Order to Surveyor General, 1769 March 1.

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Order to Surveyor General, 1769 March 1.

Order to Alexander Colden, Surveyor General, granting five thousand acres each to Captain William Edmeston and Lieutenant Robert Edmeston and providing the boundaries to be surveyed. Contains an additional order by Alexander Colden to the Deputy Surveyor to complete the surveys. Second order dated 1769 April 22.

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New York (State). Governor(1765-1769 : Moore)

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Moore, Henry, Sir, 1713-1769

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