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- Title: United States, Appellants v. Heirs of George v. F. Clarke and Heirs of George Atkinson
- Author : United States Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 01, 1842
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 83 KB
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APPEAL from the Superior Court of East Florida. This was an appeal from the decree of the superior court of East Florida, confirming the claims of the heirs of Clarke and Atkinson to 15,000 acres of land, under the acts for the adjustment of land-claims in Florida. The claim was founded on a petition of George Atkinson, merchant, of Fernandina, dated October 8th, 1816; and a decree of Governor Coppinger thereon, dated October 20th, 1816. The petition stated many services rendered to government, and benefits conferred on the province; and prayed that his excellency would be pleased 'to grant him, in property, fifteen thousand acres of land in Cedar Swamp, and on the west of the lake named Upper Little Lake.' The governor's decree stated, that, in consideration of the merits cited, he granted him, in property, the lands he solicited in the petition; and that the surveyor-general would run them for him, in the places he mentioned, or in others that were vacant, and of equal convenience to the party. The originals of the petiton and decree were not produced in evidence, neither are they to be found in the archives at St. Augustine. A certified copy, under the hand of Tomas de Aguilar, secretary of the government (whose handwriting was proved), stated to be faithfully drawn from the original in his office, was alone offered; and was objected to one the part of the appellants. The objection was overruled.