Finding Aid for Illinois Auditor of Public Accounts (State Lands) Land Sale Records, circa 1829-1852 | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

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Collection Overview

Title: Illinois Auditor of Public Accounts (State Lands) Land Sale Records, circa 1829-1852

Collection identifier: 748

Primary Creator: Illinois Auditor of Public Accounts

Extent: 3.0 microfilm reels

Subjects: Property

Forms of Material: Copies, Organizational records

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection consists of microfilm copies of land records held by the Auditor of Public Accounts regarding the sale of specific categories of land granted from the federal government to the state. These include swamp lands (1 reel), school lands (1 reel), and saline reserve lands (1 reel), with a particular focus on the Gallatin Saline Reserve.

Subject/Index Terms

Property

Administrative Information

Repository: Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

Acquisition Source: The originals of these records are located in the Illinois State Archives, as indicated in the attached inventory. The Library acquired the microfilm in 1974.

Box/Folder List

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/ihlcsfa/illinois-auditor-land-records.pdf

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