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- Creator
- Ruston, Thomas, approximately 1739-1804
- Call number
- MssCol 2655
- Physical description
- .29 linear feet (1 box)
- Preferred Citation
- Thomas Ruston land conveyance papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Land papers executed by Dr. Thomas Ruston, a physician of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (A.B. College of New Jersey, 1762 and M.D., University of Edinburgh, 1765). Ruston conveyed to Levi Hollingsworth, merchant of Philadelphia, 51,000 acres of land in Washington County, Georgia on November 22, 1794; to Mary Ruston, 15,287 acres and 99 square rods in Washington County, Massachusetts (now part of Maine); to Thomas Ruston, the younger, 251,000 acres in Franklin County, Georgia and 10,000 acres in Richmond County, Georgia; to Charlotte Ruston, 92,160 acres in the District of Ninety-six in South Carolina; 11,399 acres and 51 square rods in Washington County, Massachusetts; and 10,000 acres in Camden County, Georgia. Inclusive dates are 1794-1796
Key terms
Names
- Ruston, Thomas, approximately 1739-1804
- Hollingsworth, Levi, 1739-1824 (recipient)
- Hollingsworth, Levi, 1739-1824 (recipient)
- Ruston family
Subjects
- Physicians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 18th century
- Real property -- Georgia -- Camden County
- Real property -- Georgia -- Franklin County
- Real property -- Georgia -- Richmond County
- Real property -- Georgia -- Washington County
- Real property -- Maine -- Washington County
- Real property -- South Carolina
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328