Report : Petition of J. Beaubien

The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was refernd the petition of Jean Baptiste Beaubien, of lllinois, praying indemnity for the loss of certain lands at the city of Chicago, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report :It appears that Beaubien purchased a house on the southwest fractional quarter of section 10, township 39 north, of range 14 east; that he took possession thereof, and occupied and cultivated a part of said lands, in every year from 1817 to 1836 ; that, in 1823, certain factory houses, built upon said lands, were sold by order of the Secretary of the Treasury; that one Whiting became the purchaser, who sold the same to the American Fur Company, and the company sold to Beaubien for $500; that Beaubien took possession of the houses, and occupied the same.On the 7th of May, 1831, he made application to the land office at Palestine, under the act of 1830, for a pre-emption to said lands, but the same was rejected; although, upon the same day, a pre-emption was granted to one Kinzie for a part of the said fractional section 10; he also applied, in 1834, to the land office at Danville, for a pre-emption right to said lands, which was again rejected.In 1835, the President of the United States, by proclamation, directed certain lands in the Chicago land district to be exposed to public sale, among which was included the lands in question.In May, 1835, Beaubien proved his pre-emption before the receiver of the land.office at Chicago, and entered the said southwest fractional quarter, section 10, township 39, range 14 east.The receiver granted the pre-emption and permitted the entry, on the ground that the lands in question were within the district and not specially reserved in the proclamation of the President, nor were they marked as reserved upon the map furnished such land office; this entry by Beaubien was afterwards cancelled by the Commissioner of the General Laud Office, on the ground that the said lands were rese.rved for

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