Land ownership

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1. Abstract of Title: 5 S. Cleveland to Margaret Pendergast, 1921 February 2. 2. Bond: Lawrence Bayer Co. to Issac S. Signor (as committee to the estate of Sarah Fredrica Porter Burrall) 1916 March 10.

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Porter Genealogical Chart, tax documents, deeds, bank receipts, cancelled checks, General Parkhurst Whitney Papers, Deed from State of New York to Judge Augustus Porter and Benjamin Barton for Prospect Park (later sold back to the State of NY).

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Contains 3 items: 1. Maps of Steadman Farm, Town of Niagara: hand-drawn maps and hand-written text re: land ownership, 2. Map of Niagara Falls and Village (1861) by J. P. Haines, surveyor (hand-drawn), fragile. 3. Map of the Stedman (spelled 2 ways) Farm in the Village of Niagara by J. Clary, surveyor, October 1828.

Previously contained in box was "Maps of Steadman Farm, Town of Niagara: hand-drawn maps and hand-written text re: land ownership", no longer present as of 2022.

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Receipts, cash ledgers, correspondence, receipt from a dinner at The International Hotel ($22.75), a deed, etc. An envelope labeled "Elizabeth Landreth" contains documents and correspondence mostly having to do with land and mortgage agreements.

Scope and Contents Books from The Porter Collection: -Library Catalogue, 1882. A. H. Porter; -Field Notes of Lot Lines on the New York State Reservation Niagara Co. By David E. E. (?) -Mix surveyed in 1803 by Simeon DeWitt (Field Notes on a Tract of Land lying on the Niagara River in the County of Genesee and State of New York)-"Niagara, Jephthah, Remarks upon the Defense of Wessex by Alfred the Great..."(from the library of Peter A. Porter); -Kalm,...

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Copy of a will and testament of Bridget Mathews and certified by the state of New York in 1876. Mentions enslaved people.

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Contract for land sold in Niagara Falls, including envelope was contained in

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Copy of a letter to Mr. Robine from Vincent Mathews with regard to some land and certified by the state of New York in 1877

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Copy of a will and testament of Vincent Mathews and certified by the state of New York in 1876

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Financial and household documents of the Croop family including deeds, leases, mortgage statements, receipts, bank statements, and teaching certificates