Attributed Author:
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New York
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Date:
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1790
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Short Title:
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(Deed, New York)
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Publisher:
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No Publisher
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Publisher Location:
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N.P.
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Type:
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Ephemera
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Obj Height cm:
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30
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Obj Width cm:
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47
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Note:
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An early deed with the large (9cm diameter) seal of the state attached. The State granted lands in what was designated as the Military Tract to Revolutionary War veterans. The tract comprised twenty five townships of 60,000 acres each, each consisting of 100 lots of 600 acres. Grantees received one lot. Thomas Garrison was granted lot 80 of Township 25, Cincinnatus, by this deed. In 1793, Simeon DeWitt produced a map of the Military Tract, one of his first surveys. The Military Tract was one of the first uses of Township surveys built on square lots of uniform size. Eventually, the U.S. Land Office used a 660 acre unit (1 mile square) as the building block for its surveys in Ohio and westward. Printed form filled in with pen-and-ink and including the signature of Geo. Clinton.
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Reference:
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Ristow, W.W. American maps and mapmakers, p. 76.
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State/Province:
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New York
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City:
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Cincinnatus (N.Y. : Town)
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Subject:
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Deed; Survey
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Full Title:
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(Deed from the state of New York, signed by Governor George Clinton, Granting 600 acres of land to Thomas Garrison in the township of Cincinnatus, Montgomery County).
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List No:
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4401.000
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Series No:
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1
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Publication Author:
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New York
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Pub Date:
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1790
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Pub Title:
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(Deed from the state of New York, signed by Governor George Clinton, Granting 600 acres of land to Thomas Garrison in the township of Cincinnatus, Montgomery County).
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Pub Note:
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See note field above.
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Pub List No:
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4401.000
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Pub Type:
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Ephemera
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Pub Height cm:
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30
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Pub Width cm:
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47
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Image No:
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4401000
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Authors:
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New York
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Collection:
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Rumsey Collection
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