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Minnesota and Dacotah: in letters descriptive of a tour through the North-west, in the autumn of 1856. With information relative to public lands,

  
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[dedication]
  
INTRODUCTION.
  
LIST OF WORKS WHICH HAVE BEEN CONSULTED OR REFERRED TO IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS WORK.
  
CONTENTS.

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PART I. LETTERS ON MINNESOTA. MINNESOTA AND DACOTAH.
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LETTER I. BALTIMORE TO CHICAGO.
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LETTER II. CHICAGO TO ST. PAUL.
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LETTER III. CITY OF ST. PAUL.
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LETTER IV. THE BAR.
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LETTER V. ST. PAUL TO CROW WING IN TWO DAYS.
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LETTER VI. THE TOWN OF CROW WING.
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LETTER VII. CHIPPEWA INDIANS.—HOLE-IN-THE-DAY.
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LETTER VIII. LUMBERING INTERESTS.
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LETTER IX. SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR.
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LETTER X. VALLEY OF THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH.
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LETTER XI. THE TRUE PIONEER.
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LETTER XII. SPECULATION AND BUSINESS.
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LETTER XIII. CROW WING TO ST. CLOUD.
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LETTER XIV. ST. CLOUD.—THE PACIFIC TRAIL.
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LETTER XV. ST. CLOUD TO ST. PAUL.
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LETTER XVI. PROGRESS.
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PART II. TERRITORY OF DACOTAH.
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THE PROPOSED NEW TERRITORY OF DACOTAH.
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PART III. TABLE OF STATISTICS.
  
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I. POST OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS.
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II. LIST OF LAND OFFICES AND OFFICERS IN MINNESOTA.
  
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III. LIST OF NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN MINNESOTA.
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IV. TABLE OF DISTANCES.
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PART IV. PREEMPTION FOR CITY OR TOWN SITES.
  
PREEMPTION FOR CITY OR TOWN SITES.
  
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II.
LIST OF LAND OFFICES AND OFFICERS IN MINNESOTA.

GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
December 8, 1856.

SIR: Your two letters of the 6th instant, asking for a list of the land offices in Minnesota Territory, with the names of the officers connected therewith,—also the number of acres sold and the amount of fees received by such officers, during the fiscal year, ending 30th June, 1856, have been received.

In reply, I herewith enclose a statement of the information desired, save that the amount of fees for the fiscal year cannot be stated.

Very respectfully,

THOMAS A. HENDRICKS,
Commissioner,
C. C. ANDREWS, Esq.

LIST OF LAND OFFICES AND OFFICERS IN MINNESOTA.

                 
LAND DISTRICTS.  Name of Register  Name of Receiver.  Number of acres sold during the fiscal year ending 30th of June, 1856.  Amount of purchase-money received therefor. 
Stillwater   Thos. M. Fullerton  Wm. Holcomb  103,141.31  128,930.23 
Sauk Rapids  Geo. W. Sweet  Wm. H. Wood  49,712.44  65,355.41 
Chatfield
(late Brownsville) 		 John R. Bennet  Jno. H. McKenny  238,323.26  298.920.90 
Minneapolis  Marcus P. Olds  Roswell P. Russell  139,188.96  186,651.77 
Winona  Diedrich Upman  Lorenzo D. Smith  264,777.38  335,845.66 
Red Wing  Wm. P. Phelps  Chr. Graham  206,987.32  265,173.84 
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1,002,130.67  $1,280,867.81 

Since the 30th June, 1856, the following offices have been established and officers appointed.

   
Buchanan Saml. Clark John Whipple 
Ojibeway Saml. Plumer Wm. Sawyer 

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