Grant of land to Jeffery Amherst from the Colony of New York, 1774 January 8
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Grant of land to Jeffery Amherst from the Colony of New York, dated January 8, 1774. A total of twenty-two thousand, five hundred and forty acres was bestowed upon Amherst. The boundaries of the land tract were set by a particular birch tree noted in the land grant.
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