Item 34: A Photostat of a Survey of Samuel Purviance’s Land by the Sturdevant Coal Company, (removed to grey box #4), [ca. 1784-1870s]
Item — Box: 15, Folder: 89
Dates
- Other: [ca. 1784-1870s]
Creator
- Sturdevant Coal Company (Organization)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Land Survey/ Map
General Condition:
Good.
Measurements:
13 ⅞ in x 18 1/16 in.
Description:
The following item shows a photostat of a survey for the Sturdevant Engineering Co. in Wilkes-Barre, created roughly during the dates of the company’s production, which were 1784-1870s. It pictures parts of Exeter and Port Griffith in Pennsylvania, and a few sections are blocked off to show property lines - each of these blocks containing at least the name, and some the acreage, dates related to them (possibly purchase?). The names of those persons with lands marked are William Moore (Sr.?), Harmon A. Chambers; William Far?, Zepheniah Knapp; Andrew Henderson, Erastus Smith, and Isaac Van Buren. A larger note towards the bottom of the map discusses this copies’ origin, as it was the copy of a Samuel P. of an original survey.
The date for the item has been estimated by the other dates of properties included by the company papers, such as Isaac Vanburren’s lands, warranted to him in July of 1822.
In 15.145 Item 89: Photostat of a Bond of Release by Samuel Purviance and Erastus Smith to Release Lands to the Susquehanna Company, 1874 March 11. (removed to legal box #2)
Location:
Exeter, PA
Transcription Attempt:
Top Right, Annotations:
Isaac Vanburen Warrant June 19 1822 109 a[cres] 92 ¼ + all[owance]
Andrew Henderson 499 ½ acres Warrant July 2 1784
H. A. Chambers 20 a[cres] 44 2/10(?) ps [perches] Warrant 13 June /70 [1870]
Erastus Smith 48a 47 ps + allowance
Harmon A. Chambers Warrant Feb[ruary] 3 1870
Above Chambers’: William Moore Sen[ior] 475 ¾ acres Warrant July 1 1784
Below Chambers’: Post of William Foster 217 Acres E. R. Summerly order of the Commissioners(?) (Aug[ust] 26 1802)
Farthest Right: Zepheniah Knapp
Annotations Middle: Samuel Purviance Jr This copy is the Samuel Purviance Survey (Courses and Divisions Equally(?)) is copied from the Original Map of Certified Pittston in the Sury [Surveyor’s] Office at Harrisburg PA Note - It will be seen that this survey as well as the Original Survey and that made by Robert Haines all bring the North line down to the water near the a post below the Lackawanna Bridge and it is not possible to stretch this survey to meet the Andrew Henderson.
Isaac Vanburen Warrant June 19 1822 109 a[cres] 92 ¼ + all[owance]
Andrew Henderson 499 ½ acres Warrant July 2 1784
H. A. Chambers 20 a[cres] 44 2/10(?) ps [perches] Warrant 13 June /70 [1870]
Erastus Smith 48a 47 ps + allowance
Harmon A. Chambers Warrant Feb[ruary] 3 1870
Above Chambers’: William Moore Sen[ior] 475 ¾ acres Warrant July 1 1784
Below Chambers’: Post of William Foster 217 Acres E. R. Summerly order of the Commissioners(?) (Aug[ust] 26 1802)
Farthest Right: Zepheniah Knapp
Annotations Middle: Samuel Purviance Jr This copy is the Samuel Purviance Survey (Courses and Divisions Equally(?)) is copied from the Original Map of Certified Pittston in the Sury [Surveyor’s] Office at Harrisburg PA Note - It will be seen that this survey as well as the Original Survey and that made by Robert Haines all bring the North line down to the water near the a post below the Lackawanna Bridge and it is not possible to stretch this survey to meet the Andrew Henderson.
Creator
- Sturdevant Coal Company (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
Contact:
84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu
84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu