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Clark vs. Olmsted and Soules legal documents

Collection — manuscript box: 7 - folder 1

Identifier: 1117m

Scope and content

Manuscript records from the lawsuit, and related documents, including a copy of a 1797 deed to the property in question, and a map showing the creek and the site of the factory.

Dates

1797-circa 1866.

Creator

Clark, Ralph, active 1866 (Plaintiff, Person)
Clark, Ammi B. (Plaintiff, Person)
Clark, Eneas P. (Plaintiff, Person)
Olmsted, Walter H. (Defendant, Person)
Soules, Robert B. (Defendant, Person)
A.B. Clark & Co. (Firm : Peckville, N.Y.) (Organization)
Oneida County (N.Y.). Supreme Court (Organization)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

Ralph Clark, Ammi B. Clark, and Eneas P. Clark filed suit against Walter H. Olmsted and Robert B. Soules over water rights to Oriskany Creek near A.B. Clark & Co., a cotton factory owned by the Clarks in Peckville, in Oneida County. The suit, which came before the Supreme Court of Oneida County, was evidently settled out of court.