Life of Gen James H Lane, "the liberator of Kansas"; with corroborative incidents of pioneer history . opinion the Re-^ of the said N. E. ^4 to Lane, ceiver refused to concur, deemingwhich decision on appeal to the the additional testimony insuffi-Honorable Secretary of the Inte- cient. Subsequently, however, onrior was affirmed by him Decern- October 6, 1858, the Receiver con-ber31, 186L curred with the Register, in Very respectfully, awarding the land to Jenkins. N. C. McFarland, Afterwards, by decision of this Commissioner. office of July 2(5,1861, their decision 198 RECORDS BRIGHT AS FORTY
Life of Gen James H Lane, "the liberator of Kansas"; with corroborative incidents of pioneer history . opinion the Re-^ of the said N. E. ^4 to Lane, ceiver refused to concur, deemingwhich decision on appeal to the the additional testimony insuffi-Honorable Secretary of the Inte- cient. Subsequently, however, onrior was affirmed by him Decern- October 6, 1858, the Receiver con-ber31, 186L curred with the Register, in Very respectfully, awarding the land to Jenkins. N. C. McFarland, Afterwards, by decision of this Commissioner. office of July 2(5,1861, their decision 198 RECORDS BRIGHT AS FORTY YEARS AGO. was reversed, and tlie right of entry given to Lane. An appeal wastaken from this decision to the Honorable Secretary of the Interior,and^decisions were rendered by him dated December 31, 1861, Decem-ber 27, 1862, and February 21, 1863, approving the decision of thisoffice and awarding tlie land to Lane. Patent for a portion of the tract S. i^ and Ts. W. i^ of N. E. M,issued March 15, 1862. Patent for the remaining portion N. E. H ofN. E. U, issued February 23, 1863. Very Respectfully,. Commissioner. There had been such a perfidious determination to fal-sify all the records of the land offices, local and general,in this unfortunate homicide, that I requested JudgeLamereux to give me the statement in his own hand-writing, instead of, as is usual, over the signature of aclerk, which request he has kindly complied with ; andI am, therefore enabled to present this refutation offalsehood in fac simile over the broad, emphatic signa-ture of the present Commissioner himself; and the rec-ords, instead of being destroyed as w^aste lumber,stand there as bright as they did forty years ago. The reason for the different dates of the decisions ondifferent sub-divisions of the quarter-section is accountedfor in the fact that they embraced portions of the city ofLawrence, heretofore referred to as contracted by Chap-man, and notices had to be given and the rights of occu-pants cons
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