COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Papers are concerned chiefly with land holdings and business dealings of the Seymour family, and the related Bleecker family and Tibbits family. The early papers relate to the history and disposal of lands, especially in the counties of Albany, Herkimer, and Oneida, acquired during the colonial period by the Bleecker family, and include deeds, leases, surveys, and statements of expenses. Early accounts concern Philip Schuyler, financier and land holder. Papers and documents pertain to John R. Bleecker. Seymour had a great interest in the development of the New York State Canal System, and clearing the Canaseraga Swamp lands in connection with the building of a lateral canal. Other papers detail a suit involving the shipment of wheat on the canal in the 1840s, the development of business in the city of Utica, milling, banking, and iron manufacturing, and the Utica Insurance Company, in which Alexander B. Johnson and Henry Green were involved. Other topics include the Saint Mary's Ship Canal, connecting Lake Superior with the lower Great Lakes, in which Erastus Corning, Charles T. Harvey, and John F. Seymour were involved. The Saint Mary's Canal Mineral Company (of which John Seymour and Benjamin Tibbits were directors) was formed to develop lands deriving from the timber lands offered as payment for the canal. Closely connected with this company was the Fox and Wisconsin Improvement Company.
Dates
- 1741-1920.
Creator
- Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
3.2 cubic feet.
6 volumes.
Abstract
Papers are concerned chiefly with land holdings and business dealings of the Seymour family, and the related Bleecker family and Tibbits family; the development of business in the city of Utica, milling, banking, and iron manufacturing. Other topics include the Saint Mary's Ship Canal and connecting Lake Superior with the lower Great Lakes.
Physical Description
Financial Records, Legal Documents.
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:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- August 2006
- EAD encoding:
- Dan Sterner
- Account books.
- Actions and defenses.
- Banks and banking -- New York (State)
- Bleecker family.
- Bleecker, John R.
- Business.
- Canals -- Commerce -- New York (State)
- Canals -- Michigan.
- Canals -- New York (State)
- Canaseraga Swamp.
- Corning, Erastus.
- Deeds.
- Fox and Wisconsin Improvement Company
- Green, Henry.
- Harvey, Charles T.
- Insurance -- New York (State)
- Insurance companies -- New York (State) -- Utica.
- Johnson, Alexander B.
- Leases.
- Mills and mill-work -- New York (State) -- Utica.
- New York State Canal
- Real property -- Michigan.
- Real property -- New York (State)
- Real property -- Wisconsin.
- Saint Mary\'s Canal Mineral Company
- Saint Mary\'s Ship Canal.
- Schuyler, Philip.
- Seymour family.
- Seymour, John F.
- Surveys.
- Tibbits, Benjamin.
- Utica (N.Y.) -- Industries.
- Utica Insurance Company (Utica, N.Y.)
- Utica, (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- August 2006
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Box: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 6 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 7 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 5 (Mixed Materials)
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