United States v. Breward
Supreme Court of the United States
ON appeal from the Superior Court of East Florida. The claim is founded .on a petition of Breward, dated 23d August, 1816, and an alleged decree of Governor Coppinger thereon, dated the following day.
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ON appeal from the Superior Court of East Florida. The claim is founded .on a petition of Breward, dated 23d August, 1816, and an alleged decree of Governor Coppinger thereon, dated the following day. The- petition states, that “ he intends to establish a mill to saw lumber for the supply of commerce and the province, which he wishes to situate upon St. John’s river, on the creek known by the name of Little Cedar Creek; and whereas said costly fabric requires to secure in lands and timber wha* may be sufficient to cover the great expenses which are' necessary to build it, and it being all for…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
The petitioner asked five miles square of land, being sixteen thousand acres, on Little Cedar Creek, of St. John’s river; he intending to' establish a mill to saw lumber. Ten thousand acres were asked for in the neighbourhood of the place; and the remaining six. thousand acres, in Cedar Swamp, on the west side of St. John’s river, and in Cabbage Hammock, on the east side of that river.
On the 20th of August, 1816, the Governor of Florida decreed the same, on the condition the mill was built. The condition was complied with.
1. On the 27th of May, 1817, George F.-Clark, the surveyor-general of…
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