Homestead Certificate, 1869
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Certificate from General Land Office of the United States of America at Ionia, Michigan for Wiliam H. Beebe, certifying that a homestead "has been established and daily consummated in conformity to the law for the east half of the south-east quarter and the north-west quarter of the south-east quarter of section twenty-two, in township fifteen north of range eighteen west, in the district of lands subject to sale at Ionia, Michigan, containing one hundred and twenty acres." Signed by Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States.
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1869-11-01
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U.S. Crop Corps Certificate of Service
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U.S. Crop Corps Certificate of Service issued to Esther Gilliland, June 1, 1943, "for patriotic service on a farm or in a food processing factory." Signed by U.S. War Food Administrator, Chairman of the War Manpower Commission, and State Director of Agricultural Extension. Certification allowed farm to employ workers during night shifts during World War II, so that farms could keep up during the labor shortage created by the War.
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1943-06-01
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