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United States Act on Land Grants for Orleans and Louisiana
The act outlines compensation and land warrants for veterans and officials, creating land offices in New Orleans Opelousas and northern Louisiana, establishing survey rules, preemption rights, and sales processes for public lands in Orleans and Louisiana territories with dates and salaries for officials. It includes provisions for Peter Audrian and John Leiffendorfer, and sets terms for surveys, sales, and patents in the new lands.
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John Eugene Leiffendorfer
United States
Tripoli
Senate
House For Representatives
U.S. of America
Congress
Treasury
John Hugene Leiensdorfer
Egypt
Africa
Peter Audrian
House Representatives
Peter Audsia
Board of Land Commissioners
Detroit
J. B. Varnum
House of Representatives
John Pope
Orleans
Treasury of
Secretary of the Treasury
Secc.a
Tennessee
Territory of
New Orleans
Red River
Opelousas
Western Land Distict
Opelanias
Louisiana
Tenneffe
A&t
Prover Land Office
U. States
Missisippi
Register of the Land Office
Missssippi
la Fay
Louiisiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Fall Springs
Newisiana
City of
New-Orléans