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Series 765: Lists, Patents, Lieu Lands, etc., 1864-1901

 Series
Identifier: CB&Q 765

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Scope and Contents note

This group contains primarily bound volumes of land prices, lists of lieu lands (public lands that a patentee may locate in a place within the limits of a previous grant, which are occupied by persons given special protection by the law of patents) and patents (legal documents showing transfer of land ownership from the U.S. Government to individuals), and some miscellaneous lists. These materials date from just after the 1971 federal land grants were made to the railroads in Iowa and Nebraska.

Dates

  • Creation: 1864-1901

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Biographical/Historical note

Arrangement note

Arranged in six subseries: Patents, 1872-1881 (765.1 and +765.1); Preliminary lists of lieu lands, ca. 1864 (765.2); Price lists by county, 1873-1874 (+7653.); Miscellaneous lists, 1865-1878, 1884-1889 (+765.4); Patent for land south of railroad, 1893-1896 (765.5); and Miscellaneous lists and patents, 1878-1901 (765.6)

General Physical Description note

1 box and 8 oversize volumes

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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