03597mpc  2200721 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025035002400066035002200090040002400112100002900136245003500165300005200200545012300252520122300375555002101598510006301619524010301682600002301785600002101808600002201829600001801851600002201869600001701891600002201908600002001930600001801950600002001968600001901988600001902007600001702026610003702043610003702080610003802117610002902155610002402184650002202208650002502230650002102255650002002276650003202296650002902328650003202357650001702389651004402406651003902450651004402489651002102533651002602554651001602580651001702596655001602613655001502629655001802644691003002662691003302692691003202725691003002757691002702787691003102814905002102845998000902866208174019991018120000.0850808i17941870nyu     a           eng d  a(CStRLIN)NYCV85A440  a(NIC)notisAKR9613  aNICcNICeappmdNIC1 aGreig, John,d1779-1858.00aJohn Greig papers,f1794-1870.  a18 reels positive, 18 reels negative microfilm.  aLand agent, lawyer.bJohn Greig was a land speculator prominent in the economic development of western New York State.  aCorrespondence; 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. Correspondents include Thomas Morris, John and Eunice Tryon, John and John L. Phelps, Joseph Fellows, Elias Kane, Eliza Greig, Alexander Greig, Alexander Duncan, George W. Kirkland, John Rankine, and William Jeffrey.  aMicrofilm index.0 aDescribed in REPORT OF THE CURATOR AND ARCHIVIST, 1954-58.  aJohn Greig papers, #1550. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.10aDuncan, Alexander.10aFellows, Joseph.10aGreig, Alexander.10aGreig, Eliza.10aJeffrey, William.10aKane, Elias.10aKirkland, George.10aMorris, Thomas.10aPhelps, John.10aPhelps, John L.10aRankine, John.10aTryon, Eunice.10aTryon, John.20aCharlotte to Rochester Railroad.20aRochester and Carthage Railroad.20aRochester and Ontario Plank Road.20aSodus Canal Association.20aSodus Land Company. 0aCanalszNew York. 0aRailroadszNew York. 0aRoadszNew York. 0aLand companies. 0aLand usexEconomic aspects. 0aReal estate development. 0aReal property, Exchange of. 0aSpeculation. 0aGreat BritainxPolitics and government. 0aScotlandxPolitics and government. 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and government. 0aRochester (N.Y.) 0aOntario County (N.Y.) 0aErie Canal. 0aSodus Canal. 7aDeeds.2aat 7aMaps.2aat 7aSurveys.2aat 4aMilitary Tract (New York) 4aChenango Triangle (New York) 4aCottringer Tract (New York) 4aHornby Estate (New York ) 4aOgden Tract (New York) 4aPulteney Estate (New York)  a19991018120000.0  s9554