Name/Title
Land of Edward LivingstonEntry/Object ID
L.2006.2Description
Handrawn map in ink and pencil on two rectangular pieces of paper that have been pasted and folded in half; "Land of Edward Livingston" appears in large uppercase inked in letters, with "Deceased" after them, in left center; map details land with boundaries with "Lands of Mr. Robert Donaldson," "Lands of John C. Cruger," "Land of Armstrong," "Land of Henry Staats," "Land of Late Edward Livingston Deceas'd,"and "Old Lot Line;" also "Lot No. 3," "Lot No. 2" and "Lot No. 4" from left to right; "Lot Line" marked in red ink, with number measurements in black ink; compass of straight line with ??? at lower left side; "Hudson River," "Low Water Mark," "High water mark," "Island," Falls," "Mill Pond," "Factory / Pond," and "Saw Kill" noted in bodies of water; drawings of houses and buildings and a tree, the "Buttonball / Tree;" text, flanked by double black lines, at left of center bottom reads "A Map (sic) of a tract of land purchased by Mr. John C. Cruger of Genl. John Armstrong lying / in the Town of Tedhook County of Dutchess & State of New York together with a sketch Plan (sic) / of the Saw Kill passing through the same. / NB houses on the map are numbered conformable / the Fields Book / Surveyed Septm (sic) 16 1836 / By Hazard Champlin / Scale & Chains to the Inch (underscored with flourishing marks):" also indicated are "heap of / Stones (sic)," "Stump," Black oak stump," "stones mound/ a black Oak stump," "Point of a rock," "Stone heap;" "6000 -" written in pencil in upper right corner; "Lot In. / 148 - 4. 5/8" written in pencil in lower right; entire map framed by three thin but irregular black lines, the interior two close together; reverse shows at center where the two piece of paper were pasted together, one overlapping the other; repair tape/paper in a long strip along left center edge with a thicker strip, pasted horizontally from the left inwards; pencil sketch of a house just above horizontal tape and "J C Cruger (underscored) written in pencil at an angle below horizontal tape; thick, long strip of repair tape/paper (torn near bottom) on right center edge.Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
16-7/8 inWidth
42-3/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 16 7/8 x 42 3/4 in. (42.9 x 108.6 cm)Material
Paper, ink, PencilCondition
Notes
Remarks: Extensive chipping and small tears along all four sides; horizontal tear marks, repaired underneath, on left and right sides; long, horizontal tear from left center inwards; lower left corner folded inwards; separated section at center top, above pasted page; small tear at lower left center above pasted section; creasing throughout; surface dirt and staining, heavily at right and left edges and in the center; reverse has extensive staining especially on the extreme left and right sides.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Edward LivingstonNotes
SubjectPerson or Organization
Hazard ChamplinNotes
SurveyorRelated Entries
Notes
L.2006.8 - Map - Similar itemGeneral Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Map drawer 1Note Type
DepartmentNote
Library