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Record Group Number: 000598
Series/Collection Number: .S 1055
Creator: Florida. State Land Office.
Title, Dates: Homestead swampland claims files, 1899-1924.
Amount: 1.00 cubic ft.
1.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
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Organization/Arrangement: Alphabetical by claimant name.
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Terms Governing Use: To better preserve the records, researchers should use the microfilm copy or request to see the scans of the microfilm.
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Summary:     This series contains the homestead swampland claim files of the State Land Office. It documents the settlement of swamplands claims between the State of Florida, the United States General Land Office, and homesteaders. It contains correspondence between the Commissioner of Agriculture and the Commissioner of the United States Land Office in Gainesville, and includes requests and denials of hearings, confirmations or rejections of claims, and disposition of claims regarding homestead entries and swampland selections.
Finding Aids: Folder listing available.
Additional Physical Form: Microfilm.
Scans of microfilm produced by FamilySearch available at the Archives.
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Subject Access Fields: United States. Gainesville Land Office.
United States. General Land Office.  --Florida District.
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Homestead law Florida
Public land sales Florida
Swamplands.
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