Home / O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1850. / Passage

Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1850. 251 words

The application of Matthew Adgate, for the purcliase of a tract of land situate north of the Mohawii river, and beginning at the northwesterly corner of the tract gi-anted to Henry Outhoudt, and from thence extending easterly along the same, and the northerly bounds of tlie township of Steuben to the northernmost corner thereof, thence northerly at right angles with the course last mentioned to the southerly bounds of the land lately agreed to be sold to Alexander Macomb, thence westerly along the same to the place of beginning ; containing by estimation about forty-five thousand acres, at the rate of two shillings and six pence per acre, the one sixth part to be paid by the first of January next, one half of the remainder by the first of May next^

IN THE STATE OF NEW-YORK. 1 081

and the otlier half by the first of November following ; being read and duly considered, (Accepted) Acres 45,000 XojCGC 13 4

The application of James Caldwell, for the purchase of townships No. 6 and 7, two of the twenty townsliips formerly set apart for the military, each ten miles square, and containing each sixty four thousand acres, at the rate of one sliilhifg and eiglit pence per acre, one sixth part of the purchase money to be paid in six months, two sixth parts in twelve months, and the remaining three sixth parts in eighteen months from the date hereof; being read and duly considered, (Accepted) Acres 128,000 J£l0,6(i6 0 0