Letter, 1793 April 25.

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Letter, 1793 April 25.

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Letter to James Wadsworth describing tracts of land that Wadsworth hired him to explore. Porter's description does not specifically mention any tracts other than the Trotten and Crossfield patent. His description, however is vivid and full of information such as the lay of the land, the types of trees, the size of lakes, the nature of the soil and the ability of the land to support settlement. Written at Albany, N.Y.

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American Periodical Series I

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Wadsworth, James, 1768-1844

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Land speculator. Wadsworth was involved in a large land speculation scheme in western New York State, the land eventually became part of the Holland Purchase. From the description of Letter, 1809 September 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122487885 Landowner, reformer, and philanthropist whose family settled Geneseo, N.Y. From the description of James Wadsworth family papers, 1730-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980237 Born in Durham, Conn. Taugh...

Porter, Augustus Seymour, 1798-1872

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Augustus Porter was born in Salisbury, Connecticut, in January 1769, and moved to Canandaigua, New York, in 1800. He visited the Niagara Falls area in 1795 and soon returned with his brother, Peter B. Porter. The Porter brothers were two of the area's first settlers, and they later owned several boats that traveled on the Great Lakes, as well as a saw mill that they built in 1803. Augustus Porter served on the New York state legislature, and in 1807 founded the firm Porter, Barton & Co., bec...