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The U.S. government's Kickapoo land office, over President James Buchanan's signature, issued this printed "Pre-emption Certificate" to Jack Martin on November 10, 1859, for 180 acres in Atchison County, Kansas Territory.
Creator: United States. General Land Office
Date: November 10, 1859
Item Number: 90115
Call Number: Samuel Pomeroy Coll. #476
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90115
Collections - Manuscript - Pomeroy, Samuel
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land - Land offices
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Presidents - Buchanan, James
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Deed
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kickapoo
Places - Counties - Atchison
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/90115
