Abstract

The Horatio Seymour papers are concerned chiefly with land holdings and business dealings of the Seymour family, and the related Bleecker and Tibbits families. The collection is comprised of financial accounts, legal agreements, and commercial correspondence. Topics include the development of business in the city of Utica, milling, banking, and iron manufacturing. Other topics include the Saint Mary's Ship Canal and connecting Lake Superior with the lower Great Lakes.

Scope and Contents Includes letter of patent granted to John Groesbeck, Peter Wagener, David Schuyler, John [I]mpie, Stephen Rensselaer and Gerardius Groesbeck, for Adoniah Schuyler, Rensselaer Schuyler, and Johannes Lawyer. The following documents have been moved from this folder to mapcase folder 1:July 3, 1771 indenture between Cornelius P. and Anne Low, and Augustine Provost. July 5, 1771 indenture between Cornelius P. and Anne Low, and Rutger Bleecker. April 17, 1772 indenture between...

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The November 27, 1780 indenture between Jacob Ten Eyck, [Vothers P. Doww], and Philip Schuyler has been moved from this folder to mapcase folder 1.

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Includes 1797 indenture between Abraham Ten Broeck and Abraham G. Lasning, deeding Lansing a "water lot". Also includes a June 13, 1796 letter from Goldsborrow Banyar to Barent Bleecker. The April 24, 1797 indenture between Mayor Aldermen and Commonalty, and Abraham G. Lansing has been moved from this folder to mapcase folder 1.

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Includes a March 12, 1798 report by Simeon DeWitt, Surveyor General of New York state, to Governor John Jay on Land surveyed for John R. Bleecker. Also includes legal documents concerning the Lansing family and Philip Schuyler. The September 4, 1800 indenture between Abraham G. and Susannah Lansing, and Barent and John R. Bleecker has been moved from this folder to mapcase folder 1.

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Includes manuscript surveyors map of 133 acres of land gifted to the trustees of Hamilton College

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Includes 1829 letter from David Ellicott Evans to Henry Seymour regarding land investments in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y.