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Real property, Exchange of.

 Subject
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Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

Alfred Clemons papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 474
Scope and content Includes correspondence, contracts, labor and carpenter accounts, itemized accounts and plans for the construction of the American House, shops, a malt house, foundry and various dwellings in Buffalo, and other items relating to Colonel Clemons' activities as a builder (1828-1845); goldsmith accounts (1843-1845); general household and expense accounts (1828-1846); a series of letters from Alanson Palmer, a patent broker, land speculator, and builder, relating to their mutual interests in the...
Dates: 1822-1854.

Allan Baker Benham papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 12 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065241808]
Identifier: 2209
Scope and content

Deed, abstract of title, and other land documents concerning land transfers in Cortland and Tompkins Counties.

Dates: 1853-1914.

Alvan B. Doolittle papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064927712]
Identifier: 4062
Scope and content Papers consist of personal and business correspondence; legal documents concerning properties and lawsuit, including records from the years 1857-1859 when Doolittle was a justice of the peace; correspondence and documents concerning Nebraska Territory land agreements with the Omahas (Indians); bills and receipts for lumber (some shipped by canal), horses, and various merchandise; a few insurance policies; some items concerning Granger town and school business; and materials relating to...
Dates: 1837-1893.

Associated Gas and Electric Company records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4261
Abstract Records of AGEC include articles of incorporation; contract agreements between AGEC and its subsidiaries and banks regarding corporate stock, bonds, and debentures, mergers, real estate and facilities transactions, and electricity distribution; annual financial reports to securities holders; Federal Trade Commission accounting reports; 211 volumes of stock and bond ownership certificates; AGEC audits, 1906-1939; indentures; Board of Directors and Executive Committee minute books of operating...
Dates: 1902-1954.

Augustus Ward Loomis papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2474
Abstract Collection includes letters to relatives in Cazenovia, New York, from Augustus Ward Loomis and his wife, Mary Ann, Presbyterian missionaries to Chekiang Province, China (1845-1849), Indian Territory (1852), and to the Chinese in San Francisco (1865-1867). Also included are papers (1803-1849) of Ward's father, Seba Loomis, among them deeds for lands in Coventry, Connecticut, and Cazenovia, New York; a survey of his farm in Road Township, Madison County, New York; debtors' writs from Tolland...
Dates: 1803-1897.

Beal family papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 81 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065254314]
Identifier: 2468
Scope and content

Letters from Jo. Cooke to Sarah Beal concerning the price and condition of land in Wayne County, Illinois, as well as family news.

Dates: 1851-1872.

Botsford family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3121
Abstract

Correspondence, diaries, deeds, account books, poems and photographs of the Frank Botsford family of the Town of Jerusalem, Yates Co., New York.

Dates: 1792-1974.

Cantine family wills

 Collection — Mapcase folder 1: [Barcode: 31924131902821]
Identifier: 1867
Scope and content

Wills of Charles Cantine of Caroline, New York, 1831, and of John Cantine of Marbletown, New York, 1831, bequeathing land in Tioga, Greene, and Ulster Counties, and granting freedom to slaves.

Dates: 1803, 1831.

Carter R. Kingsley, collector, Ferris deeds and letters

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064938487]
Identifier: 309
Scope and content Deeds, indentures, maps, an inventory, and other items pertaining to land transactions in Bath, Steuben County, New York, primarily of the Read and Ferris families, including papers of Alfred P. Ferris, Henry P. Ferris, James M. Ferris, Constant Cook, William H. Bull, A.D. Read, William H. Read, Theodore J. Aber, Robert Stewart, and Joseph Fellows. Also, Letters, primarily to Mrs. Mary Seymour from John Todd, who represented Mrs. Seymour, Mrs. Harriet Dibley, Harriet Connor, and others in a...
Dates: 1834-1898.

Christian Metz reminiscences

 Collection — Manuscript box 43 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065249389]
Identifier: 1928
Scope and content

Reminiscences concerning the Ebenezer Community (Community of True Inspiration, later the Amana Society) on the Seneca Indian Reservation and describing its dealings with the Ogden Land Company and the Seneca Indians, its members' continuing emigration from Germany and the hardships they endured from epidemics and natural disasters, and the structure and organization of their three original buildings.

Dates: 1842-1855.