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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · May 22, 1826 · Chapter CXLIV

Chapter CXLIV. for the relief of William Biggs

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Chap. CXLIV.— An Act for the relief of William Biggs. May 22, 1826. *Be it enacted, &c., * That William Biggs, of the state of Illinois, be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter three sections of land, in quarterAuthorized to enter three sections of land in Illinois. sections, of the lands subject to entry at private sale in the Sangamon district, in Illinois, in consideration of his services as lieutenant in the regiment of the late General George Rogers Clark, which marched against, and subdued, the posts of Kaskaskias and Vincennes. Approved, May 22, 1826.
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