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This is a genuine original 160 year-old Land Grant issued December 1, 1866 by U.S. President Andrew Johnson to William Miller. By this Grant the U.S. Government transferred 2 acres of land in Menasha, Wisconsin. The signatures of Andrew Johnson appear to be secretarial, as was standard at the time.
The dimensions of the Land Grant are 10” x 16” plus @ 1/2 inch of backing on each side.
The Historical Land Grant paper is fragile and brittle in areas, as is typical. There are separations and tears in the paper, including the areas where it was originally folded, but it displays virtually intact (slight paper loss at top affecting letters HE). It has been conserved by being archivally mounted to heavy-weight kozo conservation backing paper/washi (acid‑free, lignin‑free, museum‑grade materials) using gentle reversible preservation‑safe methods. This conservation has stabilized and preserved the Historical Land Grant in a manner which has archivally flattened it, making it ready for framing.
This Land Grant reads as follows:
CERTIFICATE
No.135.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
To all to whom these presents shallcome, Greeting:
Whereas,William Miller, of Brown County, Wisconsin
hasdeposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE of the UnitedStates a CERTIFICATE OF THE REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICEat Menasha [Wisconsin],whereby it appears that FULL PAYMENT has been made bythe said William Miller,
accordingto the provisions of the act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled“An act making further provision for the sale of the public lands,” for the Lot numbered One Hundred and Ninetyof the late Fort Howard Reservation,in Township Twenty Four of Range Twenty, in the District of Lands subject tosale at Menasha, Wisconsin, containing Two acres,
accordingto the Official Plat of the Survey ofthe said lands, returned to the GENERAL LAND OFFICE by the Surveyor General,which said Tract has been purchased by the said
William Miller
Nowknow ye, That the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts ofCongress in such case made and provided, HAVE GIVEN AND GRANTED,and by these presents DO GIVE AND GRANT, unto the said William Miller
andto hisheirs, the said Tract above described; To Have and to Hold the same,together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, ofwhatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, unto the said William Miller
andto hisheirs and assigns forever.
In Testimony whereof,I, AndrewJohnson,
PRESIDENTOF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
havecaused these letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the GENERAL LAND OFFICEto be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand, at the CITY OFWASHINGTON, the First day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousandeight hundred and sixty-six, and of the INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES theninety-first.
BY THE PRESIDENT:
Andrew Johnson
By
E.D. Neill, Sec’y.
J. N. Granger,
Recorderof the General Land Office.
RECORDED,Vol. 1 Page 133
Examined
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