Edward Tompkins and Thomas Way farm agreement and receipt
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Abstract
This collection consists of a receipt, dated 1795, and an agreement, dated 1811, between Edward Tompkins and Thomas Way, both of the town of Newtown in Queens County.
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This collection consists of a single document.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a receipt, dated 1795, and an agreement, dated 1811, between Edward Tompkins and Thomas Way, both of the town of Newtown in Queens County. The agreement provides Tompkins with a farm Way owns for a term of ten years. Way also agrees to provide supplies to Tompkins in return for one-half the produce from the farm while Tompkins is there.
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Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Edward Tompkins and Thomas Way farm agreement and receipt, 1977.365, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Robert H. Koehler, 1953.
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Minimally processed to the collection level. This collection was rehoused and the finding aid revised by Dee Bowers in 2023.
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