Guide to the John Southworth Papers,
1817-1921

Collection Number: 3919

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
(607) 255-3530
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Compiled by:
G. Solomon
Date completed:
Dec. 1981
EAD encoding:
J.M. Nicholas, June 2003

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
John Southworth papers, 1817-1921.
Collection Number:
3919
Creator:
John Southworth, 1796-1877.
Quantity:
1.9 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Land deeds, mortgages, bonds, correspondence, ledgers, survey bills, lists of leases and purchases, letters patent, stock certificate books, checkbook, diary.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Financial records relating to land holdings, sales and leases by John Southworth in New York, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Iowa, and Indiana.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

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.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

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.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Southworth, John, 1796-1877.
Southworth, Thomas.

Subjects:
Real property, Exchange of.

Form and Genre Terms:
Deeds.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
John Southworth papers, #3919. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Financial Records
1820-1888
Tompkins County land deeds
 Box 1
1820-1876
Tompkins County bonds
 Box 2
1817-1893
Tompkins County mortgages
 Box 2
1826-1880
Quit-claim deeds: Tompkins and Niagara Counties, New York; Marquette County, Wisconsin; Michigan
 Box 2
1847-1858
Sheriff's deeds
 Box 2
1830-1883
Tioga County deeds
 Box 2, 3
1833-1889
Tioga County mortgages and bonds
 Box 3
1844-1888
Ogle County, Illinois deeds
 Box 3
1830-1882
Cortland County mortgages and bonds
 Box 4
1842-1861
Allegany County deeds
 Box 4
1852-1884
Broome County deeds
 Box 4
1865
Chemung County deed
 Box 4
1859
Onondaga County deed
 Box 4
1838-1872
Chenango County deeds
 Box 4
1872
Otsego County deeds
 Box 4
1833-1860
Pennsylvania land deeds
 Box 4
1864-1891
Iowa land papers
 Box 4
1858-1861
Wisconsin land deeds (2)
 Box 4
1852, 1855, 1858
Genesee County deeds
 Box 4
1838, 1866
Cemetery deeds (2)
 Box 4
1871, 1880
Clerk's Office search certificates, Cortland County
 Box 4
1831-1867
Letters patent
 Box 4
1857-1882
Indiana land papers
 Box 5 Folder 1
1878
Wonderly contract papers
 Box 5 Folder 2
1863-1889
Keeler and Robbins, land contracts
 Box 5 Folder 3
1869-1878
Office of Olin, Rives, and Montgomery
 Box 5 Folder 4
1859-1891
Mortimer Calkins and John C. Smith papers
 Box 5 Folder 5
1866-1876
Nivison papers
 Box 5 Folder 6
1853-1888
Ogle County bank-related papers
 Box 5 Folder 7-8
1860-1891
Bank-related correspondence and legal correspondence
 Box 5 Folder 9-10
1860-1891
Samuel Pulford correspondence
 Box 5 Folder 11
1856-1861
Obid Burgess correspondence
 Box 5 Folder 12
1835-1878 and undated
Lot boundary slips
 Box 5 Folder 13
Undated
Miscellaneous material
 Box 5 Folder 14
1830-1849
Receipts and notes
 Box 6 Folder 1
1850's
Receipts and notes
 Box 6 Folder 2
1860's
Receipts and notes
 Box 6 Folder 3
1860's
Receipts and notes
 Box 6 Folder 4
1870's and undated
Receipts and notes
 Box 6 Folder 5-6
1864-1881
Hathaway correspondence
 Box 6 Folder 7-9
1845-1870
Certificates of land ownership
 Box 7
1877-1878
Ledger sheets for bonds, cash, loans, promissory notes, mortgages
 Box 7
1877-1878
Ledger sheets for contracts, sales, and schedules
 Box 7
1870-1894 and undated
Survey bills
 Box 7
1877-1878
List of leases
 Box 7
1877-1878
List of purchases
 Box 7
1911-1918
Rosemary Realty Co. stock certificate book
 Box 7
1921
Atlantic Utilities Corp. stock certificate book
 Box 7
1862-1863
Small diary
 Box 7
1936-1938
Checkbook belonging to F.A. Southworth
 Box 7