Ledyard family papers, 1793-1916, 1793-1884 (bulk).

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Ledyard family papers, 1793-1916, 1793-1884 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64074016

Microfilm of correspondence and other papers of the Ledyard family of Cazenovia, Madison County, New York, especially of Jonathan D. Ledyard. Includes account books, maps, correspondence with agents of the Holland Land Company, tenants and mortgagors of the Cazenovia lands and the Cazenove family in France; business and personal letters; journal of a visit to Cuba and Mexico (1850); an incomplete typewritten autobiography of Judge George Strawbridge; wills and agreements, accounts, inventories, assessments, deeds, abstracts, and other miscellaneous papers. Also includes a microfiche copy of the CALENDAR AND INDEX OF THE LINCKLAEN/LEDYARD PAPERS in the collection of the Lorenzo State Historic Site.

15 reels microfilm, 18 microfiche.

Cornell University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7910172

Cornell University Library

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Cazenove family.

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Ledyard, Jonathan Denise.

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Ledyard, Lincklaen.

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Lincklaen, John, 1768-1822

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Ledyard family.

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In 1792, Colonel John Lincklaen, who was an agent for the Holland Land Company, went to central New York to see some of the company tracts of land, including the present township of Cazenovia. Colonel Lincklaen made a temporary encampment at the foot of Cazanovia Lake, and later founded a village on this spot. There, in 1807, he built a federal mansion called "Lorenzo." He and his wife, the former Helen Ledyard of Aurora, New York, had no children, but they adopted Mrs. Lincklaen's brother, Jona...

Strawbridge, George, 1844-1914

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Holland Land Company

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The office of the successor to the Holland Land Company in Chautauqua County was moved to Westfield after the Mayville office was burned in 1836; at that time William H. Seward succeeded William Peacock as agent. From the description of Records, [ca. 1807]-1871. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155440758 Abijah Gray, born 29 Mar. 1769, at Tisbury, Mass., was one of the first settlers of Evans, N.Y. He died in Evans, 6 Oct. 1846. From the...

Lincklaen, Helen.

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Lorenzo State Historic Site.

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Ledyard, George S.

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Fairchild, Charles S. (Charles Stebbins), 1842-1924

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U.S. secretary of the treasury. From the description of Charles S. Fairchild papers, 1887. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452649 ...

Ledyard, Helen.

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