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- Title: United States, Appellants v. John M. Hanson and Others
- Author : United States Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 01, 1842
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
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APPEAL from the Superior Court of East Florida. Samuel Miles, a new settler, admitted under the protection of king of Spain, on the 18th of July 1813, presented a petition to Governor Kindelan, the Spanish governor of East Florida, setting forth great services performed by him for the supply of the troops of Spain, in the province, and severe sufferings and losses sustained by him in the service of the crown; and considering himself entitled to some favor, asked for a grant of five miles square of land, for the construction of a water saw-mill, at a place fit for the purpose, and which is vacant, situated at the mouth of the river Santa Lucia. The governor gave the following decree on the petition: St. Augustine, Florida, 19th July 1813.