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Indians of North America--Land tenure--Alabama--Chambers County--Maps

Chambers County (Ala.)--Maps

Diagram of the state of Alabama : exhibiting the situation of the Public Surveys shewing what records of the same are on file in the General Land Office and the Surveyor General's Office, the Townships, the field notes of which are yet to be transcribed for the General Land Office and recorded in this Office, also, what Townships, the original field notes of which are not on file in either office, having been destroyed by fire in December 1827, and which have to be retraced for the purpose of obtaining the Original Land Marks to be preserved on record in the General Land Office and this Office.

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Contains a reference to Table 1 "For townships of which it is proposed to retrace the old lines, in 1842 ..."; "S. 27 Cong. 2 Sess." at upper right corner.; Shows Choctaw cession of 1830, Creek cession of 1832, Chickasaw cession of 1833 and Cherokee cession.

Government Printing Office (publisher)

Weakley, James H. (creator)

Stone, William James, 1798-1865.; W.J. Stone Sc (contributor)

1841

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Diagram of the State of Alabama : exhibiting the situation of the Public Surveys shewing what records of the same are on file in the General Land Office and the Surveyor General's Office, the Townships, the field notes of which are yet to be transcribed for the General Land Office and recorded in this Office, also what Townships, the original field notes of which are not on file in either office, having been destroyed by fire in December 1827, and which have to be retraced for the purpose of obtaining the Original Land Marks to be preserved on record in the General Land Office and this Office.

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Shows Choctaw cession of 1830, Creek cession of 1832, Chickasaw cession of 1833 and Cherokee cession.; Photocopy from National Archives. No printed date; pencil dated 1840, but does not match the dated 1840 edition. Most townships in "Southern Surveyors Districts" labeled A, B·, C, D, or +, but there is no legend to explain labels.; Library copy is labeled "468", but this appears to be an accession number rather than a part of the original map.

Government Printing Office (publisher)

Weakley, James H. (creator)

1840

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Diagram State Alabama : exhibiting the situation of the Public Surveys shewing what records of the same are on file in the General Land Office an [sic] the Surveyor General's Office, the Townships, the field notes of which are yet to be transcribed for the General Land Office and recorded in this Office, also what Townships, the original field notes of which are not on file in either office, having been destroyed by fire in December 1827, and which have to be retraced for the purpose of obtaining the Original Land Marks to be preserved on record in the General Land Office and this Office.

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Text above full title: "The townships shaded green marked o have been retraced returned & paid for. The townships shaded yellow marked C are now under contract. Proposed New Surveys Shaded red marked N". The townships are not shaded and marked as the text states. Surveyors Genls. Office. 1 October 1843 Jams. H. Weakley Surveyor Genl. of the Public lands in Alabama."; The map is on poor quality paper and lacks borders as found on all other editions. Other than the added text and the poor quality, the map is almost identical to the 1841 GPO edition.; Shows Choctaw cession of 1830, Creek cession of 1832, Chickasaw cession of 1833 and Cherokee cession.

Government Printing Office (publisher)

Weakley, James H. (creator)

1843

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Diagram of the State of Alabama : exhibiting the situation of the Public Surveys shewing what records of the same are on file in the General Land Office and the Surveyor General's Office, the Townships, the field notes of which are yet to be transcribed for the General Land Office and recorded in this Office, also what Townships, the original field notes of which are not on file in either office, having been destroyed by fire in December 1827, and which have to be retraced for the purpose of obtaining the Original Land Marks to be preserved on record in the General Land Office and this Office.

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"S. Doc. No 16. 1st Sess. 29th Cong.." at upper right corner.; Shows Choctaw cession of 1830, Creek cession of 1832, Chickasaw cession of 1833 and Cherokee cession.; Identifies the townships under contract to be surveyed, those proposed to be surveyed in the year ending 30th June 1846, and those proposed to be surveyed in the year ending 30th June 1847.

Government Printing Office (publisher)

Weakley, James H. (creator)

1845

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A diagram of the State of Alabama : exhibiting the situation of the Public Surveys shewing what records of the same are on file in the General Land Office and the Surveyor General's Office, the Townships, the field notes of which are yet to be transcribed for the General Land Office and recorded in this Office, also what Townships, the original field notes of which are not on file in either office, having been destroyed by fire in December 1827, and which have to be retraced for the purpose of obtaining the Original Land Marks to be preserved on record in the General Land Office and this Office.

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Library's copy has hand coloring highlighting some of the boundary lines.; "S. 26 Cong. 2 Sess." at upper right corner.; Shows Choctaw cession of 1830, Creek cession of 1832, Chickasaw cession of 1833 and Cherokee cession.

Government Printing Office (publisher)

Weakley, James H. (creator)

Stone, William James, 1798-1865.; W.J. Stone Sc (contributor)

1841

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Diagram of the state of Alabama : exhibiting the situation of the Public Surveys shewing what records of the same are on file in the General Land Office and the Surveyor General's Office, the Townships, the field notes of which are yet to be transcribed for the General Land Office and recorded in this Office, also, what Townships, the original field notes of which are not on file in either office, having been destroyed by fire in December 1827, and which have to be retraced for the purpose of obtaining the Original Land Marks to be preserved on record in the General Land Office and this Office.

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Contains a reference to Table 1 "For townships of which it is proposed to retrace the old lines, in 1842 ..."; "S. 27 Cong. 2 Sess." at upper right corner.; Shows Choctaw cession of 1830, Creek cession of 1832, Chickasaw cession of 1833 and Cherokee cession.

Government Printing Office (publisher)

Weakley, James H. (creator)

Stone, William James, 1798-1865.; W.J. Stone Sc (contributor)

1841

Subjects

A diagram of the state of Alabama exhibiting the situation of the Public Surveys, shewing what records of the same are on file in the General Land Office and the Surveyor General's Office, the townships, the field notes of which are yet to be transcribed for the General Land Office and recorded in this office; also what townships, the original field notes of which are not on file in either office, having been destroyed by fire in December 1827, and which have to be retraced for the purpose of obtaining the Original Land Marks to be preserved on record in the General Land Office.

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S. Doc. no. 2. 1st sess. 30th Cong.; Shows Choctaw cession of 1830, Creek cession of 1832, Chickasaw cession of 1833 and Cherokee cession.

Surveyor's Office (publisher)

Weakley, James H. (creator)

[1847?]

Subjects

Cherokee Indians--Treaties--Maps

Map of North Alabama showing Madison County and lands of the Cherokee and Creek Indians

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Photocopy of original in National Archives.; Southern border of Tennessee at top.; Locates camps and forts.; Explanatory Notes signed by "Jn. Coffee U.S. Commd"

s.n. ] (publisher)

Coffee, John, 1772-1833. (creator)

1816

Subjects

Creek Indians--Treaties--Maps

Madison County (Ala.)--Maps

Muscle Shoals (Ala.)--Maps

North America. Sheet XII, Georgia with parts of North & South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama & Florida

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"Published under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge."; "Published Nov. 1st 1833 by Baldwin & Cradock 47 Paternoster Row London."; In right lower margin: Printed by Russell, Penge; J & C Walker Sculp.; Relief shown by hachures.

Baldwin & Cradock (publisher)

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) (creator)

J. & C. Walker (Firm); Baldwin & Cradock. (contributor)

1833

Subjects

Indians of North America--Georgia--Maps

Alabama

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Extract from the eighteenth annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology.

A. Hoen & C0 (publisher)

Royce, Charles C., 1845-1923. (creator)

A. Hoen & Co.; Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. (contributor)

1902

Subjects

Indians of North America--Relocation

Alabama [Manuscript Map Showing Indian Reservations, Lands entered and patented, and school lands in Elmore, Tallapoosa, Lee, Macon, Russell, Bullock, and Barbour Counties.]

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I top margin: "[Res-Creek_152_1872]".; In bottom margin: "J323".; Shows Indian reservations,lands entered & patented, and school lands; Copy from the National Archives; Date based on acquisitions record.; Manuscript marginal notes.

s.n (publisher)

[1872]

Subjects

Indians of North America--Land tenure--Maps