(Deed, New York) / (New York) / 1790

(Deed, New York) (New York), 1790

(Deed, New York) / (New York) / 1790

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Full Title: (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).

Author: (New York)

Date: 1790

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Author: (New York)

Date: 1790

Short Title: (Deed, New York)

Publisher: N.P.: No Publisher

Type: Ephemera

Object Height cm: 30

Object Width cm: 47

Note: 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.

Reference: Ristow, W.W. American maps and mapmakers, p. 76.

State / Province: New York

City: Cincinnatus (N.Y. : Town)

Subject: Deed/Survey

Full Title: (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).

List No: 4401.000

Series No: 1

Published In: (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).

Publication Author: (New York)

Publication Date: 1790

Publication Note: See note field above.

Publication List No: 4401.000

Publication Type: Ephemera

Publication Height cm: 30

Publication Width cm: 47

Image No: 4401000

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