A copy of a letter sent to the Surveyor General, 1819 May 1.

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A copy of a letter sent to the Surveyor General, 1819 May 1.

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A copy made by Livingston, of a letter he sent to the New York State Surveyor General offering his services as a surveyor. The survey to be done was one in Dutchess and Putnam counties as required by a recent act of the legislature. Livingston makes some statements as to the age and accuracy of the existing surveys, which were done shortly after the American Revolution.

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American Periodical Series I

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Livingston, Henry Alexander, 1776-1849

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Livingston was employed to complete this survey at the request of Amos Belden, agent of Frederick Philipse. The Philipse manor was forefited to New York State on the grounds of suspicion of complicity with the British army during the American Revolution by the Philipse family. From the description of Philipse Manor Survey Notebook, 1802. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122364396 This is a collection of family papers and land records assembled from single accessions relating t...

New York (State). Surveyor General

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Through an 1819 law the legislature appointed Governor DeWitt Clinton, Surveyor General Simeon DeWitt, Secretary of State John V.N. Yates, Senator Martin Van Buren, Edmund C. Genet, George Tibbits, and Townsend McCoun as commissioners to study and report to the legislature on navigation of the Hudson River. From the description of Maps produced for the Commissioners to Report a Plan for Improving the Navigation of the Hudson River, 1820-1830, bulk 1820. (New York State Archives). Wor...