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In 1792, Morris's London agent, William Temple Franklin, grandson of Benjamin Franklin, sold of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase east of the Genesee River to The Pulteney Associates.

The Pulteney Purchase, or the Genesee Tract as it was also known, comprised all of the present counties of Ontario, Steuben and Yates, as well as portions of Allegany, Livingston, Monroe, Schuyler and Wayne counties.

After Sir William's death in 1805, it was known as the Pulteney Estate.