Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III
to tlie place of beginning ; and also, all tlie unappropriated land lying and being in the southwest part of the townsliip Chemung, and southwesterly of the Tioga river, at the rate of three shillings and sevenpence per acre j the one sixtli part of tlie purcliase money to be paid in six months from the date hereof, witli lawful interest, and the residue in two equal instahnents, the first to be paid in one year, and tlie second in two years from the date hereof j being read and duly considered,
(Accepted) Acres GO.OOO .£10,750 0 0
The application of John W. Watkins and Royal Flint, for the purchase of all the unlocated part of the following tract of land, to wit : beginning at the northwest corner of the township of Chemung ; tlience running easterly along the northern boundary of the said township of Chemung, until it strikes Owego river, being the west bounds of the ten townships added to Massacliusetts, thence northerly along the said bounds to the township of Dryden, being one of the military townships appropriated for the use of the troops of this state ; thence westerly along the southern boundary of the townships of Dryden, Ulysses and Hector, to the southwestern part of the Seneca lake ; thence west until a line strikes the pre-emption line (wiiich line is also the south boundary of a tract tliis day sold to James Watson) and then southerly along tlie said pre-emption line to the place of beginning, at the rate of tliree shillings and four pence per acre ; the one sixth part of the purcliase money to be paid, with lawful interest, in six months from the date hereof, and the residue in two equal instalments, the one in nine months, and the other in eigliteen months thereafter ; being read and duly considered, (Accepted) Acres 300,000 £50,000 0 0