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Origins of Tompkins County; Pioneers to Caroline; Slavery in Caroline; etc., 1731 - 1870

 File — Box: 4, Volume: 10

Scope and Contents

Notebook 10 (formerly Mss Ii 86; First 21 pages are day book records); Peter Webb, slave from Virginia, purchases his freedom from John J. Speed (1818); Origins of N.Y.S. counties, and their populations in 1731; First settlements of Ithaca by Jacob and John Yaple, Isaac and John Dumond, and Peter Hinnepaugh[Himepaugh/Hinepau]; Military Tract created by treaty with the Iroquois (1789); Transfer of New York territory by Massachusetts; Members of Assembly, Tompkins County (1817-1870); Ithaca and Owego Rail Road; First public road in Tompkins Country (1792); Cayuga and Seneca Canal; Alterations of county boundaries; County judges, district attorneys, sheriffs, clerks; Pastors of Methodist Episcopal Church of Slaterville (1849-1869); General accounts; Produce; Work

Dates

  • 1731 - 1870

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

2.8 cubic feet. (2.8 cubic feet.)

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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