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exceeding 640 acres which on that day he inhabited and cultivated, provided the settler was the head of a family or above 21 years of age, on said day, and does not claim any other tract under the preceding provisions." This volume contains grants, both Spanish and British, which were issued to settlers in the Mississippi Territory. Too often these records have been ignored and their importance overlooked. It is hoped that the publication of these records will help to make researchers aware of their value. BIBLIOGRAPHY ATLAS OF ALABAMA, ed . Neal Lineback (University of Alabama Press, 197 3) ATLAS OF AMERICAN HISTORY, ed. James T. Adams (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943) U. S. CONGRESS, AMERICAN STATE PAPERS, CLASS IX CLAIMS (Gale and Seaton, 1832) U. S. CONGRESS, AMERICAN STATE PAPERS, CLASS VIII PUBLIC LANDS, Vol. I -VIII (Gale and Seaton, 1832) U. S. CONGRESS, AMERICAN STATE PAPERS, CLASS X MISCELLANEOUS Vols. I - II (Gale and Seaton, 1832) THE FRONTIERSMEN by Paul O'Neil (Time-Life Books, 1977) THE FORMATIVE PERIOD IN ALABAMA, 1815-1828 by Thomas P. Abernethy (University of Alabama Press, 1965) EARLY HISTORY OF HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA: 1804-1870 by Edward Chambers Betts 1909, Montgomery, Alabama (The Brown Printing Company, 1916) HISTORY OF ALABAMA by Albert James Pickett (Republished by Willo Publishing Company, 1962) MISSISSIPPI by John Ray Skates (W. W. Norton & Co., 1979) U. S. State Department TERRITORIAL PAPERS OF THE UNITED STATES ed. Clarence E. Carter (Government Printing Office, 1952) Vol. V Territory of Mississippi, 1798-1817 Vol. VI Territory of Mississippi, 1809-1817 Vol. XVIII Territory of Alabama, 1817-1819 V
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