The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-07-29
By THE PRESIDENT OF THE U. STATES.
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the United States of America, do hereby declare
and make known, that PUBLIC SALES will be
held at The aforementioned Land Othces In tne
STATE OF ILLINOIS at the periods hereinafter
Designated TO wit
AT the Land Office at DIXON, commencing on
Monday the t,oeh day Of lusits: next for the dspo
sal of the public lands within the undermen'iohed
tow nships and fractional townships, VIZ:
North of the Base Line and East Of ne
Fourth Principal Meridian
Fractional township twenty six of range one.
Fractional townships twenty-five and twenty six,
of range two.
Township TWEEN y-six, of range three
Townships twenty seven and twenty-eight, and
fractional township, twenty nine OF range hve
Fraeuo,s tow nship eighteen, north of the old In
dian boundary Of ranges SIX, seven, eigh nine, ten,
n and eleven.
Townships nineteen, twenty three, twenty-four,
4 twenty i've and twenty six of range six,
Township nineteen twenty twenty -four, twenty
4 five, and twenty-slx, OF range seven
townships nineteen, twenty, tweny-eight, and
fractional wnshp twenty nine, OF range eight
Townships nineteen, twenty, twenty-elght, and
fractional township twenty-nine, ofrange nine.
Townships nineteen, twenty and twenty -one, OF
ranges ten and eleven.
II North ofthe Base Line and East Of The Third
Principal Meridian.
81 The part Of wnship hrty-fve, north of the old
III Indian boundary line and the south fraction of the
southeast quarter of section twelve in township forty
slx, of range one.
4 North of the Base Line and Vest OF the Third
Principal Meridian
East half of the southeast quarter of section
teen and half of the southeast quarter Of section
\ thirty, in township thirty OF range one.
At the Land Office at CHICAGO, commencing
on Monday the nineteenth day of August next for the
disposal OF the public lands hereinafter described, to
wit:
North ofthe Base Line and East ofAae Third
Principal Meridian.
The part of township thirty mine, lying north OF
tue old Indian boundary, of range twelve.
East half OF the northwest quarter and the west
half of the northeast quarter OF section fourteen, and
the quarter dissection SIX in township forty
OF range eight.
North half of section eight, and the northeast quar-
ter OF section eighteen township thirty eight, OF
range eight
Northwest quarter of section thirty five in township
thirty-seven of range SIX.
Southwest quarter Of section eleven, IN township
,hirty-eight, of range ten.
West half of the southwest quarter OF section
twenty two, in township forty six of range twelve
Northeast fractional quarter Of fractional section
ten, in township thirty nine, OF range eight.
Southwest quarter of section nine, in township Tor
ty-slx, Of range twelve
Northeast quarter of section eleven, in township
thirty nine, OF range ten.
Al the Land Office at QUINCY, commencing or
Thursday, the eighth day Of August next, for the d,s
posal Of the public lands within the limits of frsc
tona section four, on which is the site Of old For
EdioarG in township four north OF range nine ives
OF the Attn principal meridian.
At the Land Office at DANVILLE, commencing
Monday, the ttoenty- firth day of august next, fol
the disposal of the public lands within the limits Of
the aforementioned townships, to wit:
North Of the Base Line and Vest Of The Sc
cond Principal Meridian.
Townships twenty Eight, twenty nine and thirty. o
range fourteen
North of The Base Line and East of tn
Third Principal Meridian.
Townships twenty seven, twenty eight, twenty
nine and thirty OF range nine
townships twenty-seven, twenty-eght, twenty
nine and thirty, Of range ten.
Townships twenty-s,ven, twenty-eight, twenty
nine ard thirty, Of range eleven.
Townships twenty-six, twenty-seven and twenty
eight except the western tier sections six, seven
eighteen, nineteen, thirty and thirty one, in eac
township, of range seven.
Lands appropriated by law for the use Of schools
military, or other purposes, will be excluded fror
sale.
The sales will each be kept open for two weeks
(unless the lands sooner disposed Of and no long
err and private entries Of land in the townships
offered will be admitted, until after the expiration
the two weeks.
Given under my hand, at the city Of Washington
this second day of May, Ammo DomiRi tbousan
eight hundred and forty -four.
JOHN TYLER.
By the President;
THos II BLAKE,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office