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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450957703321

Autore

Rohrbough Malcolm J.

Titolo

The Land Office business : the settlement and administration of American public lands, 1789-1837 / / Malcolm J. Rohrbough

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1968

©1968

ISBN

1-280-52269-0

9786610522699

0-19-536549-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Disciplina

353.00713209

Soggetti

Public lands - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 The Early Administrative Experience, 1785-1800; 2 Albert Gallatin and the Expansion of the Land System, 1801-1812; 3 The Organization of the General Land Office, 1812-1814; 4 The Land System and the Administration of the Military Bounty Lands, 1814-1818; 5 The Land Office Business, 1815-1819: Preparation; 6 The Land Office Business, 1815-1819: Fulfillment; 7 Panic and Relief; 8 An Uncertain Business in the 1820's; 9 The Private Uses of the Land Business: The Republicans and Others; 10 Administering the General Pre-Emption Acts of 1830, 1832, and 1834

11 The Land Office Business, 1830-1837: Floodtide12 Administering the Land Office Business, 1830-1837; 13 The Jacksonians and the Land Business; 14 The Close of an Era; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

The Settlement and Administration of American Public Lands, 1789-1837