Guide to the William Constable Papers,
1790-1805

Collection Number: 608

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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Compiled by:
M. Warren
Date completed:
June 1986
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, September 2003

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
William Constable papers, 1790-1805.
Collection Number:
608
Creator:
William Constable.
Quantity:
.8 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Survey records, field books, survey maps, and deeds.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Survey records, field books, survey maps, and deeds pertaining to the Constable Purchase, under the direction of Benjamin Wright; deeds for Constable and Alexander Macomb in Jefferson, St. Lawrence, and Franklin Counties, New York.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Survey records, field books, survey maps, and deeds pertaining to the Constable Purchase, under the direction of Benjamin Wright; deeds for Constable and Alexander Macomb in Jefferson, St. Lawrence, and Franklin Counties, New York.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Constable, William.
Macomb, Alexander.
Wright, Benjamin.

Subjects:
Real property--New York (State)--Jefferson County.
Real property--New York (State)--St. Lawrence County.
Real property--New York (State)--Franklin County.

Form and Genre Terms:
Land surveys.
Deeds.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
William Constable papers, #608. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Survey records, including: A Survey of the North Boundary of Scriba's Patent and the South Boundary of Macombs Purchase, 1794 ; Survey of Town No. 1 Lorrain, n.d.; Survey of Town No. 4 and other Constable, n.d.; A Survey of Township No. 6 Boylston Tract, 1905; Survey Town No. 7, n.d.
Box 1
Survey records
 Box 2
Survey maps, deeds
 Box 3
Survey map
 Mapcase