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 Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies, October 2012. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. State Auditor. Land Dept. Correspondence, miscellaneous. 1881-1909. Materials in English. Letters received by the Land Department from W. E. Culkin, attorney for the state, regarding swamp land contests; from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers relating to proposed construction of flowage reservoirs on the Mississippi River; and from private individuals concerning the survey, sale, and/or lease of pine, mineral and swamp lands. 0.25 cubic feet (5 folders in partial box). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. CATALOG HEADINGS

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Topics: Forests and forestry -- Minnesota. Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Minnesota. Mines and mineral resources -- Minnesota. Pine -- Minnesota. Public land sales -- Minnesota. Public lands -- Minnesota. Reservoirs -- Mississippi River. Swamp lands -- Minnesota. Timber -- Minnesota. Persons: Culkin, William E. (William Edgar), 1860-1949. Hartmann, Emil. Huntress, Fred F. Merritt, Cassius Clay, 1851-1926. Merritt, Leonidis, 1844-1926. Winchell, N. H. (Newton Horace), 1839-1914. Organizations: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Places: Saint Croix River (Wis. and Minn.) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. State Auditor. Land Dept. Correspondence, Miscellaneous. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 982-3

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Catalog ID number: 007583260

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 116.F.12.14F W. E. Culkin letters, November 1906-October 1909. 3 folders.

Letters received from Culkin, attorney for the state, regarding swamp land contests in northern Minnesota. Land in the following townships is covered in the contests: 4th Meridian, Twp. 58/Range 8, Twps. 57 and 58/Range 9, Twp. 57/Range 10, Twp. 61/Range 11, Twp. 64/Range 17, Twp. 63/Ranges 21 and 22, Twp. 68/Range 23 and 26, Twp. 66/Range 24 and 25, Twps. 65, 66, and 67/Range 27, and Twp. 67/Range 25; 5th Meridian, Twps. 144, 145, 146, 147 and 153/Range 25, Twps. 148 and 153/Range 26, Twps. 148, 154, and 155/Range 27, and Twp. 143/Range 31.

 Letters received from U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1881-1906.

Presidential proclamation, 1882, and correspondence relating to the withdrawal from sale of certain lands tributary to the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers and subject to overflow by the proposed construction of flowage reservoirs on the upper Mississippi.

 Letters received, 1886-1904.

Letters from a number of private individuals concerning the survey, sale, and/or lease of pine, mineral, and swamp lands. Correspondents include Leonidis Merritt, Newton H. Winchell (with a proposal for survey and appraisal of northern Minnesota mineral lands), Fred F. Huntress, Cassius C. Merritt, and Emil Hartmann.