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Report of the trial before Judges Thompson and Betts, in the Circuit Court of the U.S. for the southern district of New-York : in the case of James Jackson, ex dem. Theodosius Fowler and others vs. James Carver : involving the claim of John Jacob Astor to lands in Putnam County : with the arguments of counsel, and the charges of Judge Thompson / by Edward V. Sparhawk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sparhawk, Edward Vernon, 1798-1838.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land titles--New York (State)--Dutchess County.
- Land titles.
- Land titles--New York (State)--Putnam County.
- Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848.
- Astor, John Jacob.
- Carver, James, 1782-1837.
- Carver, James.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (66 p. )
- Other Title:
- Report of the trial before Judges Thompson and Betts, in the Circuit Court of the U.S. for the southern district of New-York
- Place of Publication:
- New York : E. Bliss, 1827.
- Notes:
- This trial, one of the most important episodes in the modern history of Putnam County, was the result of John Jacob Astor's claim to the ownership of the revisionary rights to the lands included in lots 3, 5 and 9, which were the share of Mary Philipse Morris as one of the three owners of the Philipse patent.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 88951.
- OCLC:
- 11
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