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Port Henry, N. T., June 24, 1887. 

 Forest Oommission, State of New York : 



I hereby apply to your honorable body to lease lot No. 11, Roaring 

 Brook tract, Keene, Essex county, N. Y., for camping purposes, for 

 such terms as you may require. If the land can't be leased, I hereby 

 apply for permission to occupy it for said purposes. 



Yours truly. 



E. W COGGIN. 



Hon. Titus Sheard, Little falls, N. Y : 



The " Wilmurt Club," of which Mr. Sheard is a member, desires to 

 get possession of about two lots boardering on "Big Rock lake," 

 Morehouse tract, county of Hamilton. 



Will exchange any lands the State may accept for same. Hon. O. B. 

 Matteson wants to get the same lots. J. H. Cookingham, attorney for 

 Matteson. 



Mr. Sheard can not be present Thursday, but would like the matter 

 presented to the board at that meeting. Wants this to be considered 

 the first application. Will present a formal one later. 



D. H. BURKE. 



Glendale, Lewis Co., N. Y., December 13, 1890. 



State Forest Commission, Albany, N. Y. : 



Your letter of November fourteenth received. In reply I would 

 say that I would exchange lot 46 in Brantinghan tract, in town of 

 Greig, Lewis county, for lot 43 in same tract. My lot has been lum- 

 bered on twelve years ago, but I did not cut but the sawable timber 

 and left the small timber standing. There is a large stream of water 

 running through my lot and a very beautiful lake in the center of it; 

 the name of the stream is Otter creek; here is a diagram of the lot. 

 (Diagram.) There is a very good chance to build a large reservoir on 

 the stream for State use. The lot I spoke of, lot 43, has been all cut, 

 and about twenty acres cleared; the rest of it is 'covered with black- 

 berry briers and small wild cherry, and there is not a drop of water 

 on it except to dig for it. The man that cleared it dug a well sixty- 

 nine feet without finding water, and he let the lot be sold for taxes 

 and moved off it. My lot is worth more than ten lots like this for 

 the State, but not to me, for I live but a short distance from it and I 



