COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Includes land deeds from New York, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Iowa, and Indiana; mortgages and bonds; letters patent; bank-related correspondence; legal correspondence; ledger sheets; survey bills; lists of leases and purchases; stock certificate books; checkbook; and diary.
Dates
- 1817-1921.
Creator
- Southworth, John, 1796-1877. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
John Southworth moved from Herkimer County, New York to Dryden, Tompkins County, New York with his father, Thomas Southworth, in 1806. He became a large landholder and one of the wealthiest men in Tompkins County.
Extent
1.9 cubic feet. (1.9 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Financial records relating to land holdings, sales and leases by John Southworth in New York, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Iowa, and Indiana.
Physical Description
Land deeds, mortgages, bonds, correspondence, ledgers, survey bills, lists of leases and purchases, letters patent, stock certificate books, checkbook, diary.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- G. Solomon
- Date completed:
- Dec. 1981
- EAD encoding:
- J.M. Nicholas, June 2003
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by G. Solomon
- Date
- June 2003
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu