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Document 257156

JOHN Q. ADAMS. Partly Printed DS: "J.Q Adams" as President, 1p, 15½x9½. On vellum. Washington, 1826 September 1. Countersigned: "Geo: Graham" as Commissioner of the General Land Office. GRAHAM had served as Madison and Monroe's Secretary of War ad interim from October 22, 1816 to December 9, 1817. In part: "Whereas Moses Stanley of Burbon County Kentucky has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States a certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Crawfordsville...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'", he is granted 82.13 acres of land. 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 smallest purchasable unit of land was fixed at 80 acres. Folds, vertical fold touches "G" of Graham. Lightly stained at upper margin touching some text. Light show through to text from docket on verso. Fine 2-inch seal and signatures.

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