COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Account books for the Ellicottville Office in Cattaraugus County; correspondence and records including amounts paid on principal and interest, general expenditures, notes on improvements, and other material including land contracts and deed books for Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and Wyoming Counties. Includes records kept by purchasers of Holland Land Company holdings Nicholas Devereux and Co., Utica, N.Y. and the Farmers' Loan and Trust Co., New York City.
Also includes index of settlers: A-Davis, Seth.
Dates
- 1802-1863.
Creator
- Holland Land Company (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
41 volumes. (41 volumes.)
2 cubic feet. (2 cubic feet.)
33 microfilm reels. (33 microfilm reels.)
Abstract
Account books for the Ellicottville Office in Cattaraugus County; correspondence and records including amounts paid on principal and interest, general expenditures, notes on improvements, and other material including land contracts and deed books for Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and Wyoming Counties. Includes records kept by purchasers of Holland Land Company holdings Nicholas Devereux and Co., Utica, N.Y. and the Farmers' Loan and Trust Co., New York City.
- Allegany County (N.Y.)
- Cattaraugus County (N.Y.)
- Chautauqua County (N.Y.)
- Farmers\' Loan and Trust Company (New York, N.Y.)
- Land settlement.
- Land titles -- New York (State).
- Land titles -- Registration and transfer.
- New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
- Nicholas Devereux and Company
- Real estate investment.
- Wyoming County (N.Y.)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by
- 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