) would benefit from the proceeds obtained from the sale of public lands.

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Report from the Committee on Public Lands, on the resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, concerning certain reservations of Public Land, etc. [Washington, D.C.] 1832. 7 p.

Arcane debate about a specific piece of land in Indiana

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Missouri--Thirty-One Inhabitants of the Old Mines [To Accompany bill H.R. No.380. [Washington, D.C.] 1832. 2 p.

Conflict over claims for this tract of land in Missouri.

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Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the manner of calculating the nett proceeds of the sales of the Public Lands. [Washington, D.C.] 1832. 2 p.

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Mr. Hayne made the following Report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom as referred the petition of Thimas L. Winthop and others. [Washington, D.C.] 1832. 7 p.

Part of the protracted struggle going on since 1802, to settle the Yazoo claims

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Memorial of the Merchants of the City of New York, Praying for the establishment of a national bank. [Washington, D.C.] 1837. 17 p.

Advocating the establishment of a National Bank and its placement in New York. One of the great battles of the Jacksonian era. Contains 13 pages of single-typed signatures in print supporting the request.

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