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Court of Claims Records
The Texas Court of Claims was an administrative body created to perform a thorough audit of certificates that had already been issued, as well as to review claims and issue original, duplicate, and unlocated balance certificates to those who provided substantial evidence. The Court of Claims Records contain reports and correspondence in 5 series: Court of Claims Files (1856-1861) , Court of Claims Reports (1856-1861), Unlocated Balance Certificates (January 1856 - July 1859), Commissioners of Claims Letters (1856-1861), Supporting Documents (1856-1861).Categories
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Special Orders of the 5th Military District
The 5th Military District was the military governing body for Texas during Reconstruction. The Special Orders of the Fifth Military District contains printed copies of approximately 84 extracts as they pertain to the Texas General Land Office and other State agencies for January - April, 1870.Many of the Special Orders direct the removal of persons from public office and the appointment of others down to the county level.
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Texas General Land Office Vertical Files
The Vertical Files are an artificial collection of newspaper articles, research articles, historical articles, ephemera, etc., documenting the functions and the records of the General Land Office throughout Texas history organized alphabetically by subject.Categories
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- Admininstrative Papers
- Maps and Sketches
- VLB
- Titles/Deeds/Patents
- City Lots
- School
- Reports/Index
- Ledgers
- Land Grant Programs
- Surveyor Related
- County Related
- Spanish Collection
- Veterans
- Confederate Collections
- Railroad
- Defunct Agencies
- Manuscript Collections
- German-related
- Mineral Related
- Legal Documents
- Scrap
- Colony Records
- Contracts
- Correspondence