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De Witt, Simeon, 1756-1834.

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Central New York transportation documents and flour trade correspondence

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064938396]
Identifier: 65
Scope and content Correspondence (chiefly business and financial dealings) concerning transportation in central New York State, including Ithaca, Syracuse, Owego, Elmira, and Albany. Topics include the Ithaca and Owego Rail Road, the New York and Erie Railroad, land purchases, steamboats to Ithaca and Owego, a mill owned by Francis A. Bloodgood, the Chemung Canal, Ithaca canals and streams, a proposed turnpike road from the head of Seneca Lake to Elmira, and public opinion and politics in Ithaca. Also...
Dates: 1678-1683 and 1823-1934,-1823-1866 (bulk).

Simeon De Witt papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065197042]
Identifier: 4573
Scope and content

Letters and a power of attorney to Francis A. Bloodgood of Albany; concerns land contracts, property and property accounts, animals and timber, disposition of property and crops, and tenant supervision.

Dates: 1822-1831.

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Agriculture -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
Buses -- New York (State) 1
Canals -- New York (State) 1
Finger Lakes Region (N.Y.) 1
Flour -- New York (State) 1