President Andrew Jackson's Proclamation Regarding Land Sales in
Louisiana; June 5, 1830
[From Original in General land Office.] By the President
of the United States
In pursuance of law, I, Andrew Jackson, President of the United States of
America, do hereby declare and make known that public sales will be held at the under-mentioned land offices, in the State
of Louisiana, at the periods designated, to wit:
At the land office at New Orleans on the first Monday in November next, for
the disposal of such of the public lands within the limits of the under-mentioned fractional townships as are not covered
by private land claims, viz:
Fractional townships 6, 7, and 9 south, of range 12 east; fractional townships
9 and 10 south, of range 13 east; fractional township 11 south, of range 15 east; fractional township 12 south, of range 16
east; fractional township 12 south, of ranges 20 and 21 east; fractional township 13 south, of range 21 east.
The above-described lands are adjacent to and binding on the Mississippi River.
At the land office at Ouachita, on the third Monday in November next, for
the disposal of the public lands within the limits of the under-mentioned townships and fractional townships, viz:
Fractional townships 3 and 4 north, of range I east; fractional townships
2 and 3 and townships 19 and 20 north, of range 2 east; fractional townships 2 and 3 and townships 7, 13, 14, 19, and 20 north,
of range 3 east; fractional township 3 and townships 8, 9, 13, 14, and 19 north, of range 4 east; township 9 north, of ranges
5 and 6 east; township 10 north, of range 7 east; townships 10, 11, and 12 north, of range 8 east; also township 8 north,
of range 9 east, and townships 8 and 9 north, of range 10 east, including the Lake St. John and part of Lake Concordia, near
Natchez; township 21 and fractional township 22 north, of range 12 east; fractional townships 21, 22, and 23, of range 13
east, in the vicinity of Lake Providence; fractional township 4 north, of range 1 west; fractional townships 5 and 6 north,
of range 2 west; fractional townships 5 and 6 and township 7 north, of range 3 west.
At the land office at St. Helena on the third Monday in November next, for
the disposal of the public lands within the limits of the under-mentioned townships and fractional townships, viz:
Township 4 and fractional townships 5 and 7, of range 1 west; townships 1
and 2 and fractional townships 3, 4, and 5, of range 2 west; townships 1 and 2 and fractional township 3, of range 3 west;
fractional townships 1 and 2, of range 4 west; townships 4 and 5, of range 1 east; township 4, of range 2 east; township 4
and fractional townships 7 and 8, of range 10 east; townships 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, and fractional township 8, of range 11 east;
townships 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and fractional township 8, of range 11 east; townships 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 8 and fractional townships
4 and 9, of range 13 east; fractional townships 1, 2, 3, and 10, of range 14 east; fractional township 10, of ranges 15, 16,
and 17 east.
The townships and fractional townships will be offered in the order in which
they are above designated, beginning with the lowest number of section in each.
The lands reserved by law for the use of schools or for other purposes are
to be excluded from sale.
Given under my hand, at the city of Washington, this 5th day of June, 1830.
ANDREW JACKSON.
By the President:
GEORGE GRAHAM,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Source: A Compilation
of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Prepared under the direction of the Joint Committee on printing, of the House
and Senate, Pursuant to an Act of the Fifty-Second Congress of the United States. New
York : Bureau of National Literature, Inc., 1897; Yale
Law School, The Avalon Project
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