LAND DISTRICTS
NAME OF REGISTER
NAME OF RECEIVER
NUMBER OF ACRES SOLD DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 30TH OF JUNE,
1856
AMOUNT OF PURCHASE MONEY RECEIVED THEREFORE
Stillwater
Thos. M. Fullerton
Wm. Holcomb
103,141.31
128,930.23
Sauk Rapids
Geo. W. Sweet
Wm. H. Wood
49,712.44
65,355.41
Chatfield (late Brownsville)
John R. Bennet
Jno. H. McKenny
238,323.26
298,920.98
Minneapolis
Marcus P. Olds
Roswell P. Russel
139,188.96
186,651.77
Winona
Diedrich Upman
Lorenzo D. SMith
264,777.28
335,845.66
Red Wing
Wm. P. Phelps
Chr. Graham
206,987.32
265,173.84
Since the 30th June 1856, the following offices have been established
and officers appointed
Buchanan
Saml. Clark
John Whipple
Ojibeway
Saml. Plumer
Wm. Sawyer
1856 Land Offices and Officers in Minnesota
Source: "Minnesota and Dacotah: in letters descriptive of a
tour through the North-west, in the autumn of 1856", by C.C. Andrews, 1857.
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