	According to the earliest recorded history ("Annals and Recollections of Oneida County, Jones, 1851"), Sanger bought of land for $500 (fifty cents/acre). Sanger sold the portion east of Sauquoit Creek, thought to be , to Joseph Higbee (or Higby), within a year, for $500 (one dollar/acre), a shrewd deal netting him the land where the majority of New Hartford's commercial development occurred for no cost. A subsequent survey showed the area Higbee purchased was actually . Some accounts say the land was purchased from George Washington.