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Document 15588

JAMES MONROE. Partly Printed DS: "James Monroe" as President, 1p, 12¼x15¾. On vellum. Washington, 1818 February 8. Countersigned: "Josiah Meigs" as Commissioner of the General Land Office. Grant of 320 acres in the Territory of Illinois to Private Richard Carver "in pursuance of the Acts of Congress appropriating and granting Land to the late Army of the United States, passed on and since the sixth day of May, 1812...." On May 6, 1812, Congress passed "An Act to provide for designating, surveying and granting the Military Bounty Lands". By this act, land "fit for cultivation...and to which the Indian title is extinguished, not exceeding in the whole six millions of acres", were to be surveyed in the territories of Michigan, Illinois and Louisiana and set aside for non-commissioned officers and soldiers. Five additional acts relating to these land grants were passed from 1812-1818. The Territory of Illinois was part of the Northwest Territory and was admitted to the Union as the 21^ststate on December 3, 1818, ten months after this land grant. Soiled, shaded at folds. Vertical fold touches "M" in Meigs. Several nailhead-size holes touch some words of text. Fine 2-inch diameter seal. Lightly creased.

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