Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III
The application of Robert C, Livingston, for the purcliase of townsliip No. 7, one of the twenty townsliips surveyed by the surveyor general, pursuant to an act passed the 25tli day of February, 1789, at the rate of tln-ee shilUngs and six pence per acre j the one sixth part of the purchase money to be paid on tlie 1st day of October next, and the residue in two equal payments, one on the first of January, 1792, and tlie other on the 1st of January 1793, being read and duly considered.
(Accepted) Acres 25,000 £4,375 0 0
The application of John and Nicholas L Roosevelt, for tlie purchase of the following tract of land was read, and is in the words following, to wit : " To the honorable the Commissioners of tlie
land office of the State of New York.
" Gentlemen, -- Instead of our former proposals for the pm chase of the following tract of land, we beg leave to substitute the following to wit : ' We propose to purchase the unappropriated lands comprised within the following boundaries, to wit : All that certain tract of vacant land, bounded northerly by the tract lately purchased by Alexander Macomb, easterly by Oothoudt's patent and Canada creek, southerly by the Wood creek, the Oneida lake and the Onondaga river, and westerly by the said Onondaga river and lake Ontario ; and also tlie Islands belonging to the State in front of the said lands, upon the following conditions, to wit, at the rate of three shillings and one penny for each acre ; one sixth part of the purchase money to be paid, with law^ful interest, in six months from the date of the contract, and the remainder in two equal instalments, one instalment in one year, and the other in two years from the aforesaid date.