The public domain. Its history, with statistics, with references to the national domain, colonization, acquirement of territory, the survey, administration and several methods of sale and disposition of the public domain of the United States. With sketch of legislative history of the land states and territories, and references to the land system of the colonies, and also that of several foreign governments

Contains color maps of Utah, Indian Territory, Indian Reservations, Railroads, Precious Metal Regions, Desert Land Act, Private Land Claims, and other sketch maps and diagrams. Map of Indian Territory in 1883 on PDF pp. 477

Johnson Annotation

Report on the Public Domain. [2155-2158] Land laws, and land statistics; Indian reservations and Indian Territory; digest of relevant Indian treaties [Serial 2158].