File:Act of May 20, 1862 (Homestead Act), Public Law 37-64 (12 STAT 392)., 05-20-1862 - 05-20-1862, Page 4 of 4 (5669350039).jpg
![File:Act of May 20, 1862 (Homestead Act), Public Law 37-64 (12 STAT 392)., 05-20-1862 - 05-20-1862, Page 4 of 4 (5669350039).jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Act_of_May_20%2C_1862_%28Homestead_Act%29%2C_Public_Law_37-64_%2812_STAT_392%29.%2C_05-20-1862_-_05-20-1862%2C_Page_4_of_4_%285669350039%29.jpg/434px-Act_of_May_20%2C_1862_%28Homestead_Act%29%2C_Public_Law_37-64_%2812_STAT_392%29.%2C_05-20-1862_-_05-20-1862%2C_Page_4_of_4_%285669350039%29.jpg?20180112005640)
Original file (913 × 1,260 pixels, file size: 242 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Captions
Summary
[edit]DescriptionAct of May 20, 1862 (Homestead Act), Public Law 37-64 (12 STAT 392)., 05-20-1862 - 05-20-1862, Page 4 of 4 (5669350039).jpg |
Title: Act of May 20, 1862 (Homestead Act), Public Law 37-64 (12 STAT 392)., 05/20/1862 - 05/20/1862 Creator(s): National Archives and Records Administration. Office of the Federal Register. (04/01/1985 - ) (Most Recent) Department of State. (09/1789 - ) (Predecessor) Act of May 20, 1862 (Homestead Act), Public Law 37-64, 05/20/1862; Record Group 11; General Records of the United States Government; National Archives. Passed on May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act accelerated the settlement of the western territory by granting adult heads of families 160 acres of surveyed public land for a minimal filing fee and 5 years of continuous residence on that land. Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=299815 Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted |
|||
Date | ||||
Source |
|
|||
Author | The U.S. National Archives | |||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
The U.S. National Archives @ Flickr Commons |
Licensing
[edit]This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as: No known copyright restrictionsNo restrictionshttps://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/false
More information can be found at https://flickr.com/commons/usage/. Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information. |
![]() |
This image was originally posted to Flickr by The U.S. National Archives at https://flickr.com/photos/35740357@N03/5669350039 (archive). It was reviewed on 12 January 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions. |
12 January 2018
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse |
![]() |
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.
Note: This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See § 313.6(C)(1) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use.
|
![]() |
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. |
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 00:56, 12 January 2018 | ![]() | 913 × 1,260 (242 KB) | Artix Kreiger 2 (talk | contribs) | Transferred from Flickr via Flickr2Commons |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
There are no pages that use this file.
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
Image title | Portrait |
---|---|
JPEG file comment | File written by Adobe Photoshop¨ 4.0 |
IIM version | 2 |
Structured data
Items portrayed in this file
depicts
20 May 1862Gregorian
image/jpeg
5195e9a77280828383f2473e441d17e9988c68e0
247,543 byte
1,260 pixel
913 pixel
- Images from the National Archives and Records Administration
- Files from Flickr's 'The Commons'
- Flickr images reviewed by FlickreviewR 2
- Flickr images missing SDC source of file
- Flickr images missing SDC creator
- CC-PD-Mark
- PD US Government
- Files uploaded by Artix Kreiger
- Images from the National Archives and Records Administration flickr stream
- US National Archives series: Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789 - 2013