TREASURY DEPARTMENT, December 1, 1820. SIR: In obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 28th ult. directing the Secretary of the Treasury to lay before that House "a statement of the number of claims to military bounty land, for services rendered during the late war, which remain unsatisfied; the aggregate amount of acres necessary to satisfy those claims; and the time when the lands will be ready to be distributed amongst the respective claimants;" I have the honor to submit the inclosed statement from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, which furnishes the information required. I remain, with respect, Your most obedient servant, The Honorable JOHN W. TAYLOR, : WM. H. CRAWFORD. Speaker of the House of Representatives. STATEMENT relative to Claims to Military Bounty Land, for Services rendered during the late War, made in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives, dated 28th of November, 1820. Warrants issued by the War Department prior to the 30th November, 1820, Patents have issued from the General Land Office for Warrants remaining unsatisfied Of which there are in the General Land Office, and which will be satisfied in the course of two or three months Outstanding warrants Viz. 2,246 of 160 acres each, is 186 of 320 do. do. GENERAL LAND OFFICE, November 30, 1820. There are lands ready for distribution that will satisfy 7,200 claims. JOSIAH MEIGS. |