Explanation of Record Group
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Administrative History - Brief history of the agency. For a more
detailed history see Guide to Federal Records in the National
Archives of the United States. |
Administrative History - The General Land Office (GLO) was
established within the Department of the Treasury by an
act of April 25, 1812, to administer all public land transactions except surveying and map work
(which came under the supervision of the GLO in 1836). In 1849, the GLO was transferred to
the Department of the Interior where it was merged with the Grazing Service in 1946 to form the
Bureau of Land Management. The Bureau classifies, manages, and disposes of public lands and
their resources and administers Federally-owned mineral resources on non-Federal land and on
the Outer Continental Shelf.
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Records Description - Inclusive dates,
quantity of records;
information on creating office, content, types of textual records;
existence of nontextual records. (See
guides to archival holdings in NARA's other regional facilities and Guide to
Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States. |
Records Description - Dates: 1800-1908
Volume: 38 cubic feet
Records of land offices in Illinois, 1814-1885; Indiana, 1807-1876; Minnesota,
1855-1882; Ohio, 1800-1828; and Wisconsin, 1888-1905.
The records document the name of the purchaser or grantee, county of residence at the time of
purchase, legal description of the land, and the certificate number. Included are entries for cash
payments, credit certificates, and purchase applications; copies of correspondence; homestead
information; and abstracts of land warrants. For Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, there is a docket of
homestead entries, 1868-1908. The records are bound volumes (record books), some containing
an index.
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Finding Aids - Published and
informal preliminary inventories, box contents lists, folder title lists and other aids to using the
records. |
Finding Aids - Entries 47, 48, 53, 61, and 67
in Harry P. Yoshpe and Philip Brower, comps., Preliminary Inventory of the Land-entry
Papers of the General Land Office, PI 22 (1949).
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Related Microfilm Publications -
National Archives microfilm publications held by the Chicago facility of records related to those
described in this entry, listed in alpha/numeric order. |
Related Microfilm Publications - M8,
Journal and Report of James L. Cathcart and James Hutton, Agents
Appointed by the Secretary of the Navy to Survey Timber Resources Between the Mermentau
and Mobile Rivers 1818-1819; M25, Miscellaneous
Letters Sent by the General Land Office, 1796-1889; M27,
Letters Sent by the General Land Office to the Surveyor General,
1796-1901.
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Restrictions - Federal records may be
restricted by Federal statute or the creating agency, or may carry a national security classification.
Notice of restriction is given where applicable.
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