Map of a tract of land on the Caterskill belonging to Heskia, Tobias, and Peter Wynkoop and Christian and Johannis Myres
Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 14
Identifier: MAP 2019.0004-7C.1
Scope and Contents
Map contains a color-coded survey of 1,666 acres of land jointly purchased by the Myres [Myers] and Wynkoop Families. The tract purcahsed fell on both sides of the Albany/Ulster County Line and was situated along the Caterskill [Kaaterskill] Creek just east of the modern hamlet of Palenville, possibly in the vicinity of High Falls. The map shows a variety of interesting things. It contains the surveyed boundaries of the full tract broken into colored lots - a faded blue or green for the Wynkoop Lands, and a red or pink for those of the Myres Lands. Also shown are the individual homes of the various family members with their names, as well as those of some of their neighbors - in this case the Drumonds and C. Burhans.
Dates
- 1796
Extent
1 Sheets (Oversize Folder) : Single Sheet ; 28 x 15.5
- Title
- A Map of a tract of land on the Caterskill belonging to Heskia, Tobias and Peter Wynkoop and Christian and Johannis Myres
- Author
- Jonathan Palmer
- Date
- 2019-10-29
- Description rules
- dacs
Repository Details
Part of the Vedder Research Library Repository