Nos. 27041 for 180 acres, 36672 for 80 acres, 43327 for 80 acres, 29672 for 80 acres, 28414 for 80 acres, 33843 for 80 acres, 42175 for 80 acres, 37280 for 80 acres, to wit: section 4, township 63, range 33. Nos. 34627 for 80 acres, 36774 for 80 acres, 34277 for 80 acres, 33084 for 80 acres, 36729 for 80 acres, 22726 for 80 acres, 12644 for 80 acres, 23874 for 80 acres, to wit: section 3, township 62, range 33.

Nos. 18330 for 160 acres, 49663 for 160 acres, 20361 for 160 acres, 24348 for 160 acres, to wit: section 22, township 63, range 33.

Nos. 48449 for 160 acres, 31785 for 160 acres, 50593 for 160 acres, 38963 for 160 acres, to wit: section 15, township 63, range 33.

No. 82193 for 120 acres, the northwest, southwest, and southeast quarters of the southwest quarter of section 10, township 63, range 33.

Hon. THOMAS A. HENDRICKS,

PETER MCLAUGHLIN,
HENRY F. FELIX.

Commissioner of the General Land Office.

PLATTSBURG, August 4, 1857.

GENTS: In reply to your letter of this date, I have to state that the foregoing is a descriptive list of the tracts of lands applied for by Messrs. McLaughlin & Felix on the 26th of November, 1856.

Yours, respectfully,

Messrs. WINSLOW TURNER, Register, and
H. WHITTINGTON.

H. F. FELIX.

B.

Great Eastern, Western, and Southern Package Express.

THE ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY.

WASHINGTON, D. C., February 5, 1857. Received of McLaughlin and Felix, in apparent good order, to be forwarded to Henry Whittington, Plattsburg, Mo., only the undermentioned articles marked as per margin, and subject to the agreement now made and herein expressed, as follows:

It is agreed, and is part of the consideration of this contract, that we are not to be responsible for any loss or damage arising from the dangers of railroad, steam or river navigation, leakage, fire, or from any cause whatever, unless the same be proved to have occurred from the fraud or gross negligence of ourselves, our agents, or servants; and we are in no event to be liable beyond our route, as herein receipted. Valued under fifty dollars, unless otherwise herein stated. Fish, game,

fruit, live stock, and all perishable articles; glass, picture frames, guns, furniture not in boxes; statuary and contents of paper boxes, taken at owner's risk.

Freight.-Paid $2 50.

Mark.-Article. One parcel said to contain four hundred and

seventy-seven dollars.

For the company,

MAGAURAN.

C.

GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
February 6, 1857.

GENTLEMEN I forward herewith for location 152 military bounty land warrants received at this office from the assignees, Messrs. Peter McLaughlin and Henry F. Felix, of Reading, Berks county, Pennsylvania; also, a map of Nodaway county, Missouri, showing by red and yellow shades the tracts on which they desire that these warrants shall be located, and a descriptive list of said warrants, in which the particular tract or tracts on which each of the above mentioned warrants should be located is fully set forth; also, a copy of a receipt from Messrs. Adams & Co.'s Express Company, (the original of which is on file in this office,) showing that McLaughlin and Felix have placed in their hands, to be forwarded to you, four hundred and seventy-seven dollars in gold, for the payment of the fees to which you will be entitled for making said locations.

These gentlemen have furnished this office with the highest testimony of their intentions, in making their locations, of forming an actual and permanent settlement in a manner to advance the public interest, both State and federal. You will therefore, without delay, examine the records and plats of your office, and locate the warrants in accordance with the descriptive list on such of the tracts therein named as are, at the date of the reception of this letter, vacant public lands subject to such locations, and return the duplicate certificates of location, with the list and map, to this office, in a special letter on the subject. In order to avoid delay in this matter, I have caused the warrants and the assignments endorsed thereon to be carefully examined in this office, and find them in all respects to be sufficient; they will therefore not require the usual examination in that respect by you. In making up your monthly abstract of locations for the month in which these locations shall have been made, you will make in the margin opposite each of these cases a reference to this letter by its date.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

REGISTER and RECEIVER,

THOMAS A. HENDRICKS,
Commissioner.

Plattsburg, Missouri.

D.

REGISTER'S OFFICE,

Plattsburg, Mo., March 7, 1857.

SIR: Not having had a regular Washington mail for about a month, your letter of the 6th ultimo, covering the warrants therein alluded to, was not received until this evening. This delay is the more vexatious, inasmuch as the greater portion of the land thereby to be located was covered and carried by the locations of mere speculators on the 2d instant.

Mr. Thompson, the agent of the Pennsylvania parties, was here at the opening on the 2d, but, being without either warrants or final directions from his principals, was enabled only (by his own means) to put himself in competition with others for a portion of the land. Being here again to-day, with a letter from his principals of the 13th, covering a copy of yours of the 6th ultimo, he is understood to be compromising and doing otherwise all he can for the benefit of his employers.

It need not, of course, be added that, within the limits of personal and official propriety, his exertions in the direction alluded to will be cordially seconded by this office.

The notice of the parties to the receiver of having made the arrangement and transmitted the fees reached that officer on the evening of the 3d instant. The money has not yet come to hand, but that would have been immaterial had we received your letter in time to locate the warrants as therein directed.

Very respectfully, your obedient servants,

THOS. A. HENDRICKS, Esq.,

JAMES H. BIRCH,

(Yet out of commission.) H. WHITTINGTON,

Commissioner General Land Office, Washington.

Receiver.

E.

It is hereby certified that James H. Birch, jr., has this day applied, purchased, and paid for the following described lands lying in the district of lands subject to sale at the land office at this place, and the duplicates for the same will be issued as soon as the business of the office will permit:

The NW. of NE. and NW. of S. 1, T. 66, R. 25, 200 acres. The SE. of SW. of S. 2, T. 66, R. 25, 40 acres.

The W.

acres.

and S. of SE. and SW. of S. 11, T. 66, R. 25, 280

The NW. of S. 12, T. 66, R. 25, 160 acres.

The lot No. 1 of NE., and lot No. 1 of NW., and N. of SE., and N. of SW. † of S. 5, T. 65, R. 26, 320 acres.

of SW. of S. 28, T. 66, R. 26, 200 acres. of S. 33, T. 66, R. 26, 40 acres.

of S. 31, T. 66, R. 26, 160 acres.

The E. of SE.

acres.

The E. and E.

of W.

and E. of NE. † of S. 28, T. 65, R. 26, 160 of S. 31, T. 65, R. 26, 480 acres.

The SW. of NE.

and NW.

of SE

and W.

of S. 32, T. 65,

The SE.

and SE.

The NE.

of NE.

The SE.

The SW.

The S of NE.

and SE. of NW.

of SW.

of S. 12, T. The SE. and E. The S. of SW.

of SW.

of SE. and SW. of S. 32, T. 66, R. 26, 200 acres. and N. 1 of SE. † and NE. ‡

The SW. of S. 5,

The SW. of NE.
389, 68
100 acres.

65, R. 27, 240 acres.

of S. 35, T. 65, R. 27, 240 acres.
of S. 36, T. 65, R. 27, 80 acres.
T. 66, R. 27, 160 acres.
of 25 and E.

T. 63, R. 28, 160 acres.
and SE.

and NE. † of NE.

The SE. and SW. of NE.

and NW. of S. 7, T. 63, R. 28, of S. 8, T. 63, R. 28, 40 acres. of SW. of S. 5, T. 64, R. 28, 200 acres. ‍and SE. 1 and E. ¦ of SW. of S. 6, T. 64,

R. 28,

The W.

of NW.

The SW.

R. 28, 280 acres.

and SŴ. of SW. of S. 8, T. 64, R. 28 440 acres.
of S. 15, T. 64, R. 28, 160 acres.

The E.
The NW.
The NE.

of SE.

S. 30, T.

64, R. 29, 80 acres.

and E.

S. 33, T. 64, R.
of SE.

29, 160 acres.

S. 34, T. 64, R. 29, 240 acres.

The W. of NW.

The S. of SW.

S. 35, T. 64, R. 29, 80 acres.

of 19, and N. of NW. S. 30, T. 64, R. 29,

160 acres.

of SW. The NE.

The NE

acres.

The S.

of S. of Sec. 8, and W. of NW. † and NW. Į¦ S. 9, T. 65, R. 29, 600 acres.

The S.
The NE.
The W.

SE. S. 17,
The NW.

acres.

of Sec. 14, and NW. S. 23, T. 65, R. 29, 320 acres. and W. of SE. and SW. S. 22, T. 65, R. 29, 400

of SE S. 3, T. 66, R. 29, 80 acres.

of N. and S. S. 8, T. 66, R. 29, 480 acres.

S. 10, T. 66, R. 29, 160 acres.

of NE., and NW., and E. of SW., and W. of T. 66, R. 29, 400 acres.

of NE., and NW. 4, and S S. 25, T. 66, R. 29, 520

The NW.
The NE S. 27, T. 66, R. 29, 160 acres.

of NE. 4, and NW. S. 26, T. 66, R. 29, 200 acres.

The E.

acres.

The SE.

of NE. of Sec 35, and N. S. 36, T. 66, R. 29, 400

S. 30, T. 62, R. 31, 160 acres. The W. S. 31, T. 62, R. 31, 3371% acres.

The SW. of NW. 1, and N.

S. 14, T. 61, R. 32, 160 acres.

of SW., and NW. 4 of SE.

The SE. of NE. S. 15, T. 61, R. 32, 40 acres.

The S. S. 34, T. 61, R. 32, 320 acres.

The NE. and N. of SE. S. 3, T. 62, R. 33, 240 acres.
The Nand SW. 1 S. 4, T. 62, R. 33, 480 acres,

of SE. and SW. S. 11, T. 62, R. 33, 240 acres. The W. of S. 2, T. 63, R. 33, 320 acres.

The E. of NE. and SE. S. 3, T. 63, R. 33, 240 acres.
The Secs. 4, 10, and NE. S. 7, T. 63, R. 33, 1,440 acres.
The SW. of NW. and W. of SW. S. 29, T. 63, R. 33, 120

The W. of NE. and NW. and S. 478,3% acres.

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of N. § S. 31, T. 63, R.

S. 1, T. 65, R. 33,