Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction: The Challenge of Pricing the Land 1
5. 1. Selling the State 13
6. 2. Land Speculation in the New Military Tract 49
7. 3. Buying and Selling the Cayuga Reservation 95
8. 4. Renting the State 150
9. 5. Renting the Reservation 173
10. Epilogue 192
11. Appendix 1. Sales of Multiple Lots, New Military Tract: 1791–1800 195
12. Appendix 2. Average Price of Lots, New Military Tract: 1798–1824 199
13. Appendix 3. William J. Vredenburgh’s New Military Tract Lot Transactions: 1794–96 201
14. Appendix 4. New Military Tract Lots in William J. Vredenburgh’s Estate at His Death in 1813 207
15. Appendix 5. Two Hundred Seventy-Four Sales in the New Military Tract, by Date: 1794, 1795, and 1796 211
16. Appendix 6. Pressures to Sell the Cayuga Reservation: 1790–95 213
17. Appendix 7. Statutory Relief for Settlers on Cayuga Reservation Lots: 1801–17 217
18. Appendix 8. Selected Transactions, Cayuga Reservation: 1796–1807 221
19. Appendix 9. Growth in Rental Value of the Cayuga Reservation over 204 Years 225
20. Appendix 10. Rental Income for the Cayuga Reservation 1795–2000: Revised 235
21. Notes 245
22. Bibliography 269
23. Index 277