Map of two pieces of salt meadow, belonging to Col. Henry Rutgers, situtate on the East River near Manhattan Island : (the "little Manhattan" Is.) / surveyed Bridges & Poppleton ; copied from the original George Gibbs. 1845 Feb.

Rutgers, Henry, 1745-1830

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Henry Rutgers was born on October 7, 1745, son of Hendrick and Catharine (De Peyster) Rutgers. A resident of New York City, Rutgers was a Revolutionary officer, landed magnate, and philanthropist. He was the last descendant in his direct line of the Dutch immigrant, Rutgers Jacobsen Van Schoenderwoert, who came to Fort Orange in 1636. Henry Rutgers' interests ranged from local and state politics to the patronage of numerous educational and religious projects. Rutgers died on February 17, 1830. ...

Bridges and Poppleton Surveyors (New York, N.Y.)

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Gibbs, George, 1815-1873

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George Gibbs, a New York lawyer, joined the Regiment of Mounted Rifles in 1849, went to Fort Vancouver, Washington, and remained in the Pacific Northwest for the next eleven years. During that time he held a number of positions, including that of an ethnologist and geologist with the Northern Pacific segment of the U.S. Army railroad survey from 1853 to 1855, and the Northwest boundary survey of the Northwest Boundary Commission from 1857 to 1860. He wrote numerous works on Indian languages and ...