Peter Lounsbery Papers,1828-1866

Collection Number: 39K

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Peter Lounsbery papers, 1828-1866
Collection Number:
39K
Creator:
Lounsbery, Peter.
Quantity:
.4 cubic feet.
Forms of Material:
Legal and financial records.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Promissory notes, legal papers, powers of attorney, guardianship papers, land agreements, estate papers, receipts, mortgages, agreements of sale, indentures, suits, bills, records of land surveys. Also accounts of the Overseers of the Poor and other accounts and judicial records.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Peter Lounsbery came from Ulster County, N.Y. to Motts Corners (now Brooktondale), N.Y. in 1824 and ran a tannery and boot and shoe shop. He was elected the first justice of the peace of Motts Corners in 1839, but resigned in 1844 to accept a position as a Member of Assembly from Tompkins County, was elected a county judge in Tompkins County in 1846, and was elected supervisor of the Town of Caroline in 1860. He married Harriet Cantine, the daughter of Charles Cantine, one of the earliest settlers of the area.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Promissory notes, legal papers, powers of attorney, guardianship papers, land agreements, estate papers, receipts, mortgages, agreements of sale, indentures, suits, bills, records of land surveys. Also accounts of the Overseers of the Poor and other accounts and judicial records.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Lounsbery, Peter.
Cantine family
Cantine family.

Subjects:
Justices of the peace -- New York (State) -- Brooktondale.
Judges -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County.
Judges
Justices of the peace

Places:
Caroline (N.Y. : Town) -- History.
Brooktondale (N.Y.) -- History.
New York (State) -- Brooktondale
New York (State) -- Tompkins County

Form and Genre Terms:
History

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Peter Lounsbery Papers, #39K. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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