A land patent is a form of letters patent assigning official ownership of a particular tract of land that has gone through various legally-prescribed processes...

list of land patents provided by the British crown for land in what is now the state of Maine: Gorges-Mason Grant, 1622 First Kennebec Patent, 1627 Mason's...

Letters patent, a type of legal instrument issued by a monarch or president Land patent, a land grant, such as in a patented mining claim Patent leather...

system. Similar grants included land patents, which were land grants by early state governments in the US, and printing patents, a precursor of modern copyright...

Nine Partners Patent was a land patent granted in 1706 in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It was the last of fourteen patents granted between...

the chain of title from the land patent to the present may include many deeds. The actual title remains with the land patent and lawful deeds show the chain...

marriage, William Pierce. This is known with certainty because Pierce patented land on June 22, 1635, claiming headright for the transportation of 40 individuals...

and a compass. The patent's claimant would then take the description of this land to the colony's secretary, who created the patent to be approved by the...

primary source of letters patent in the United States are intellectual property patents and land patents, though letters patent are issued for a variety...

Point. In 1812, Putnam County was detached from Dutchess. Fourteen royal land patents were granted between 1685 and 1706 covering the entirety of the original...

The Philipse Patent was a British royal patent for a large tract of land on the east bank of the Hudson River about 50 miles north of New York City. It...

a new suburb that its developer dubbed Chevy Chase after a colonial land patent. Primarily residential, Chevy Chase adjoins Friendship Heights, a popular...

The Waldo Patent, a letters patent also known as the Muscongus Patent or the Lincolnshire Patent, was a document granting title to 36 square miles (9,300 ha)...

members. The remaining land was sold on a first-come basis, typically by land run, with settlers also receiving a land patent type deed. For these now...

provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick. It existed through a series of land patents made by the kings of England during this era, and included New Somersetshire...

(89 km2) land patent called 'the Hartwick Patent' in Otsego County, New York located southwest of what would become Cooperstown. This patent was granted...

Pauling, the daughter of Henry Beekman, who held the second largest land patent in the county. The town is in the southeastern part of the county, and...

United States. The town was named for Richard Caulk, who received a land patent at the location of the town in 1860. The town opened a post office in...

ranks along the Oregon Trail. 7,437 land patents were issued under the law, which expired in late 1855. The Donation Land Claim Act allowed white men or partial...

requesting letters of Patent for Land he bought from the Indigenous Americans. He also stated in this correspondence that he wanted the patent to be known by...

known as the Monmouth Patent, Navesink Tract or Navesink Patent was a large triangular tract of land granted as a land patent to settlers of New Jersey...

The Fauconnier Patent was a royal land patent granted in 1705 in Dutchess County, Province of New York. It was the twelfth of fourteen granted between...

The Rombout Patent was a Colonial era land patent issued by King James II of England in 1685 sanctioning the right of Francis Rombouts and his partners...

Bronck Vriessendael – David Pietersen de Vries; de Vries also had the 1st patent for Staten Island. Fordham Manor 3900 acres in the Bronx owned by John Archer...

portion of an 1838 GLO map, Credit Island, now Davenport, Iowa An 1845 GLO land patent Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine A GLO survey marker from 1913...

apparently not a part of any existing patent or subsequent land acquisition. The Baltimore Area Council applied for a land patent to resolve the issue. On June...

on acquiring a United States land patent, which would solidify ownership of the Rancho under United States’ law. The patent was granted and signed by President...

congregation to move farther from England.: 16–18  The congregation obtained a land patent from the Plymouth Company in June 1619. They had declined the opportunity...

software patent is a patent on a piece of software, such as a computer program, library, user interface, or algorithm. The validity of these patents can be...

the 2020 census, the population was 308. The town was named after a land patent, which itself was named after the Battle of Blenheim. The town was the...