44 



Acre 



Lot 312 16 



Lot 313 16 



Lot 314 16 



Lot 315 16 



Lot 843 16 



Lot 238.' 2S 



Lot 279, an un 13 



By Chairman Ryan: 

 Q. A few moments ago you referred to " military lands-; " what ai 

 they? 



A. Lands in the old military tract. 



Q. Is that a part of the Adirondack region ? 



A. It is. 



By Mr. Hitt: 



Q. What is meant by "Military Tract" and "GoBpel Tract;" w 

 want to know about that " Gospel Tract ? " 



A. It is a large tract in Clinton, Essex and Franklin countiei 

 divided into townships ; there are eleven of these townships, and th 

 tract is called the " Old Military Tract." 



Mr. Adams. — Soon after the revolution the State of New York pai 

 off the soldiers in lands of the old colonial patents, which were s< 

 aside for the payment of soldiers, and these lands were divided o 

 into townships and given over to people who had done service, and o 

 the old maps on the east and north side of the Adirondack regio 

 that tract is laid out. 



Q. Where does the " Gospel " come in ? 



A. In the Totten and Crossfield purchase a large tract of land wa 

 granted to Ebenezer Jessup and his associates, and this tract wa 

 divided into townships, each township containing about 26,000 acref 

 1,280 acres were reserved by the State for gospel, school and liters 

 ture purposes; there would be 640 acres in the north half and 64 

 acres in the south half (320 acres in each quarter), the 640 acres in th 

 north half being called " Qospel," and the 640 acres in the south ha 

 being called "School and Literature; " these lands were mainly sol 

 in 1856 to the Adirondack company, a railroad company known as th 

 Sackett's Harbor and Saratoga Railroad Company. 



By Chairman Ryan: 

 Q. The whole tract? 



A. The gospel and literature lands; the state obtained no revenu 

 from this gospel, school and literature land; the State sold those land 



