Cornell Western Lands Papers, 1859-1926


Summary Information
Title: Cornell Western Lands Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1859-1926

Call Number: Micro 35

Quantity: 38 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Records related to Ezra Cornell's land business in Wisconsin, including correspondence from Eastern speculators and Cornell University officials, including Ezra Cornell, Jeremiah W. Dwight, Henry W. Sage, W. A. Woodward, and J. W. Williams, and of the Cornell land agent in Wisconsin, Henry C. Putnam. Related tax registers, contracts, survey notes, plat books, and other legal and financial records are also included. These records were selected from collections held by Cornell University.

Language: English

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Contents List
Henry C. Putnam Papers
Reel   1
1859 Jan. 9 - 1869 Dec. 31
Reel   2
1870 Jan. 1 - 1875 Oct. 31
Reel   3
1875 Nov. 1 - 1876 Dec. 30
Reel   4
1877 Jan. 1 - 1878 Sept. 13
Reel   5
1878 Sept. 14 - 1881 Aug. 15
Reel   6
1881 Aug. 15 - 1886 Feb. 4
Reel   7
1886 Feb. 4 - 1890 Mar. 8
Reel   8
1890 Mar. 8 - 1894 Nov. 15
Reel   9
1894 Nov. 15 - 1899 Nov. 7
Reel   10
1899 Nov. 7 - 1901 Mar. 30
Reel   21
Henry C. Putnam Letters, 1871 Sept. 29 - 1877 Jan. 23
Charles McArthur Papers
Reel   10
1900 Mar. 31 - 1901 Mar. 28
Reel   11
1901 April 1-May 2
Letters from Treasurer's Office
Reel   12
1874 Aug. 4 - 1876 Sept. 26
Reel   13
1876 Sept. 27 - 1878 June 20
Reel   14
1878 June 20 -1882 May 15
Reel   15
1882 May 17 - 1887 Jan. 26
Reel   16
1887 Jan. 27 - 1891 Dec. 16
Reel   17
1891 Dec. 16 - 1897 June 9
Reel   18
1897 June 9 -1900 Aug. 18
Reel   19
1900 Aug. 18 - 1903 May 20
Reel   20
1903 May 22 -1904 Sept. 3
Reel   21
Ezra Cornell Deed Book, 1866-1871
Reel   21A/B
Ezra Cornell Contract Book, 1866-1871
Reel   22
Cornell University Conveyance Record, 1870-1925
Reel   23
John McGraw Plat Book
Reel   23A
Wisconsin Plat Book
Reel   24
Tax Register, 1866-1882
Reel   25
Western lands Statement Book
Reel   26
Contract Register, 1866-1910
Reel   26
Pine Contracts, 1866-1910
Reel   26
Scrip Register, 1865-1867
Reel   26
Tax Register, 1883-1926
Reel   27-28
Land Examiner Books
Survey Field Books
Reel   29-30
1872 Jan. 3 - 1873 Dec. 18
Reel   31
1877-1901
Reel   32
Land Registers
Reel   33
Trespass Lists
Reel   34
Miscellaneous Papers, 1866-1876
Reel   35
Monthly statements of S. Robertson
Reel   36
Miscellaneous papers pertaining to Wisconsin, 1864-1873