1835/08/01

Balmaceda, Jose Maria, fl. 1831-1835

Document signed

Title: Land grant in Spanish on Nueces River

On printed stationery "Sello Tercero / Para el bieno de / Dos Realse."

GLC02145.63

1835/07/14

Balmaceda, Jose Maria, fl. 1831-1835

Document signed

Title: Land grant in Spanish

GLC02145.64

1831/10/06

Balmaceda, Jose Maria, fl. 1831-1835

Document signed

Title: Land grant in Spanish

Written on "Sello Segundo / Doce Reales" stationery.

GLC02145.65

1842/10/17

Document signed

Title: Mexican land document certifying Juan Carol in Spanish

Written on printed stationery, "Sello Cuarto: Dos Reales"

GLC02145.66

1848/10/28

Bean, Aron H., fl. 1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Col. Thos. Ward re: selling Texas land in Ireland

GLC02145.67

1840/01/20

Tucker, L. W., fl. 1840

Document signed

Title: Republic of Texas promissory note for land in city of Austin

Printed document signed as purchaser.

GLC02145.79

1829/02/05

Daismenue, N., fl. 1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard Graham

A settler near St. Louis seeking compensation for damages to timber (156 trees debarked and many saplings taken for making camps, sleeping places etc.) by Indians. Misspells Graham "Grayham."

GLC02146.18

1842/04/09

Hockley, George W., 1802-1851

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Ward re: Ward's tenacity in protecting the papers of the land office

GLC02145.30

1798/05/17

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph document signed

Title: [Affadavit for sworn statement of Andrew Jackson concerning money owed Pierce Butler]

An affidavit of Jackson's sworn statement that Pierce Butler was rightly owed money by David Allison and William Blount. Jackson was acting as Butler's lawyer in the case. The money owed was part of a land speculation plan that involved all four of the men. Allison had lost a great deal of money in land speculation, and had also lost a good deal of money for Blount, leaving both men indebted to Butler. Jackson was also involved in some of these land speculation schemes himself.

GLC01876

1830/04/01

Austin, Stephen F., 1793-1836

Manuscript document signed

Title: Agreement re: selling land to McDonald & authorizing families to settle there

Also signed by Hugh McDonald. The land was along the Colorado River.

GLC01877

1808/02/17

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jean Guillaume Neuville re: whether foreigners can own land in the U.S.

Written as President to Baron Hyde de Neuville. Jefferson ventures an opinion but refers the question to lawyers, particularly in the several states.

GLC01960

1774/01/25

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Manuscript document signed

Title: Bill for surveying and patenting land grant French & Indian War

Document signed for claim against James Ludlow with another Washington document, cosigned by William Crawford 2/25/1774, assigning the debt to Crawford.

GLC01963

1819/09/26

Austin, Moses, fl. 1802-1819

Manuscript document signed

Title: Deed to plot of land sold to Robert Bruffy (cos. Mary Austin)

Notarized by Sam Woodson, clerk. Conveying deed to Robert Bruffy. Early land document for Missouri settlement.

GLC02022

1793/03/02

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Document signed

Title: [An act appropriating funds to purchase two lots for building the Mint].

Signed as Secretary of State.

GLC01984

1832/08/02

Lundy, Benjamin, 1789-1839

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Lewis re: describing trip from Mexico, petitioning Texas for land

GLC02448.10

1868/08/01

Wade, B.F., 1800-1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry C. Whitney

States that the Osage treaty was not ratified before Congress recessed. Vows to not let the treaty ever be ratified, until it is just "to the Government, the State of Kansas, and the people."

GLC02448.17

1770/04/07

Ringgold, Thomas, 1715-1772

Autograph document signed

Title: to the Commissioners

Recommends support for William Ruth's application for a loan of $1000 to be held in Robert Walters' security. Cites their land holdings as reason to support the loan.

GLC02503.18

1803/01/04

Jackson, James, 1757-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Milledge

Cosigned by Abraham Baldwin. Notifies the recipient of the ratification of the treaty with the Creek Indians. Hopes this treaty will lead the government to attempt to acquire even more Indian lands in the region.

GLC02498.06

1789/02/05

Butler, John, 1728-1796

Letter signed

Title: to Jelles Fonda

Inquires into whether a certain Indian owns a particular piece of land. If the Indian does own it, Butler wants to know if the Indian can sell it, and how much it is worth.

GLC02498.02

1765/01/16

Leslie, Thomas, fl. 1765

Printed document signed

Title: [Authorizing William Cochburn to act as Thomas Leslie's attorney]

Witnessed and signed by John Cruger and David Thomson. Partially printed document in which Thomas Leslie grants power of attorney to William Cochburn. Leslie needed Cochburn to help him obtain the fifty acres of land he had been granted for his service in Great Britain's army.

GLC02503.07

February 8, 1683

Culpeper, Thomas, 1635-1689

Document signed

Title: [Land grant to Thomas Mitchell of 2,436 acres in New Kent County, Virginia]

Granted by Thomas Lord Culpeper, Baron of Thoresway. Signed as Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia. Gives detailed descriptions of the boundaries of the property based on geographic and territorial landmarks. Also signed by Clerk of the Council and of the General Court Edward Chilton. Chilton would coauthor "The Present State of Virginia" with James Blair and Henry Hartwell. Notes on verso. Features paper seal.

GLC02468.10

1792/11/18

Bassett, Richard, fl. 1791-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nicholas Ridgely re: regarding sale of land

Written at Bohemia Ferry

GLC02470.02

1791/01/10

Wisner, Henry, 1720-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Simeon De Witt re: land grant

Possibly the son of Continental Congress member Henry Wisner. (The elder Wisner died in 1790).

GLC02471.44

1837/03/31

Long, Stephen H., 1784-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard Harlan

Thanks Dr. Harlan for the present he sent to Mrs. Long. Mentions receiving instruction for surveys of Maine and Massachusetts, which he will engage when the weather improves and the winter cold abates. Mentions sending a box of presents.

GLC02475.09

1805/11/07

Evans, Oliver, 1755-1819

Letter signed

Title: to [Charles Willing Hare]

Addressed to "C.W. Hear." Acknowledges receipt of a notice to vacate a lot he had leased from William Bingham and agrees to vacate the property by May 1, 1806. American inventor Oliver Evans is credited with inventing the first high-pressure steam engine as well as other steam-driven machines. Bingham, former Continental Congressman and U.S. senator, had died the previous year. Hare was Bingham's nephew and lawyer.

GLC02480.06