Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-07-26


may own Military Land Warrants on the Virginia
S,u'e and Continental Establishment, or United
States Revolutionary Bounty Warrants; and we re-
quest the favor of you enclose this 10 such Of your
acquaintance may be interested in those claims
with such recommendation Of as you may think
We merit.
With great respect.
Your obcdicnt servants,
JOSEPH DUNCAN.
NV. ST. CLAIR CLARKE.
For the full information of Claimants, we subjoin
the act:
act for the relief of certain officers and so,c,s If tho Viz
GINA State Line during the Rcvolu onary wnr
BE enacted by the Senate of of
States of Amrrica in (onsres as,rnhlcJ rs, ,h
officers and soldiers sailors marines who were in the ser
wee of Virginia her State establishment during the 70
evolutionary and who entitled TO military land bon.
ties 10y tho laws and resolutions Of that State their heirs and
shall be- aud they hereby, surrender
to the Secretary Of the Treasury United States. such Of
their tor the said land shall remain unsa
shed in whole in part, and receive or scrip
for the time before the January in the
year thousand eight hundred thirty ve which ccr,
of scrip shall be Secretary and signed
ny hn and couniersned by the Commissioner General
Land Office in the following manner that i, to say There
shall be separate certificate scrip for as shall at
the time OF issuing the same, be equal the minimum
price OF each quantity, eighty due by such war
rant and remaining un>a,sed Of such surrender
ana Se ceIuhc"ts or scrip for such The Time shall
he equal to the minimum piice Of quantity that shall NJ, re-
main unsaished of any such warrant, subdivisions of
the amount into quantities OF eighty And where an
such shall have misaid time and ac
dent, shall and may be lawful for the party desiring surrcn.
der the official under
the seal Of tho Land Office Of Virginia. aida of the
statin
such warrant has been lost mslad the CRIMINAL
hath been sold transferred know ledge or fof
the party so suncrdcrins, or his or her guardian
Sec Aud he further enacted Tina, il shall be be ,,
OF the Commits of the General Office TO eou.., Tho
Executive OF Virginia furnish him statement, Of all
such warrants within the puvicw of this act have already
issued showing the number aud date of each warrant and the
quantity oiaeres granted Ivy each and also monthly statement
OF e same description showing the number date, Quani
W OF such shall hereafter be granted And no war
rant shall be taken to be within the provisions ACT which
shall hereafter granted unless the Executive of Yir,a shall
cause certificate TO be endorsed thereon
be granted her or their ancestor or devi.or wa. 80,
lied thereto by some law resolution State in force
the United States
Sec And no further enacted That before the secre,arv
OF this bill, the applicants prode 10 him the eeriGcase
Of the Register OF the Land Oce of Kentucky and the cer,i
cate OF Tho Surveyor OF the military bounty the VIRGINIA
line, that the warrants (wen the original presented o9 the
copy when the original has been lost des,royed has nor
occn located surveyed or patented in Kentucky aested by
the seal of his Office. -
Sect And he further enacted That tho certificate, or
scrip TO be issued by virtue OF this received in
payment for lands hereafter purchased at private .aIe
after the same shall have been Offered public ac and shall
remain unsoid of the land Offices the United State,
established, be established, States of Ohio nd,n
ana Illinois And all such certificates scrip shall ss-
ed by virtue of this shall be asssnabe by endos,m,
thereon a'es,cd by two Witnesses Provided That ali ceIt,0
60 Is OF ,eP 70 De issued IN virtue of hereafter
thereto or his heir or heirs devised ovrcs the case nav
he ""S
Sec. And be further enacted That tho provisiop. of ;,
act shall be deemed and taken all scb oecc,.
soldiers sailors, marines chapans musicians .uToeons
surgeons matos the land the State of viz
gnia during the revolutionary and generally TO every
person whom State had engaged to nav land bo, ~
services that description b any Ia yeso,;o
passed before and force at the date deed of rrE
sion except only persons as are mentioned in ana S
ed for in the reservation contained in the said deed of
IN avor OF the officers and soldiers the on Conf
mental establishment: Provided, That no scrip issued nd
the provisions of this shall the holder 10 enter or
purchase settled occupied lands without the written
consent Of such settlers occupants may be acuay rcsd
ing said lands the time the shall he entered or
piled or And provided aso That amount OF land ,,,s
coated shall hundred and sixty Thousand ae
Sec And be further enacted That provisions Of tho
first and fourth sections Of this extend to and emb,or
owners OF military land issued by the United Stacs
in satisfaction OF claims for bounty for services dng ,
revolutionary war and that the laws heretofore enforced pro
vdns for the issuing SAID warrants hereby revived and
continued in force for year. ~
Sec And he further enacted That tho provisions of mi,
act shall also be deemed extend to all the
fed warrants Of the Virginia army on Continental esah
men' Provided That the quantity thereof shall no, exceed
by thousand in addition two hundred and s;~,
thousand acres heretofore authorized be located bv bc
State line. - '"''
We propose 10 receive the original warrants. and
transact all business at Washington and Kentucky me-
cessary to perfect the scrp-to selIor locate il on
lands IN Illinois Indiana. the following terms viz
For procuring scrip on these warrants which do NOT
requre 10 DE sehi 10 Kentucky to perfect, one
ditiOnal, ON payment Of tho amount of sale:
FOR procuring the certificates in Kentucky and the
scrip at Washington, free OF cost, five cents NO.
acres and for selling and paying over the morc,
five cents additional, per acre:
F' procuring the scrip and locating il in Illinois ny
Indiana one fifth Of the land so located 10 be nar
ed and divided by lot, after location
Persons desIrous TO have services will transit
or deliver their warrants TO MIR Clarke, in Washing
lon, WIN Iul, directions IN writing, stating in whose
name the scrip is to issue, and in what State the lands
are TO be located
The character in which the party acts-wbetber n
sole heir, many -dcviscc-e Observation-Disclosures.
-trus'ee- guardian, &c.-mus be set forth. and i'm
medlacly the necessary papers, according TO the
requsnion OF the Treasury Department will be either
sent on, or accurately described
II the scrip - to be located the necessary power OF
Attorney will be sent or, and when returned, tho
wnoie WIZ DC immediately transmitted to Mr.. Duncan.
whhout delay, upon the best land, which his judg-
ment ana extensive acquaintance with the country, ia
him to do
10 those who desire 60 locate, or intend TO sell,
would suggest the ptopriety Of perecting their scrip
as soon as possible the best lands will be taken first,
and The amount Of scrip for sale will be very consid-
exceeding, IN the estimation of well informed
persons, the limit of the act &c Congress.
Very respectfully &c.
JOSEPH DUNCAN, Of Illinois