]> onondaga_cty Onondaga County Early History Collection An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University MRC &su_name; &su_address; 4 Aug 2015 Michele Combs4 Aug 2015 English 8 Mar 2017 - additions, also some items transferred to other collections: Syracuse & Utica Railroad, Asa Danforth, and Daniel Waldo (MRC) Overview of the Collection &su_name; &su_address; Onondaga County Early History Collection 1790-1900 1 folder (SC) Folder of manuscript and printed material chronicling the early development and history of Onondaga County, N.Y. 4578558 English Biographical History

Onondaga County was established in 1794 as a result of the splitting of Herkimer County into three smaller counties. It included eleven towns: Homer, Pompey, Manlius, Lysander, Marcellus, Ulysses, Milton, Scipio, Ovid, Aurelius and Romulus. County divisions and mergers continued until 1816, when Onondaga County took its final form. Salt was an important industrty in the region,

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Onondaga County Early History Collection consists of a selection of manuscript and printed material chronicling the early development and history of Onondaga County, N.Y. with particular reference to the salt industry. Names appearing in the manuscripts include John Carpenter, Benjamin Ledyard, and David Thomas. Types of material include indentures, expenditure reports, letters, articles of agreement, decrees from the Mayor of Syracuse, etc.

 Arrangement of the Collection

Chronological.

 Subject and Genre Headings New York State Ledyard, Benjamin. New York (State). -- Superintendent of the Onondaga Salt Springs. Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- Commerce. Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- History. Onondaga Salt Springs (Syracuse, N.Y.) -- History. Account books. Contracts. Correspondence. Indentures.Receipts (financial records) Access Restrictions

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

 Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

 Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Onondaga County Early History Collection, &su_name;

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 2015.

 Inventory Administrative and financial records Miscellaneous1790-1900757