ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS

The following public notice appeared in The Banner, a newspaper printed in Plymouth, dated 4 August 1853:

OFFICE OF AUDITOR of Marshall County Plymouth, May 6th, 1853 In pursuance of the provisions of an act entitled "an act to regulate the sale of the Swamp Lands donated by the United States to the State of Indiana, and to provide for the Draining and reclaiming thereof, in accordance with the condition of said grant," approved May 29, 1852, and the several acts supplemental thereto, approved June 14, 1852, and March 4, 1853, there will be offered at public sale, at the court house, in the town of Plymouth, all the
SWAMP LANDS Laying and being in said county of Marshall, situated as follows, to wit:

In Townships number 32, 33, 34, and 35, north, range 1 east.
In Townships number 32, 33, 34 and 35, north, range 2 east.
In Townships number 32, 33, 34 and 35, north, range 3 east.
In Townships number 32, 33, 34 and 35, north, range 4 east.

The sale will commence on the 8th day of August 1853 at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and be continued from day to day until all the lands are offered. The conditions of sale are Cash, and the following funds will be received in payment, to wit:

Gold and silver, the notes of the State Bank of Indiana, the notes of the Free Banks of Indiana, the Bank of Missouri, and all solvent Banks of Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia.