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Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
This volume contains applications for the survey and purchase of unclaimed lots in the Military Tract or lots on estates confiscated from Loyalists during the Revolutionary War. Each application gives the date; name of purchaser; lot number and location; price; and by whom forfeited (if a forfeited estate). Sometimes acreage and cost of survey and appraisal is included.
Creator:
Title:
Records of applications for and sales of forfeited estates and military lots
Quantity:

0.3 cubic feet

1 volume

Inclusive Dates:
1783-1807
Series Number:
B0256