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Private Colonization of Land (reprinted from the American Economic Review, 1918), by Richard T. Ely
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Federal land grants to the states, with special reference to Minnesota (Minneapolis, 1915), by Matthias Norberg Orfield (page images at HathiTrust)
William Blackmore : a case study in the economic development of the West (Bradford-Robinson, 1949), by Herbert Oliver Brayer (page images at HathiTrust)
Disposition of the public lands of the United States : with particular reference to wage-earning labor ([U.S.] Govt. Print. Off., 1919), by Leifur Magnusson and United States. Dept. of Labor (page images at HathiTrust)
British land policy and the American Revolution; a belated lecture in economic history. (The University, 1953), by George Olien Virtue (page images at HathiTrust)
The university and the state : a baccalaureate address ([The University of Wisconsin], 1896), by Charles Kendall Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
Public domain, or, Government by law (National Publishing Co., 1934), by George Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
Land grants to states : a study prepared by the staff of the Public Land Law Review Commission. (Public Land Law Review Commission , 1970), by United States. Public Land Law Review Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
A new collection of laws, charters and local ordinances of the governments of Great Britain, France and Spain : relating to the concessions of land in their respective colonies, together with the laws of Mexico and Texas on the same subject, to which is prefixed Judge Johnson's translation of Azo and Manuel's Institutes of the civil law of Spain (T. & J.W. Johnson, 1839), by Joseph M. White, Miguel de Manuel y Rodríguez, Ignacio Jordán de Assó y del Río, Texas, Mexico, Spain, France, and Great Britain (page images at HathiTrust)
Report of the Commissioner of General Land Office, for the year 1867. (G.P.O., 1867) (page images at HathiTrust)
General rules governing the selection of lands by states and territories under grants for educational and other purposes. General Land Office, April 25, 1907. (Gov't Print. Off.?, 1907), by United States. General Land Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Den inre kolonisationen i förenta staterna (P.A. Norstedt & söner, 1909), by A. K. Eckerbom (page images at HathiTrust)
Lands for educational purposes ... (Govt. print. off., 1916), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Public Lands, John Edward Raker, and United States. General land office (page images at HathiTrust)
Public and private property, with reference to several decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States (Beaver Press, 1935), by John Zenas White and United States Supreme Court (page images at HathiTrust)
The land grant of the Northern Pacific railroad as described in debate in the Senate of the United States, and the House of representatives, by those who felt constrained to vote against its increase. (University press: Welch, Bigelow, & co., 1870), by Northern Pacific Railroad Company and Bigelow & Co Welch (page images at HathiTrust)
Farms for soldiers : letters from the Secretary of the Interior, House of Resprestatives, Sixty-sixth Congress, first session transmitting reports from Army officals showing the interest of the soilders in the plan now before Congress to provide them with farms on the unused lands of the country. August 1, 1919.- Referred to the Committee on the public Lands and ordered to be printed. (Govt. Print. Off., 1919), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands and Franklin K. Lane (page images at HathiTrust)
In Senate of the United States. March 21, 1806 : Mr. Logan, from the committee to whom was referred, on the 28th of January last, the memorial of the president and directors of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, made report. ([s.n.], 1806), by United States. Congress 1805-1806). Senate and George Logan (page images at HathiTrust)
Report of the Commissioner of General Land Office, for the year 1867. (G.P.O., 1867), by United States. General Land Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Circular from the general land office showing, the manner of proceeding to obtain title to public lands by purchase, by location with warrents or agricultural college scrip, by pre-emption and homestead. Issued August 23, 1870. (U.S. G.P.O., 1870), by United States. General Land Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Speech of Hon. Augustus R. Wright, of Georgia, on the distribution of the public lands (Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1859), by Augustus Romaldus Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
Forfeiture of Northern Pacific land grant : speech of Hon. John B. Gilfillan, of Minnesota, in the House of Representatives, Monday, July 26, 1886. (s.n., 1886), by John B. Gilfillan and United States House of Representatives (page images at HathiTrust)
Report of the Committee on the Public Lands to whom were referred, on the thirtieth ultimo, the petitions of John Fulton and Charlotte Hazen, and on the fourth instant, the petitions of Thomas Ayers and others : December 7, 1809, considered, agreed to, and bill ordered; December 11, 1809, bill presented. (A. & G. Way, printers, 1809), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands (page images at HathiTrust)
Reports of committees on the petitions of sundry refugees from Canada and Nova-Scotia 12th December 1796, committed to a committee of the whole House on Thursday next. (s.n., 1796), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Petitions of Sundry Refugees from Canada and Nova Scotia (page images at HathiTrust)
Disposition of the public lands of the United States with particular reference to wage-earning labor ([U.S.] Govt. Print. Off., 1919), by Leifur Magnusson and United States Department of Labor (page images at HathiTrust)
Transportation : information concerning land grants for roads, canals, river improvements, and railroads (U.S. G.P.O., 1940), by United States. General Land Office (page images at HathiTrust)
State selection of mineral-rich lands : background of H.R. 16, a bill "To amend sections 2275 and 2276 of the revised statutes, as amended, with respect to the selection of mineral lands by states in certain instances in lieu of lands granted to them but lost before title could pass" (U.S. G.P.O., 1965), by United States House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
A familiar digest of all the pension and bounty land laws of the United States now in force, systematically arranged: : containing all the necessary forms of application, declarations, certificates, powers of attorney, affidavits, executive regulations, rules of evidence, etc., compiled from the official records. (Published by the author. Washington City, D.C. Robert A. Waters print., 1851), by William Hunt (page images at HathiTrust)
The Morrill land grant : a memorial address delivered at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, June 21st, 1887, at the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the passage of the act (J.E. Williams, 1887), by Charles Kendall Adams and Massachusetts Agricultural College (page images at HathiTrust)
Statement showing land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads, wagon roads, canals and internal improvements : together with data relative thereto (Govt. Print. Off., 1908), by United States. General Land Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the United States, in the case of Robert Randall and Charles Whitney. Published by order of the House of Representatives. ([Philadelphia : s.n., 1796]), by 1st session: 1795-1796). House United States. Congress (4th (HTML at Evans TCP)

Filed under: Land grants -- United States -- Archival resources

Preliminary inventory of the land-entry papers of the General Land Office (National Archives, 1949), by National Archives (U.S.), Philip P. Brower, and Harry Beller Yoshpe (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Land grants -- United States -- Speeches in Congress

Protecting public lands : speech of Hon. Lewis E. Payson, of Illinois, in the House of Representatives, Monday, June 28, 1886. (s.n., 1886), by L. E. Payson and United States. Congress 1885-1886). House (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Land companies -- United States

Plan of association of the North American Land Company. Established February, 1795. (Philadelphia: : Printed by R. Aitken and Son, Market Street., M,DCC,XCV. [1795]), by North American Land Company and Robert Morris (HTML at Evans TCP)

Filed under: Railroad land grants -- United States

Congressional grants of land in aid of railways (Madison, Wis., 1899), by John Bell Sanborn (page images at HathiTrust)
The Northern Pacific land grants. Hearings before the Joint congressional committee on the investigation of the Northern Pacific railroad land grants ... (Govt. print. off., 1925), by United States. Congress. Joint committee on investigation of the North Pacific railroad land grants (page images at HathiTrust)
Congressional grants of land in aid of railways ([s.n.], 1899), by John Bell Sanborn (page images at HathiTrust)
A Compilation of federal and state legislation in reference to land grant railroads in the Upper Peninsula of the State of Michigan. (Free Press Book and Job Printing Establishment, 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
United States of America, plaintiff, vs. Southern Pacific Company, et al., defendants. In equity 46 Civil, A16, A24-26, A28. Opinion of Judge Bledsoe, Aug. 28, 1919. ([n.p., 1919), by United States. District Court (California : Southern District : Northern Division), Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe, Southern Pacific Company, and United States (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A Summary of findings on the impact of coal land exchanges on value of Indian-owned coal : a report (U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by United States Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
Hearings held before the Committee on the public lands of the House of representatives, February 3, 1910, on H. R. 18176, making an appropriation for the survey of public lands lying within the limits of land grants to provide for the forfeiture to the United States of unsurveyed land grants to railroads, and for other purposes. (Govt. print. off., 1910), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands (page images at HathiTrust)
[Hearings on] certain railroad land grants ... instructing the Attorney-General to institute certain suits and so forth. March 5, 12, 14, 24, 1908. S.R. no. 48. (Govt. Prtg. Off., 1908), by United States. Committee on Public Lands (page images at HathiTrust)
Argument upon the rights of the Northern Pacific railroad to their land grant (Evening post printing office, 1882), by Edwards Pierrepont and Northern Pacific Railroad Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Railroad land grants : a statement of their history, their value and their cost (Publisher not identified, 1920), by W. W. Baldwin and George E. Chamberlain (page images at HathiTrust)
Railroad land grants in Oregon. (Washington, 1911), by United States Court of Appeals (9th Circuit), Charles E. Wolverton, defendant Oregon and California railroad company, and plaintiff United States (page images at HathiTrust)
Railway land grants in the United States : their history, economy and influence upon the development and prosperity of the country : the showings of the census reports, records of the U.S. Land Office and statistics of the various land grant roads (Railway Age Pub. Co., 1880), by E. H. Talbott and Association of Land Commissioners of the Land Grant Railways of the United States (page images at HathiTrust)
Guide to the Union Pacific Railroad lands. 12,000,000 acres. 3,000,000 acres in central and eastern Nebraska now for sale. (Land Dept., Union Pacific Railroad Co., 1876), by Union Pacific Railroad Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Facts regarding federal land grants to the railroads of the U.S. (Federal Transportation Association, 1938), by Federal Transportation Association. Research Committee (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Guide to the Union Pacific Railroad lands. 12,000,000 acres, best farming and mineral lands in America, for sale by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, in tracts to suit purchasers and at low prices ... (Land Department, Union Pacific Railroad Building, 1870), by Union Pacific Railroad Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Northern Pacific land grants. Hearings before the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, United States Senate, Sixty-eighth Congress, first session on H.J. res. 237. A resolution directing the secretary of the interior to withhold his approval of the adjustment of the Northern Pacific land grants and other purposes. May 5 and 6, 1924. (Govt. Print. Off., 1924), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Lands and Surveys (page images at HathiTrust)
Indemnity lands of Northern Pacific Railroad Co.; argument of James McNaught, Counsel N.P.R.R. Co. (Pioneer Press, 1887), by James McNaught, United States. Attorney-General, and Northern Pacific Railroad Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Decision of the Secretary of the Interior on the status of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company with respect to its land grant, June 11, 1879. (Evening Post Steam Presses, 1880), by United States. Dept. of the Interior and United States. General Land Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Northern Pacific railroad. The charter and amendments. The general mortgage on railroad and land grant, and copy of first mortgage bond. ([Philadephia?, 1870), by Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Jay Cooke, and Jay Cooke & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
The policy of railroad land grants : a lecture ([Washington D.C.? : s.n., 1870), by Edward T. Peters (page images at HathiTrust)
Statement showing land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads, wagon roads, canals and internal improvements : together with data relative thereto (Govt. Print. Off., 1908), by United States. General Land Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Valuation of railroad lands : hearings, Sixty-sixth Congress, third session. H.R. 13997. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1921), by United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)

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