AGREEABLE TO THE DIRECTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, A PUBLIC SALE WILL BE HELD AT PALESTINE, COMMENCING ON THE 2D MONDAY IN AUGUST NEXT, FOR THE DISPOSAL OF THE FOLLOWING LANDS BELONGING TO THE UNITED STATES. . . JOSEPH KITCHELL, REGISTER. G.W. SMITH, RECEIVER

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Printed folio broadside, 7-7/8" x 12-1/4." The printed list of lands for sale consists of "Lands Relinquished to the United States Under the Act of March 21, 1828." The verso lists in ink manuscript other lands for sale, with the ink signatures of Joseph Kitchell, Register; and Smith as Receiver, dated in ink manuscript July 25, 1831. Old horizontal folds [a few short splits, some repaired]. Very Good. "Palestine was organized as a village in 1811 and became the seat of newly formed Crawford County in 1818. Its U.S. Land Office drew many visitors, including 21-year-old Abe Lincoln, who stopped for several days en route to the Springfield area. The following year Robert Kinzie came to buy 102.29 acres of land, which subsequently became the core of Chicago" [article on Palestine IL at online Advisory Council on Historic Preservation]. It is located in southeast Illinois, near the Indiana line. Palestine's Register, Joseph Kitchell [1780-1843] was a "Delegate to the first Illinois Constitutional Convention. First Registrar at the Land Office at Palestine from 1820-1841. Senator in Illinois State Legislature 1820-1822. Judge in 1818 in last term of court under the territorial system of Illinois. Donated land for west half of Village of Palestine, IL and laid out the original town plat with Edward N. Cullom" ["Notes for Joseph Kitchell" at online site of American History Press]. Seller Inventory # 39168

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Title: AGREEABLE TO THE DIRECTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT...

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Publication Date: 1831

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