lands which comprised all that part of New York west of a 
line. extending due north from the eighty second mile stone 
on the Pennsylvania border west from the north east corner 
of that state, and by giving to Massacheusetts the right 
to preempt the soil included here in from the native Indians. 
In 1788 Phelys and Gorham ,urchased this preemption 
right thus acquiring about 8,000,000 acres. They were, 
however, unable to fulfill all the requirements, and later 
in 1790 about half of the purchase reverted to Massacheusetts. 
Phelps and Gorham retained the eastern part oi the lands 
originally purehased. #he western boundery being a north 
line 44.78 miles west of the eastern boundary, to the 
contluence of tne Canasgaca Creek and Genesee River, thence 
following the river to two miles north of Canamagus, thence 
west twelve miles and thence north twenty rour degrees 
east to Lake Ontario. The purehase.then did not include the 
town of Mount Morris, it boeing situated to the west oi 10. 
Through Robert Morris most of this tract was sold to a company 
of London capitalists who ov,ened the whole for settlement. 
The Wadsworths' -pocured a large ,ortion of the remainder 
of the jurchase directly fron vhelps and Gorham. 
In i791 Robert iiorris rrocured the reverted 
portion of the vhelyps and Gorhan purchase, and in 1793 he 
sold the western portion consisting of seven eights of the 
