Note 2 — Chapter VI · Platting of Fort Wayne and the First Local Government

At a later date part of the reserve was taken over by the state in connection with the opening of the Wabash-Erie canal; the remaining twenty acres were purchased by Cyrus Taber and opened for sale in 1835. It appears from John Tipton’s correspondence at the time that he and Allen Hamilton also had an interest in Taber’s purchase.