John Greig papers, 1794-1870.
Collection Number: 1550
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
John Greig papers, 1794-1870.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
1550
Abstract:
Correspondence; accounts of purchases, payments, and unsold lands; surveys; tax receipts,
contracts, notes, bonds, deeds, powers of attorney; and maps and field notes of the
New York Military Tract and city lots of Rochester and Ontario County, New York.
Creator:
Greig, John, 1779-1858.
Quanitities:
36 microfilm reels.
Language:
Collection material in English
Land agent, lawyer.
John Greig was a land speculator prominent in the economic development of western
New York State.
Correspondence; accounts of purchases, payments, and unsold lands; surveys; tax receipts,
contracts, notes, bonds, deeds, powers of attorney; and maps and field notes of the
New York Military Tract and city lots of Rochester and Ontario County, New York. Papers
relating to Greig's land interests include material on the Chenango Triangle, the
Hornby Estate, the New York Military Tract, Cottringer Tract, Ogden Tract, and Pulteney
Estate. Documenting his activities as a promoter of internal improvements are materials
on the Charlotte to Rochester Railroad, Erie Canal, Rochester and Carthage Railroad,
Rochester and Ontario Plank Road, Sodus Canal Association, and the Sodus Land Company.
Also included is miscellaneous material on local history, papers concerning the settlement
of Greig's estate, and extensive correspondence and other papers of family members
and friends in the United States, Scotland and England discussing American political
and economic issues and internal British politics.
Also contains letters, papers, and other records of Thomas Morris, 1790-1848; John
and Eunice Tryon, 1790-1819; John Phelps and John L. Phelps, 1790-1838; Joseph Fellows,
1828-1868; Elias Kane, 1791-1817; the Pulteney Estate, 1810-1821; Eliza Greig; Alexander
Greig, 1825-1866; Alexander Duncan, 1830-1877; Chapins, 1791-1862; George W. Kirkland,
1784-1797; John Rankine, 1867-1879; and William Jeffrey, 1841-1870.
Papers were filmed from the collection of George J. Skivington.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
John Greig Papers, #1550. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University
Library.
Names:
Duncan, Alexander.
Fellows, Joseph.
Greig, Alexander.
Greig, Eliza.
Jeffrey, William.
Kane, Elias.
Kirkland, George.
Morris, Thomas.
Phelps, John.
Phelps, John L.
Rankine, John.
Tryon, Eunice.
Tryon, John.
Charlotte to Rochester Railroad
Rochester and Carthage Railroad
Rochester and Ontario Plank Road
Sodus Canal Association
Sodus Land Company
Pulteney Estate
Places:
Sodus Canal (N.Y.)
Erie Canal (N.Y.)
Ontario County (N.Y.)
Rochester (N.Y.)
United States -- Politics and government.
Scotland -- Politics and government.
Great Britain -- Politics and government.
Subjects:
Phelps and Gorham Purchase.
Real property, Exchange of.
Real estate development -- New York (State)
Land use -- Economic aspects -- New York (State)
Land companies -- New York (State)
Land tenure -- New York (State)
Roads -- New York (State)
Railroads -- New York (State)
Canals -- New York (State)
Form and Genre Terms:
Surveys.
Maps.
Deeds.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Scope and Contents
All the material in the collection may not be covered by this guide.
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Series I. Records of John Greig
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Scope and Contents
John Greig Letters, Papers and Records 1794-1870 contained on 18 rolls microfilm (positive)
and 18 rolls (negative). The microfilm copies (11 1/2 rolls) of the papers of John
Greig (b. 1779 - d. 1858), a Canandaigua lawyer, land agent and speculator, prominent
in the economic development of western New York, relating to his activities as land
agent and land owner, to his other business activities, to his role as an internal
improvements promoter, to the settlement of his estate, and to his family affairs;
consist of letters from agents, clients, business associates, settlers, friends, and
relatives; deeds, bonds, notes, contracts; tax receipts, surveys, powers of attorney;
accounts of purchases, payments; unsold lands; and other papers. (Accompanying
these papers is an index - on 3 rolls microfilm). (Index - donated by certain Cornell
Alumni from Rochester, N.Y. Dec. 1954) The Card Index is actually a fairly elaborate
calendar to the papers, containing references to subjects, persons, places, firms,
etc. The Index is, of course, alphabetically arranged, but within a particular subject,
for instance, the cards are arranged chronologically.
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Microfilm Reel 1 |
Folder 1 through Folder 30
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1803-1826 | |
Scope and Contents
Letters, papers and records of Thomas Morris - (1790-1848)
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Microfilm Reel 1 |
Card File Index for papers
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date unknown | |
Scope and Contents
Index for papers, Abby - Jane Greig, Inc.
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Microfilm Reel 2 |
Folder 31 through Folder 57
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1826-1830 | |
Microfilm Reel 2 |
Card File Index for papers
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date unknown | |
Scope and Contents
Index for papers, John Greig: Sy-Sy, Inc.
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Microfilm Reel 3 |
Folder 58 through Folder 82
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1830-1835 | |
Microfilm Reel 3 |
Card File Index for papers
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date unknown | |
Scope and Contents
Index for papers, Ta-Th - Z
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Microfilm Reel 4 |
Folder 83 through Folder 103
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1835-1839 | |
Microfilm Reel 5 |
Folder 104 through Folder 125
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1839-1842 | |
Microfilm Reel 6 |
Folder 126 through Folder 152
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1842-1845 | |
Microfilm Reel 7 |
Folder 153 through Folder 173
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1845-1847 | |
Microfilm Reel 8 |
Folder 174 through Folder 192
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1847-1850 | |
Microfilm Reel 9 |
Folder 193 through Folder 210
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1850-1852 | |
Microfilm Reel 10 |
Folder 211 through Folder 238
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1852-1864 | |
Microfilm Reel 11 |
Folder 239 through Folder 18A
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1825-1865 | |
Scope and Contents
Folder 239 (1865) through 18A, T. Morris (1825-1826)
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Microfilm Reel 12 |
Folder 19A through Folder 1G
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1810-1849 | |
Scope and Contents
Folder 19A (1827 - 1849) through Folder 1G, Pulteney Estate, (1810, 1820-1821)
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Microfilm Reel 13 |
Folder 1G through Folder 5N
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1810-1873 | |
Scope and Contents
Folder 1G Pulteney Estate, (1810, 1820-1821) through Folder 5N, John Rankine (1873)
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Microfilm Reel 14 |
Folder 6C through Folder 140
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1865-1875 | |
Scope and Contents
Folder 6C, John Rankine (1874-1875) through Folder 140 (1865)
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Microfilm Reel 15 |
Folder 15-0 through Folder 17-0
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1866-1870 | |
Scope and Contents
Folder 15-0, (1866) through Folder 17-0 (1867-1870)
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Series II. Records of Others
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Scope and Contents
The collection consists of fifteen rolls of microfilm, in addition there are the three
rolls which contain the card file index to the collection. The bulk of the collection
consists of letters, papers, and records of John Greig which occupy the first eleven
and a half rolls. The remaining three and a half rolls (rolls 12 through 15) consist
of the letters, papers and records as follows.
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Microfilm Reel 13 |
Records of Thomas Morris
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1790-1848 | |
Microfilm Reel 13 |
Records of John and Eunice Tryon
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1790-1819 | |
Microfilm Reel 13 |
Records of John Phelps and John L. Phelps
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1790-1838 | |
Microfilm Reel 13 |
Records of Joseph Fellows
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1828-1868 | |
Microfilm Reel 13 |
Records of Elias Kane
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1791-1817 | |
Microfilm Reel 13 |
Records relating to the Pulteney Estate
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1810-1821 | |
Microfilm Reel 13 |
Eliza Greig to John Greig
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date unknown | |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
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Microfilm Reel 13 |
Records of Alexander Greig
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1825-1866 | |
Microfilm Reel 13 |
Records of Alexander Duncan
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1830-1877 | |
Microfilm Reel 13 |
Records of Chapins
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1791-1862 | |
Microfilm Reel 13 |
Records of George W. Kirkland
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1784-1797 | |
Microfilm Reel 13 |
Records of John Rankine
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1867-1879 | |
Microfilm Reel 13 |
Records of William Jeffrey
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1841-1870 | |
Microfilm Reel 13 |
Maps and Field Notes
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date unknown | |
Scope and Contents
Roll 13 - Maps and Field Notes: military Tract, City Lots, Ontario County and Rochester
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Microfilm Reel 13 |
Pioneer History of Sodus Point
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1915 | |
Scope and Contents
Roll 13 - Pioneer History of Sodus Point by Isabella Cook
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Microfilm Reel 13 |
Rochester Municipal Museum
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1927 | |
Scope and Contents
Roll 13 - Arthur C. Parker, "Charles Williamson, Builder of the Genesee Country" Rochester
Municipal Museum, Vol. VI, 1927
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Microfilm Reel 13 |
Greig House
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date unknown | |
Scope and Contents
Roll 13 - History of the Greig House: Papers relating to.
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Microfilm Reel 13 |
History of Early Canandaigua
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date unknown | |
Scope and Contents
Roll 13 - Albert Granger, A History of Early Canandaigua
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Microfilm Reel 13 |
Memoirs of Greig Hall
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1896 | |
Scope and Contents
Roll 13 - A Leaf From the Past: Some Memoirs of Greig Hall, M. H. Hamilton.
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Microfilm Reel 13 |
Booklets on the Greig House
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date unknown | |
Scope and Contents
Roll 13 - Booklets on the Greig House and Miscellaneous Clippings
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