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This Collection includes documents from the Long Island Collection and the Brooklyn Historical Society. It focuses on the land ownership history of Montauk going back to early Colonial records continuing through Arthur Benson's efforts to purchase and control land in the area the the Proprietors of Montauk.
Works
Receipt for Annual Payment, to the Montauk Indians, by the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of East Hampton, N.Y., 1742/1744
2 pages: 50% complete (100% transcribed, 50% needs review)
Receipt for Annual Payment, to the Montauk Indians, by the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of East Hampton, N.Y., 1742?
1 page: 0% complete (100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
Receipt for Balance of Lease of Land at Montauk, N.Y., by Samuel Parsons, of East Hampton Township, N.Y., to the Montauk Indians, 1702/3
2 pages: 0% complete (100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
Receipt for Past Due Interest, from the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of East Hampton, N.Y., on behalf of the Montauk Proprietors, N.Y., to the Montauk Indians, 1728/9
1 page: 0% complete (100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
Report of Commonage Lists and Allotments, throughout East Hampton Township, N.Y., c1882
Collaboration is restricted.
12 pages: 50% complete (50% transcribed)