Item 3: Map of Blanchard and Saylor Lots, Ransom County (Removed to Map Case 2-1-1), [ca. mid-late nineteenth century]

Item — Box: 15, Folder: 58

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Map of Blanchard and Saylor Lots, Ransom County (Removed to Map Case 2-1-1), [ca. mid-late nineteenth century]

Dates

Created: [ca. mid-late nineteenth century]

Disclaimer for Name and Subject Authorities

Some of the name and subject authority tags have been assigned by educated guessing and estimation of persons and subjects by region, age, profession, and familial relationships. They have been thoroughly researched by using primary and secondary sources available digitally, and named in each description, or in some cases linked directly to the person tag.

Access:

All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.

Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Map

Physical Description

Poor. The map is very torn in multiple sections. Do not handle. Refer to the digital item.

Measurements:

67 ¼ x 42 ½ in.

Description:

he following item depicts a large-scale map of Ransom County, Pennsylvania, created roughly in the mid to late nineteenth century, focusing on the lots of the Blanchard and Saylor families. The map appears to capture the land divisions of these two families, as well as others such as Jno [John] Philips, located along the Susquehanna River, drawn and denoted with blue pencil. Each tract of land depicted contains additional information, including the name of the holder, the acreage and perches contained within, and other locations relative to nearby towns or boroughs. There are also annotations marking the Lackawanna River, numerical wards of various cities, such as First Ward of Pittston City, and patent (or warrant) numbers, plausibly from the records books, such as P-57-140 written under Phillips’ tract in the upper middle section of the map. The date has been estimated as mid to late nineteenth century, as the lots in question appear to be in deed sale transfers, found in Subseries III: Land Deeds, by the owner Samuel Saylor and possibly Sarah Blanchard.