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Document 27771
JOHN Q. ADAMS and GEORGE GRAHAM. Partly
Printed DS: "J.Q. Adams" as sixth U.S. President and "Geo
Graham" as Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1p, 15½x9½.
Washington, 1825 April 2. In part: "Whereas Amos Burden of Wooster
Massachusetts has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States a
certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Detroit Michigan Territory
whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Amos Burden
according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April 1820
entitled 'An act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands' for
the North West quarter of Section Seven in Township Two South, in Range five
East in the District of Detroit of Territory of Michigan, containing One hundred
and Seventy eight Acres and Sixty eight hundredths of an Acre...." GEORGE
GRAHAM had been Madison and Monroe's Secretary of War ad interim from
October 22, 1816 to December 9, 1817. The Land Act of April 24, 1820
abolished the credit system that enabled settlers to make deferred payment on
their land and reduced the per acre purchase price from $2 to $1.25, with the
entire amount to be paid at the time of purchase. The Territory of Michigan was
established in 1805. Michigan became a state in 1837. Folds. Vertical fold
touches the "G" in Graham. Rippled and lightly soiled. Shaded at edges.
Pinhead-size hole between 2 lines of text does not touch writing. Stains on
verso lightly show through to text, but not Adams'
signature.
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