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The United States Government presented this patent to Israel K. Brown for 160 acres of land he purchased in Southeast Kansas on November 15, 1869. This was the first land patent presented by the General Land Office for the Cherokee Neutral Lands in Kansas. A newspaper clipping published several years after Brown's death that describes the land transfer is also included.
Date: January 1, 1870
Item Number: 46779
Call Number: Miscellaneous, Israel K. Brown
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 46779
Collections - Manuscript - Brown, Israel K. Misc.
Date - 1861-1869 - 1869
Date - 1870s - 1870
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Federal Land Office
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Certificate
Places - Cities and towns - Cato
Places - Counties - Cherokee
Places - Regions - Cherokee Neutral Lands
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Certificates
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Land records
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