ORU_CA1853Apr30.xml Guide to the U.S. General Land Office Notice to Settlers U.S. General Land Office Notice to Settlers Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team and Austin Munsell Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives 2012
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-12-22. Finding aid written in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
1299 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1299 spcarref@uoregon.edu http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll
U.S. General Land Office notice to settlers United States. General Land Office CA 1853 Apr 30 0.1 linear feet 1 container 1 folder 1853 April 30 Shares a clamshell with other collection(s). Established in 1812, the General Land Office (GLO) sought to meet the needs of settlers during the western expansion of the United States. The collection consists of a photostat copy of a notice to settlers put out by the General Land Office in 1853. English . 1

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 United States. General Land Office Oregon Territory--History Land tenure--Law and legislation--Oregon Homestead law--Oregon Land tenure--Law and legislation--United States Homestead law--United States Land grants--Oregon Oregon

Established in 1812, the General Land Office (GLO) sought to meet the needs of settlers during the western expansion of the United States. Field offices were established and closed as patterns of migration and settlement dictated. The office was transferred to the new Department of the Interior in 1849. The duties of the General Land Office included overseeing the settlement of the Oregon Territory following the provisions of the Donation Law of 1850, which allowed settlers to establish limited claims at no cost per acre. This act lasted through 1855, when the cost of settlement went up to $1.25 per acre.

Source: http://www.blm.gov/or/pubroom/lohistory.php

The collection consists of a photostat copy of a notice to settlers put out by the General Land Office in 1853. The notice includes instructions for "claiming the benefits of the Donation Law" as well as provisions for widows and orphaned children of "white settlers" in the Oregon Territory. The notice also alerts settlers to the extension of the Donation Law from 1853 to 1855.

Also included is a public copy of the congressional act to create a "Surveyor General of the public lands in Oregon".

Guide to the U.S. General Land Office Notice to Settlers

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