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Map of a Patent on the Main Branch of the Shingle Kill upstream of the Forge

 Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 14
Identifier: MAP 2019.0008-7G.8

Scope and Contents

Map shows the boundaries of a patent located in the modern Town of Cairo along the upper main branch of the Shingle Kill Creek. The patent was originally granted to "Lieutentant Duncan" and Neal McClains and Doctor Malachai Streat. Ephraim Darby completed a survey of the parcel in August 1794. The patent in question is shown on the map bordering the Cattskill [Catskill] Patent and the Shinglekill Patent. Also shown are the locations... of several homes and mills within the patent boundaries - the homes of the Brown and Felker Houses, the Foster Saw Mill, The Forge, Coffin's Saw Mill, Deals Saw Mill, and one titled "A Grand Mill Seat." See more

Dates

  • 1794

Extent

1 Sheets (Oversize Folder) : Single Sheet ; 22 x 12 inches approx.

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