Phelps and Gorham Purchase.
Subject
Subject Source: Source Not Specified
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John Greig papers
Collection
Identifier: 1550
Abstract
Correspondence; accounts of purchases, payments, and unsold lands; surveys; tax receipts, contracts, notes, bonds, deeds, powers of attorney; and maps and field notes of the New York Military Tract and city lots of Rochester and Ontario County, New York.
Dates:
1794-1870.
Vincent L. Nykiel papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065183208]
Identifier: 4034
Scope and content
Includes graduate research papers for thesis entitled "A Comparison of Forests at the Time of European Settlement and During 1981 in an Area Surrounding Keuka Lake, New York." Includes drafts, photocopies of original land surveys (1788-1827) of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase, annotated U.S. Geological Survey maps, recently published soil surveys of Steuben and Schuyler counties, field notes, and articles from 19th and early 20th century concerning the Keuka Lake area.
Dates:
[ca.1977-1981].