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=====Land Transfer Events to Statehood (1788)=====

Colonial Land Claims
1786    New York and Massachusetts claims to Western New York are
	adjusted and control given to New York.

1788    New York admitted to the Union as 11th State.

1788    Far SouthWest tip of New York sold to Pennsylvania.

1790    New York assumes claim to area of Vermont from New Hampshire.

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12/1998 M.A.Leonard, Last Update-01/02/2006