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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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
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
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
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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" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e76ca7e0-c53c-012f-df6a-58d385a7bc34
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