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Record Group Number: 000599
Series/Collection Number: .S 995
Creator: United States. Board of Land Commissioners.
Title, Dates: Minutes of and testimony taken before the Board of Land Commissioners for East Florida, 1823-1825.
Amount: 0.50 cubic ft.
1.00 microfilm reel
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Biographical/Historical:     The Seventeenth United States Congress established a Board of Land Commissioners in 1822 to settle all Spanish land grant claims in the Florida territory that Spain ceded to the United States in 1821 (3 U.S. Statute 709, May 8). The commission set up offices in Pensacola and St. Augustine to ascertain the validity of all titles and private claims to lands in East Florida and West Florida. The Board either supported or rejected the land claims by studying the documents supplied by claimants.
Summary:     The series contains the minutes of the Board of Land Commissioners for East Florida from March 29, 1824 to December 20, 1825 and testimony taken before the Board of Land Commissioners from December 11, 1823 to December 28, 1825. The minutes reflect the procedures and actions of the Board's decision making powers. The testimony reflects the statements of the person(s) presenting a claim before the Board. A more complete copy of the minutes from 1823 to 1827 is located in Series S1001.
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Subject Access Fields: Land grants Florida
Spanish Florida claims.
East Florida.
Florida History To 1821
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