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| ::Pennsylvania, Land Office, ''Original Warrants of Depreciation Lands, 1780-1800,'' {{FHL|9785|item|disp=FS Library film 985462 (first of 4 films)}}.<br> | | ::Pennsylvania, Land Office, ''Original Warrants of Depreciation Lands, 1780-1800,'' {{FHL|9785|item|disp=FS Library film 985462 (first of 4 films)}}.<br> |
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| '''Donation land in the Last Purchase treaty area''' was issued to veterans of the Pennsylvania Line in the Continental Army. Eligible veterans drew lots for a piece of land and then paid a small fee for their certificate. Most soldiers sold their title instead of settling on the land. The library has Pennsylvania, Surveyor General's Office, ''Donation Lands Records, 1780-1800.'' {{FHL|9688|item|FHL films 987058-66}}. For a printed list of names, see ''Pennsylvania Archives'', series 3, volume 7, pp. 659-795. | | '''Donation land in the Last Purchase treaty area''' was issued to veterans of the Pennsylvania Line in the Continental Army. Eligible veterans drew lots for a piece of land and then paid a small fee for their certificate. Most soldiers sold their title instead of settling on the land. The library has Pennsylvania, Surveyor General's Office, ''Donation Lands Records, 1780-1800.'' {{FHL|9688|item|FS Library films 987058-66}}. For a printed list of names, see ''Pennsylvania Archives'', series 3, volume 7, pp. 659-795. |
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| *A description of the Bureau of Land Records is in Pennsylvania Bureau of Land Records, in ''Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Quarterly,'' vol. 8, no. 4, May 1982. {{FHL|151821|item|disp=FS Library book 974.8 B2wg}} and {{FHL|151821|item|disp=FS Library film 2024355}}. | | *A description of the Bureau of Land Records is in Pennsylvania Bureau of Land Records, in ''Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Quarterly,'' vol. 8, no. 4, May 1982. {{FHL|151821|item|disp=FS Library book 974.8 B2wg}} and {{FHL|151821|item|disp=FS Library film 2024355}}. |