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United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/13th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 10

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Feb. 10, 1814.

Chap. X.An Act for the relief of Daniel Boone.

Title to a tract of land confirmed.Be it enacted, &c., That Daniel Boone be, and he is hereby confirmed in his title to one thousand arpens of land, claimed by him by virtue of a concession made to him under the Spanish government, bearing date the twenty-eighth day of January, 1798, and it shall be the duty of the recorder of land titles for the territory of Missouri, to issue to the said Daniel Boone, or to his heirs, a certificate in the same manner, and of the same description, as the said Daniel Boone would have been entitled to receive, if his claim to the said land had been confirmed by the commissioners appointed for the purpose of ascertaining the rights of persons claiming land in the territory of Louisiana, or by the recorder of land titles for the said territory of Missouri.

Approved, February 10, 1814.