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Contains 222 Results:

Petition of Mark and Richard H. Bean, 1852

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 220
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Report of the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Mark and Richard H. Bean. [Washington, D.C.] 8 p.

Seeking compensation for loss of a salt-lick in which the petitioners made significant improvements, when the land was ceded to the Cherokee Indians by treaty in 1828.

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Dates: 1852

Petition of James and Lucy Perrie, 1852

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 221
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Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, wo whom was referred the petition of James and Lucy Perrie. [Washington, D.C.] 2 p.

Seeking title for islands known under the name of "Proffit Islands", which was ceded from Spain to France, and then to the United States when the province of Louisiana was ceeded it.

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Dates: 1852