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Personal property

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Ashley Sampson land contracts

 Collection — Carton 1
Identifier: 2024-055
Content Description

Consists of mortgages, deeds, indentures, and other property documents of Ashley Samson, Rochester New York based Judge and founder of the first temperance society in Western New York.

Dates: 1821-1843

Rochester Family Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2014-064
Abstract

The Rochester Family Papers span the years 1788 to 1881 and include deeds, correspondence, receipts, and bills belonging to members of the Rochester family. Of special note is a piece of Sophia Rochester's wedding dinner dress underskirt. The collection also includes Col. Nathaniel Rochester's 1831 handwritten will, an inventory of his estate, and deeds and indentures regarding his many land dealings. A copy of Rochester's 1830 will is also included.

Dates: 1788-1881; 1812 - 1881