Description: Christopher Hurlbut papers

Christopher Hurlbut papers

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Main Author:	Hurlbut, Christopher 1757-1831 (Creator)
Collection:	Christopher Hurlbut Papers
Collection Number:	3284
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects:	Land Settlement > Luzerne Co. (Pa.) > 18th century Land surveys.

Physical Description:	0.33 Linear feet 0.33 linear feet, 1 box
Summary:	Christopher Hurlbut was born in Groton, CT and received a fair education, especially in mathematics, and he became a skillful surveyor. In the early part of the Revolution, he enlisted in the army for a year, and served until honorably discharged. He was with Washington when he retreated through New Jersey late in 1776 and again when they took Trenton. After his discharge he visited the Wyoming country in 1777 and also in 1778, the year his father's family removed from Connecticut. He remained with his father, it is believed, in Shawangunk, but in 1779, in advance of the family, he went to Hanover in Wyoming Valley. In the spring of 1796, he visited and bought about 1000 acres on the Canisteo River in New York. A year later, with his eldest son (only 13 years old), opened a small clearing, and built a log house on the land. Returning to Hanover, he embarked with his family, in the autumn of that year in a boat, going up the Susquehanna, to the mouth of the Canisteo, and then on to their home in the wilderness. The documents often refer not only to Christopher, but also to his brother, Naphtali Hurlbut. The collection includes correspondence, deeds, articles of agreement, promissory notes, and bills and receipts of Christopher Hurlbut of Hanover, Luzerne County, Pa. There are also surveys for land around Hemlock Creek, Shickshining Creek, Hervey's Creek, Hervey's Lake, and other Luzerne County locations from the 1790s, probably done by Christopher Hurlbut.

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0.33 Linear feet 0.33 linear feet, 1 box

Summary:

Christopher Hurlbut was born in Groton, CT and received a fair education, especially in mathematics, and he became a skillful surveyor. In the early part of the Revolution, he enlisted in the army for a year, and served until honorably discharged. He was with Washington when he retreated through New Jersey late in 1776 and again when they took Trenton. After his discharge he visited the Wyoming country in 1777 and also in 1778, the year his father's family removed from Connecticut. He remained with his father, it is believed, in Shawangunk, but in 1779, in advance of the family, he went to Hanover in Wyoming Valley. In the spring of 1796, he visited and bought about 1000 acres on the Canisteo River in New York. A year later, with his eldest son (only 13 years old), opened a small clearing, and built a log house on the land. Returning to Hanover, he embarked with his family, in the autumn of that year in a boat, going up the Susquehanna, to the mouth of the Canisteo, and then on to their home in the wilderness. The documents often refer not only to Christopher, but also to his brother, Naphtali Hurlbut. The collection includes correspondence, deeds, articles of agreement, promissory notes, and bills and receipts of Christopher Hurlbut of Hanover, Luzerne County, Pa. There are also surveys for land around Hemlock Creek, Shickshining Creek, Hervey's Creek, Hervey's Lake, and other Luzerne County locations from the 1790s, probably done by Christopher Hurlbut.

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