Item 14: A Photostat by Unknown of a Warrantee Map of Marcy Township, by Daniel J. Warren, (Removed to Grey Box #4) , 1950 June 12
Item — Box: 15, Folder: 69
Dates
- 1950 June 12
Creator
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Map
General Condition:
Excellent
Description:
The following item, dated June 12, 1950, depicts a photostat by Unknown of a warrantee map of Marcy township in Pennsylvania. It contains a mapped survey of the township, and sections numbered one through thirty-eight, each containing names of the warrant holders for the original tracts of land. The map was constructed from the original drafts of the Department of Internal Affairs, under the direction of Warren J. Daniel, its director. The map was certified under the seal of office by Daniel and attested to by the secretary, William S. Livengood.
This map is titled a Warrant Map, which is a map that shows the original land purchases, the warrants for land, for those specific geographical areas, such as townships in this case.
Location:
Marcy, PA
Transcription Attempt:
A Connected Warrantee Township Map: of Marcy Township, Luzerne County,
The Warrants, Surveys and Patents bearing dates respectively as above set
on file in the Department of Internal Affairs, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
under the direction of Warren J. Daniel, Director of the
Land Office.
In Testimony Whereof: I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
seal of the said Department to be affixed at
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, this twelfth day of
June, A.D. one thousand nine hundred and fifty
William S. Livengood Jr {signature}
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Creator
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu