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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Map

Entry/Object ID

76.81.2

Scope and Content

Map "The Cottringer Tract - 1807". Red and black ink. Shows division of the 50,000 acre tract in Livingston County into lots and names of settlers. Surveyed by Elijah Johnson 1807. On upper right hand corner of back: "B16984672". Map contained in tin map tube #76.81.1.

Context

Tract purchased by Gerrit Cottringer in 1791 from John Hornby of Scotland who sold the half of it in alternate lots to his agent (John Greig of Canandaiguua) for the sale of them. It was surveyed and subdivided in 1807 by Elisha Johnson.

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Dimensions

Height

38 in

Width

16-1/4 in