Certificates for Land for Canadian Refugees
Document 1800Submitted two certificates for land granted to refugees by Congress as compensation for abandoning their property in Canada. In order to obtain land in the Refugee Tract, applicants had to have left Canada for the duration of the war and supported the American war effort.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Submitted two certificates for land granted to refugees by Congress as compensation for abandoning their property in Canada. In order to obtain land in the Refugee Tract, applicants had to have left Canada for the duration of the war and supported the American war effort.
Date
10/13/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Albany
Repository
Document number
1800101390001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Glen
Jacob Vander Heyden
refugees
Canadians
General Montgomery
Notable locations
City of Washington
Albany
New York
Canada
Montreal
Notable items
refugee tract
certificates
Act for Relief of the Canadian Refugees
land
compensation
losses
price
Laws and Patents
sixpence per acre
Journals of Congress
paper money
credit