Land Office Petition, Geddes, New York 1840

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Land Office Petition, Geddes, New York 1840

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Petition from inhabitants of Geddes complaining that one Samuel Brewster obtained land "to erect coarse salt works upon," but is instead using it as farmland; and requesting the land be given to Robert Gere who will fulfill the original intended purpose of the land.

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New York (State). Board of Commissioners of the Land Office

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The Board of Commissioners of the Land Office supervised the use, acquisition, and disposition of state lands not already under another jurisdiction. Legislation of 1885 established both a state forest preserve and a Forest Commission to maintain and control it. The law designated 14 counties in which land then owned or subsequently acquired by the state would be preserved as forever wild forest land. Subsequent laws appropriated funds for the acquisition of additional lands for the preserve. ...

Gere, Robert

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Brewster, Samuel C.

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