John Southworth papers, 1817-1921.
Collection Number: 3919
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
John Southworth papers, 1817-1921.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
3919
Abstract:
Financial records relating to land holdings, sales and leases by John Southworth in
New York, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Iowa, and Indiana.
Creator:
Southworth, John, 1796-1877.
Quanitities:
1.9 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
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.
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.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
John Southworth papers, #3919. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Southworth, Thomas.
Subjects:
Real property, Exchange of -- United States.
Form and Genre Terms:
Deeds.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Financial Records
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| Box 1 |
Tompkins County land deeds
|
1820-1888 | |
| Box 2 |
Tompkins County bonds
|
1820-1876 | |
| Box 2 |
Tompkins County mortgages
|
1817-1893 | |
| Box 2 |
Quit-claim deeds: Tompkins and Niagara Counties, New York; Marquette County, Wisconsin;
Michigan
|
1826-1880 | |
| Box 2 |
Sheriff's deeds
|
1847-1858 | |
| Box 2 |
Tioga County deeds
|
1830-1883 | |
| Box 3 |
Tioga County deeds
|
1830-1883 | |
| Box 3 |
Tioga County mortgages and bonds
|
1833-1889 | |
| Box 3 |
Ogle County, Illinois deeds
|
1844-1888 | |
| Box 4 |
Cortland County mortgages and bonds
|
1830-1882 | |
| Box 4 |
Allegany County deeds
|
1842-1861 | |
| Box 4 |
Broome County deeds
|
1852-1884 | |
| Box 4 |
Chemung County deed
|
1865 | |
| Box 4 |
Onondaga County deed
|
1859 | |
| Box 4 |
Chenango County deeds
|
1838-1872 | |
| Box 4 |
Otsego County deeds
|
1872 | |
| Box 4 |
Pennsylvania land deeds
|
1833-1860 | |
| Box 4 |
Iowa land papers
|
1864-1891 | |
| Box 4 |
Wisconsin land deeds (2)
|
1858-1861 | |
| Box 4 |
Genesee County deeds
|
1852, 1855, 1858 | |
| Box 4 |
Cemetery deeds (2)
|
1838, 1866 | |
| Box 4 |
Clerk's Office search certificates, Cortland County
|
1871, 1880 | |
| Box 4 |
Letters patent
|
1831-1867 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Indiana land papers
|
1857-1882 |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Wonderly contract papers
|
1878 |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Keeler and Robbins, land contracts
|
1863-1889 |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Office of Olin, Rives, and Montgomery
|
1869-1878 |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Mortimer Calkins and John C. Smith papers
|
1859-1891 |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 |
Nivison papers
|
1866-1876 |
| Box 5 | Folder 7-8 |
Ogle County bank-related papers
|
1853-1888 |
| Box 5 | Folder 9-10 |
Bank-related correspondence and legal correspondence
|
1860-1891 |
| Box 5 | Folder 11 |
Samuel Pulford correspondence
|
1860-1891 |
| Box 5 | Folder 12 |
Obid Burgess correspondence
|
1856-1861 |
| Box 5 | Folder 13 |
Lot boundary slips
|
1835-1878, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 14 |
Miscellaneous material
|
Undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Receipts and notes
|
1830-1849 |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 |
Receipts and notes
|
1850's |
| Box 6 | Folder 3 |
Receipts and notes
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1860's |
| Box 6 | Folder 4 |
Receipts and notes
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1860's |
| Box 6 | Folder 5-6 |
Receipts and notes
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1870's, undated 1870 |
| Box 6 | Folder 7-9 |
Hathaway correspondence
|
1864-1881 |
| Box 7 |
Certificates of land ownership
|
1845-1870 | |
| Box 7 |
Ledger sheets for bonds, cash, loans, promissory notes, mortgages
|
1877-1878 | |
| Box 7 |
Ledger sheets for contracts, sales, and schedules
|
1877-1878 | |
| Box 7 |
Survey bills
|
1870-1894, undated | |
| Box 7 |
List of leases
|
1877-1878 | |
| Box 7 |
List of purchases
|
1877-1878 | |
| Box 7 |
Rosemary Realty Co. stock certificate book
|
1911-1918 | |
| Box 7 |
Atlantic Utilities Corp. stock certificate book
|
1921 | |
| Box 7 |
Small diary
|
1862-1863 | |
| Box 7 |
Checkbook belonging to F.A. Southworth
|
1936-1938 | |