{"value"=>"<p>A significant portion of the collection consists of the records of two turnpike road companies, the Cazenovia and Chittenango Turnpike Road Company, and, particularly, the Third Great Western Road Company, both of which included prominent Cazenovia citizens as shareholders and directors. The Cazenovia and Chittenango Turnpike Road Company is represented by correspondence, 1847-1854, of Ledyard Lincklaen, as secretary, and a record book, 1848-1877, which contains articles of association, lists of subscribers, minutes, and resolutions. The Third Great Western Turnpike Road Company is represented by a larger group of records. Included are: copies of the 1803 act which authorized the company, with an 1805 amendment; the company's charter, 1803; correspondence, legal documents, and loose accounts, 1803-1859; gatekeepers' rules and regulations; and volumes of financial records, 1802-1862.</p>"}