U. S. SURVEYOR GENERAL OF
MINNESOTA:
An Inventory of Its Swamp Land Lists at the
Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
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| Creator: |
United States. Office of Surveyor
General of Minnesota.
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| Title: | Swamp land lists. |
| Dates: | 1863-1907. |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | List of swamp and overflowed land compiled by the U. S.
Surveyor General from the field notes of the deputy surveyors; all public land
designated swamp and overflowed was granted to the state of Minnesota by
congressional acts in 1850 and 1860. |
| Quantity: | 8.25 cubic feet (11 boxes). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf
locations. |
As the general survey of public land was
completed, the surveyor general determined which of the surveyed land fell within
the definition of the swamp land grant. Copies of the lists were forwarded to the
local land offices of the General Land Office [GLO] and the State Land Office. This
is a merged file of records from the GLO, State Land Office, and U.S. Surveyor
General.
The lists contain the following information: land district in which the
designated land was located; legal description of the swamp and overflowed tracts,
citing the range, township, section, and fractional section; name of river,
watercourse, or other cause that rendered the tract swamp and overflowed within the
meaning of the grant; statement of the grounds for the surveyor general's
designation of the listed tracts as swamp and overflowed; and date the surveyor
general submitted the lists to the local land office. Some lists include annotations
made by the register and receiver of the local land office indicating disposition of
the land.
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Arranged first by General Land Office land district; thereunder by date filed by the
surveyor general.
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Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here].
United States. Office of Surveyor General of Minnesota. Swamp Land Lists.
Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: None
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 007582105
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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106.F.18.4F-1 | | North Eastern Land District, 1863. |
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| | Duluth Land District, 1863-June 1875. |
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106.F.18.4F-2 | | Duluth Land District, July 1875-1884. |
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106.F.18.5B-1 | | Duluth Land District, 1884-May 1895. |
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106.F.18.5B-2 | | Duluth Land District, August 1895-1906. |
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106.F.18.6F-1 | | St. Cloud Land District, 1863-1890. |
| | | Dates intermixed in two boxes. |
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106.F.18.6F-2 | | St. Cloud Land District, 1863-1890. |
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106.F.18.7B-1 | | Taylors Falls Land District, 1863-1873. |
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106.F.18.8F-1 | | North Western Land District, 1863. |
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| | Litchfield Land District, 1870-1873. |
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| | Alexandria Land District, 1870-1872. |
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| | Oak Lake Land District, 1872-1873. |
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| | Detroit Land District, 1875-1878. |
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106.F.18.8F-2 | | Crookston Land District, 1879-1907. |
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| | Cass Lake Land District, 1905-1907. |
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106.F.19.1B-1 | | Winnebago Land District, 1862. |
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| | St. Peter Land District, 1863. |
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106.F.19.1B-2 | | Henderson Land District, 1862-1863. |
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| | Forest City Land District, 1863. |
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| | Jackson Land District, 1870. 3 items. |
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| | New Ulm Land District, 1870-1872. 3 items. |
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| | Redwood Falls Land District, 1872. |
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| | Tracy Land District, 1883. |
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| | Marshall Land District, 1892. |
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| | Unidentified fragments, undated. 2 items. |
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Land titles -- Registration and transfer --
Minnesota.
- Public lands -- Minnesota.
- Swamps -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota. State Land
Office.
- United States. General Land
Office.
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