United States Land Patent, William Selt Dodds, December 1, 1854

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Description

This United States land patent, certificate number 5822 grants William Selk Dodds of Franklin County, Mississippi purchase a tract of public land located in Washington, Mississippi. The patent describes the tract as the east half of the northeast quarter, and the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section three, in township six, of range four east I the district of land subject to sale at Washington, Mississippi, containing one hundred and sixteen acres and sixteen hundredths of an acre. The patent is signed by President Franklin Pierce via Secretary J. E. Baldwin and R. Franzen, Recorder of the General Land Office.

Publication Date

12-1-1854

Time Period

1850-1859

Subjects

Land patent; Public lands; Public land sales

Keywords

land patents; land sales; public lands

Geographic Location

Washington (D.C)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

document

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_004_1854-12-Land-Patent-William-S-Dodds

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Hays-Ray-Webb Collection, Box 2, Folder 47

Repository

Manuscripts Unit

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

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Recommended Citation

Hays-Ray-Webb collection, Archives and Special Collections Division, Mississippi State University Libraries, Mississippi State University