Title: University Land Records, 1868-72, 1884-1901

Series Number: 1/3/4

Acquired: 01/30/1973. Addition: 8/13/2021 from Frank Lammers Seeger, 1750 Washington, St. Louis via Robert Rasmussen of Ferguson, Missouri; Letters Patent script for 154.30 acres St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Volume: 0.3 cubic feet

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146 Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive (Prior Request Preferred)

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146 Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive (Prior Request Preferred)	1
146 Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive (Prior Request Preferred)	original land grant

Description: University land records including correspondence (1884-1901); surveyor's notebooks; maps, plats, and field notes; advertisements; purchase proposals and land contracts; and Letters Patent from the President of the United States granting script under the 1862 Morrill Land-Grant Act patents for lands in Kandiyohi (Greenleaf) and Pope (St. Cloud) counties, Minnesota and Gage County (Beatrice), Nebraska patented to the State of Illinois and assigned to the University in accordance with the Morrill Act of 1862. The series includes a certified copy of the Land Grant Act of 1890.

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