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General Land Office, 1860 Bounty Land Grant for 160 Acres

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General Land Office, 1860 Bounty Land Grant for 160 Acres
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Springfield, Missouri and Washington, D.C., 1860. United States Bounty Land Grant issued in favor of Mary C. Stokes, Widow of Jacob Stokes, a Private in Captain Merriweather's Company of the South Carolina Militia in the War of 1812, for the total of 160 acres located in Springfield, Missouri. This document declares that the tract of land described has been turned over to a Mr. Nolan, who most likely purchased it from Mary Stokes. This was done in accordance with an act of Congress passed on March 3, 1855, entitled "An Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States." Signed and sealed by the President of the United States at the time, James Buchanan (Secretarial signature)". Black text with an American flag at top left corner. Fine condition with some splitting along fold lines. James Buchanan Jr. (1791-1868) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States (1857Ð1861). He previously served as Secretary of State (1845Ð1849) and represented Pennsylvania in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He was a states' rights advocate, and minimized the role of the federal government in the nation's final years of slavery. Historians condemn Buchanan for not addressing the issue of slavery, and not forestalling the secession of the southern states over it, and he is consistently rated by scholars as among the nation's worst presidents. His presidential successor was Abraham Lincoln. Just weeks after Lincoln was elected as President, southern states began seceding from the U.S., and the American Civil War started.