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Real property -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.

 Subject
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Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Cornell Heights Land Company title abstract

 Collection — Manuscript box 5 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065240255]
Identifier: 704
Scope and content Printed form traces the ownership of lands embracing parts of military lots number 88 and 90 in the Town of Ithaca and part of military lot number 92 in the City of Ithaca, the three lots converging at a point on the northern boundary of the city; ownership is traced from William Daley, Jr. (1832) to members of the Manning family and to Alonzo B. Cornell, and to members of the Cornell Heights Land Company: Charles H. Blood, Charles H. Hull, Jared T. Newman, John H. Tanner, and Edward G....
Dates: 1903.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornell Heights Land Company title abstract

Cornell University Counsel records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5-3-1960
Scope and content Files of the University Counsel's Office include records relating to Weill Cornell Medical College, student employment, the Army Training Program, 1943-1946; student housing, 1954-1959; and real estate transactions, funds and scholarships, contracts, wills and estates, and other legal papers. Also, faculty personnel matters referred to legal counsel; contracts between James A. Perkins and Cornell University, 1963-1970; and correspondence of the University President, Board of Trustees and...
Dates: 1921-2018.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornell University Counsel records

Ezra Cornell land grant documents

 Collection — Mapcase folder 1: [Barcode: 31924095257378]
Identifier: 1-1-666
Scope and content New York State and U.S. legal documents reflecting Ezra Cornell's donation of land for the building of an agricultural college (the future Cornell University) under the Agricultural College Act of July 2, 1862. Included are a U.S. General Land Office document reflecting Mr. Cornell's donation of 990,000 acres of land, dated 1863; a scrip for that land, dated Aug. 4, 1866; a location certificate, dated Aug. 10, 1866; and a Land Office certificate for receipt of scrip from Mr. Cornell, also...
Dates: 1863-1866.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Ezra Cornell land grant documents

Ezra Cornell letter : to Ben Johnson

 Collection — Manuscript box 50 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065251260]
Identifier: 2563m
Scope and content

1 page letter to Johnson concerning a proposed exchange, probably of land. Cornell refers to Mr. (A.A.) Mann as contesting the sale of the DeWitt family farm to Cornell.

Dates: 1848 March 7.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Ezra Cornell letter : to Ben Johnson

Francis Miles Finch letters

 Collection — Manuscript box 50 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065251237]
Identifier: 2547m
Scope and content Letters to Finch from Ezra Cornell, Andrew Dickson White, and Timothy Dwight. White's letter, and Ezra Cornell's letter of 1868, accompanied friendly gifts of buttons and books that they sent to Finch. Dwight's letter (1905) contains news of classmates who have died recently, and comments on how leading universities such as Yale and Cornell have grown over the past 50 years. Ezra Cornell's letter of 1866 concerns the future of Cascadilla Place and its relation to Cornell University and...
Dates: 1866-1905.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Francis Miles Finch letters

George R. Williams papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4565
Scope and content

Letters concern real estate, financial matters, the endowment of Barnes Hall at Cornell University, organ and piano accounts, and the settlement of estates. Also, deed for land owned by Williams, and originally owned by Southworth and Gauntlett family members, 1909; notice of meeting of the Ithaca Historical and Scientific Society, 1863; and fragment of letter, 1857(?).

Dates: 1887-1909.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / George R. Williams papers

Prospectus of the Forest City Improvement Association, of Ithaca, New York

 Collection — Manuscript box 30 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065246070]
Identifier: 1001m
Scope and content

Prospectus advertising land known as the Cook Farm, on East Hill, which is to be divided into lots and sold. The prospectus includes a description of Ithaca as a town of 14,000 people, served by 3 railroads and a streetcar system, with 3 opera houses, among other features. The prospectus contains a map of the land to be sold, lying north of East State Street and east of downtown Ithaca.

Dates: circa 1880-1894.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Prospectus of the Forest City Improvement Association, of Ithaca, New York

Real Estate Office records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5-3-3698
Scope and content

Files pertaining to real estate transactions.

Dates: 1990-2017.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Real Estate Office records

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.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Simeon De Witt papers

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