He travels there, sells the estate, and returns home 1500 pounds richer. Jun 14 John Harper, Sr., Alex Harper, General William Joseph and others purchase 250,000 acres in New York's Montgomery Country from its Indian tenants, at Johnson Hall. July New York land jobber John Kelly inspects land north of Lake Champlain for the four Beekman brothers, who soon apply for a 30, 000-acre grant. The Iroquois sign the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, negotiated by Sir William Johnson, ceding Indian lands between the Ohio and Tennessee rivers to the crown. 16 Royal governor Sir Henry Moore suggests to the assembly the importance of improving the stretch of the Mohawk River between Schenectady and Fort Stanwix.
Nothing comes of the idea.
The New York Chamber of Commerce is founded. State Future governor Joseph Christopher Yates is born in Schenectady, to Christopher and Jane Gradt Yates. Genesee Valley pioneer James Wadsworth is born in Durham, Connecticut. John Harper, Sr. A patent is issued for Beekmantown.