Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III
Cutting, for the purchase of township No. 15, on the west side of the Unadilla river, containing 25,000 acres, being one of the townships surveyed by the Surveyor- general, pursuant to an act passed tlie 25th day of February, 1789, at the rate of three shillings and one farthing per acre J six hundred pounds thereof to be paid on or before the first day of October next, and the residue in two equal payments, the one to be made on or before the first day of April next, and the other to be made on or before the first day of February 1793, which will bring the whole payment within eighteen months; security to be given to tlie satisfaction of this board, for the payment of the first six hundred pounds, being read and duly considered; (Accepted) Acres 25,000 JDS ,776 0 0 The application of John Carpenter, for the purchase of one thousand acres of land, lying westerly of Fort Montgomery, in Orange County, at the rate of five shillings per acre, in State securities, to be paid when the quantity of land shall be ascertained by a survey, being read and duly considered; (Accepted) The application of Zina Hitchcock and Philip Smith, for the purchase of about*2000 acres of land, lying on the west side of lake George, near what is called the northwest Bay, at the rate of one sliilling and six pence per acre, in specie, being read and duly considered of, but the tract not being particularly described, and no certain time being mentioned for the payment of tlie consideration money, (Accepted) Acres 2,000 X150 0 0 The application of James Tallmadge and Ezra Thompson, for tlie purchase of township No. 10, on tlie west side of the Unadilla river, containing 25,000 acres, being one of the twenty townships surveyed by the surveyor-general, pursuant to an act passed the 25th day of February, 1789, at the rate of three shillings per acre; one sixth part to be paid on the first of October next, the remainder to be paid in two equal instalments, the one on the first day of May next, and the other on the first day of January, Avhich will be in the year 1793; security to be given to the satisiiiction of this Board, for the payment of the first sixth part above mentioned, being read and duly considered,