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Ancient burial place or trench enclosure in the town of Leray, Jefferson County, near the village of "Lockport" (Black River) on the land of Aaron Poor

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834697


Item data

Title

Ancient burial place or trench enclosure in the town of Leray, Jefferson County, near the village of "Lockport" (Black River) on the land of Aaron Poor

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
Burial customs - American Indian

Names

Hough, Franklin Benjamin, 1822-1885 (Surveyor)
Pease, Richard H., 1813-1869 (Lithographer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1850

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC BURI - Ame

Subjects

Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites
New York (State)
Indians of North America -- Antiquities & archaelogical sites

Genres

Maps

Notes

Content: Written on border: "Seneca Indian New York State"
Statement Of Responsibility: "Surveyed April 20, 1849 by Franklin B. Hough, M.D." "R. H. Pease Lith, Albany."--printed on image.
Content: "Village of Lockport" "Black River (Rapids)" "Numerous fragments of broken earthen ware and flint arrows found in this field." "Human bones found here."--printed on image.
Source Note: From Annual reports of the regents. State University of New York at Albany. New York : University at Albany, 1850.

Physical Description

Lithographs
Extent: 19.5 x 13 cm

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17261466
Barcode: 33333159463864
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e76ca7e0-c53c-012f-df6a-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1850

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Ancient burial place or trench enclosure in the town of Leray, Jefferson County, near the village of "Lockport" (Black River) on the land of Aaron Poor" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1850. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e76ca7e0-c53c-012f-df6a-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1850). Ancient burial place or trench enclosure in the town of Leray, Jefferson County, near the village of "Lockport" (Black River) on the land of Aaron Poor Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e76ca7e0-c53c-012f-df6a-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Ancient burial place or trench enclosure in the town of Leray, Jefferson County, near the village of "Lockport" (Black River) on the land of Aaron Poor" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e76ca7e0-c53c-012f-df6a-58d385a7bc34

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