Chenango purchase papers, 1786-1801.

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Chenango purchase papers, 1786-1801.

1786-1801

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Manuscript legal documents, statements of accounts, and notes, in various hands, documenting the proposed purchase of land in present-day western New York State (possibly Broome County) by a group of Massachusetts and Connecticut investors doing business as the Chenango Proprietors. Association members, investors, and agents of the "Chenango Purchase" represented in the papers include Azariah Egleston, Jonathan Edwards, Timothy Edwards, John Harper, David Pixley, Samuel Brown, and Joseph Raymond.

0.20 linear ft. (1 box)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8019919

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Edwards, Jonathan, 1745-1801

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Jonathan Edwards, Jr. (1745-1801), Congregational minister and theologian, was pastor of the White Haven Church in New Haven, Connecticut from 1769 to 1795; pastor at Colebrook, Connecticut from 1796 to 1799; and president of Union College, Schenectady from 1799 until his death in August of 1801. From the description of Letter : New Haven, to an unidentified recipient, 1797 Dec 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702179680 ...

Raymond, Joseph, fl. 1786.

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Chenango Proprietors.

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Edwards, Timothy, 1738-1813

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Timothy Edwards was the eldest son of Jonathan Edwards, the elder. He was born in Northampton, Mass., graduated from Princeton University in 1757 and returned to Stockbridge, Mass. about 1770 and remained there until his death. He was a merchant and served a lengthy term as probate judge in Berkshire County. Pierpont Edwards was the youngest son of Jonathan Edwards, the elder. He too was born in Northampton, Mass., graduated from Princeton University in 1768, practiced law in New Haven, Conn., a...

Brown, Samuel, fl. 1788.

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Egleston, Azariah

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U.S. Continental Army officer. From the description of Papers pertaining to the services in the Revolutionary war of Major Azariah Egleston, 1795-1818. (State Library of Massachusetts). WorldCat record id: 71015275 Egleston served as justice of the peace. From 1808-1814 he served as associate justice of the Berkshire Court of Sessions. From the description of Book of record for actions under $4.00. 1790-1799. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 8301...

Pixley, David.

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Harper, John, fl. 1786.

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