gr00506.xml Secretary of State: An Inventory of Its Land Survey Summary Sheets at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies, January 2012. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Secretary of State. Land survey summary sheets. circa 1854-circa 1880s. Materials in English. Summary sheets detailing the location of the meander posts, description of interior section corners and interior quarter section corners, and description of the quality of soil and timber on the township lines and interior sectional lines. 5.0 cu. ft. (51 oversize folders in map case). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. HISTORICAL NOTE

The Office of Surveyor General of Minnesota, established by Act of Congress of March 3, 1857, was responsible for conducting the original government survey of the public domain in the territory and state of Minnesota.

The earliest surveys of land in Minnesota were conducted under the jurisdiction of the Surveyor General of Iowa and Wisconsin, headquartered at Dubuque, Iowa. These surveys, completed between 1848 and May 1857, were primarily on land located between the St. Croix and Mississippi rivers or in the southeastern corner of Minnesota. After the establishment of the Office of Surveyor General of Minnesota, copies of the field notes, plats, and other records relevant to these surveys were transferred from Dubuque to St. Paul.

The Office of Surveyor General of Minnesota continued in operation until December 1907, when the survey of Minnesota was essentially complete. After 1907, the commissioner of the U. S. General Land Office served, ex officio, as Surveyor General of Minnesota, and handled any requisite surveying activities and questions. A congressional act of 1940 provided that the records of the Office of Surveyor General of Minnesota be turned over to the Minnesota Secretary of State.

 ARRANGEMENT

The collection is organized into the following sections:

Within each, they are arranged by range number, thereunder by township number, with one sheet per township.

4th Principal Meridian 5th Principal Meridian CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Surveying -- Public lands -- Minnesota. Townships -- Minnesota. Organizations: Minnesota. Office of Surveyor General of Minnesota. Places: Minnesota -- Surveys. Document Types: Maps -- Minnesota. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Secretary of State. Land Survey Summary Sheets. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 2010-38

 Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 007469373

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 4th Prinicipal Meridian 102.A.5 1 Ranges 1 East-7 East.

Missing: Range 2 East, Township 63.

 102.A.5 2 Ranges 1 West-7 West.

Missing: Range 4 West Township 60 North; Range 5 West Township 60-62 North; Range 7 West Township 58 North; Range 7 West Townships 60-62 North.

 102.A.5 3 Ranges 8 West-13 West.

Missing: Range 8 West Township 57-58 North; Range 8 West Township 60-61 North; Range 9 West Township 57-59 North; Range 9 West Township 61 North; Range 10 West Township 57-59 North; Range 10 West Township 61-62 North; Range 11 West Township 58 North; Range 11 West Township 61 North; Range 12 West Township 65 North; Range 13 West Township 65 North.

 102.A.5 4 Ranges 14 West-15 West.

Missing: Range 14 West Township 64-66 North; Range 15 West Township 65-66 North.

 102.A.5 5 Ranges 16 West-17 West.

Missing: Range 16 West Township 65 North; Range 17 West Township 65 North.

 102.A.5 6 Range 18 West.

Missing: Range 18 West Township 35-29 North; Range 18 West Township 62 North; Range 18 West Township 65 North.

 102.A.5 7 Range 19 West.

Missing: Range 19 West Township 37 North; Range 19 West Township 62 North; Range 19 West Township 64 North; Range 19 West Township 66 North; Range 19 West Township 68 North.

 102.A.5 8 Range 20 West.

Missing: Range 20 West Township 62 North; Range 20 West Township 65 North.

 102.A.5 9 Range 21 West.

Missing: Range 21 West Township 62-63 North; Range 21 West Township 66 North.

 102.A.5 10 Range 22 West.

Missing: Range 22 West Township 63-66 North; Range 22 West Township 69 North.

 102.A.5 11 Range 23 West.

Missing: Range 23 West Township 64-70 North.

 102.A.5 12 Range 24 West.

Missing: Range 24 West Township 60 North; Range 24 West Township 62 North; Range 24 West Township 66-70 North.

 102.A.6 13 Range 25 West.

Missing: Range 25 West Township 60 North; Range 25 West Township 62-65 North; Range 25 West Township 68-69 North.

 102.A.6 14 Range 26 West.

Missing: Range 26 West Township 43-44 North; Range 26 West Township 61-67 North; Range 26 West Township 69 North.

 102.A.6 15 Range 27 West.

Missing: Range 27 West Township 61-69 North.

 102.A.6 16 Range 28 West-30 West 102.A.6 17 Range 31 West-32 West. 5th Principal Meridian 102.A.6 18 Range 3 West-7 West. 102.A.6 19 Range 8 West-11 West. 102.A.6 20 Range 12 West-14 West.

Missing: Range 12 West Township 109-111 North; Range 13 West Township 109-111 North; 5th Meridian Range 14 West Township 109-110 North.

 102.A.7 21 Range 15 West-16 West. 102.A.7 22 Range 17 West-18 West. 102.A.7 23 Range 19 West-20 West. 102.A.7 24 Range 21 West-22 West. 102.A.7 25 Range 23 West-24 West. 102.A.7 26 Range 25 West.

Missing: Range 25 West Township 123-135 North; Range 25 West Township 151-157 North.

 102.A.7 27 Range 26 West.

Missing: Range 26 West Township 123-135 North; Range 26 West Township 151-152 North; Range 26 West Township 155 North.

 102.A.7 28 Range 27 West-27 West.

Missing: Range 27 West Township 151-156 North.

 102.A.8 29 Range 28 West.

Some of the sheets are badly stained.

Missing: Range 28 West Township 127-132 North.

102.A.8 30 Range 29 West.

Missing: Range 29 West Township 148-151 North.

 102.A.8 31 Range 30 West.

Missing: Range 30 West Township 150 North.

 102.A.8 32 Range 31 West.

Missing: Range 31 West Township 149-150 North.

 102.A.9 33 Range 32 West.

Missing: Range 32 West Township 151-156 North.

 102.A.9 34 Range 33 West.

Missing: Range 33 West Township 150-156 North.

 102.A.9 35 Range 34 West 102.A.9 36 Range 35 West. 102.A.9 37 Range 36 West. 102.A.9 38 Range 37 West. 102.A.10 39 Range 38 West.

Missing: Range 38 West Township 123-129 North.

 102.A.10 40 Range 39 West.

Missing: Range 39 West Township 128-129 North; Range 39 West Township 150-160 North.

 102.A.10 41 Range 40 West.

Missing: Range 40 West Township 151-160 North.

 102.A.10 42 Range 41 West.

Missing: Range 41 West Township 141-142 North; Range 41 West Township 153-159 North.

 102.A.10 43 Range 42 West.

Missing: Range 42 West Township 144-146 North; Range 42 West Township 154-155 North; Range 42 West Township 159-160 North.

102.A.10 44 Range 43 West. 102.A.11 45 Range 44 West. 102.A.11 46 Range 45 West. 102.A.11 47 Range 46 West. 102.A.11 48 Range 47 West.

Missing: Range 47 West Township 113-121 North.

 102.A.11 49 Range 48 West.

Missing: Range 48 West Township 101-121 North; Range 48 West Township 123-133 North.

 102.A.11 50 Range 49 West.

Missing: Range 49 West Township 101-122 North; Range 49 West Township 127-135 North; Range 49 West Township 137-140 North.

 102.A.11 51 Range 50 West-51 West.

Missing: Range 50 West Township 101-150 North; Range 51 West Township 101-155 North; Range 51 West Township 157-161 North.