Name/Title
MAP OF THE CORTLANDT MANOR FARM, AN ESTATE OF GENL. PIERRE VAN CORTLANDT IN THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER CONTAINING 758 16/100 ACRES BY GEO. W. CARTWRIGHT C.E. OCT. 1837-8.Entry/Object ID
L.2004.13 a-bDescription
Framed, hand drawn manuscript map with some pink and blue hand-colored areas, house, buildings and farm with roads, and Hudson and Croton River borders: Van Cortlandt Manor Farm; title in center at top, "MAP of the / Cortlandt Manor Farm, an Estate of Gen.' Pierre Van Cortlandt / in the County of Westchester / Containing 758 16/100 Acres / by Geo. W. Cartwright C.E. / Oct. 1837-8;" handwritten in ink at top left "Indian Title Purchased - 1697 - / Grant of the Manor in the 9th year of / William the Third - Benj. Fletcher / Governor of the Province - To - Stephen / Van Cortlandt Member of the Council / June 17th - 1697;" on top right is drawn a four point star compass with fleur-de-lis staff; "Hudson River" written at top and narrow River area hand-colored in blue; below is Van Corlandt Family farm acres hand-colored in pink; with Croton Bay Cove and River below it hand-colored in blue; left side includes "Part of Tallors Point," "Underhills Meadows," and "Meadow Creek;" on Farm land in center in vertical "Private Road" handcolored in beige; this road leads from the Hudson River past the Van Cortlandt family "cemetry" (sic), past several block buildings marked with diagonals to the Croton Bay Cove area where the manor house is drawn with the "lawn" in front and "Garden" next to it; the private road has curved around the front of the manor house, lawn and garden and past another square building marked with diagonal lines (Ferry House); the private road continues and splits into two roads, top road is the "Late Post Road to Albany" while the lower road follows the Croton River; "Hudson River" is also hand-colored blue on lower left side flowing into "Croton Bay Cove;" below the river and cove on the left side is written "Fishing Beach," and the names of property owners "Jn. Strang." "Josh Amory," "H.H. Leeds," "J. Lewis," "S.C. Merritt," "Indian Brook Lot," "D. Merritt," "Acker," "Land of Josh Hunt" and "Oak Triangular Rock/Town Boundary to be Boundary of the Manor of Philipse;" handwritten in lower left "Note in the Deed from the Commissioner 1785 / The Farm now Amory & Leeds is described as bounded / westerly by Croton Bay ___, now Strang / & ___ late Palmer up to A. Orser's part by Hudson River / Partly by Croton. The Limit of Croton / River, As it was of the Original Manor of Philipsé being the Point of the Sand Beach;" handwritten in ink on lower right
"Acres / Upland North 201°461" / "Centre 301°558" / "South 177°575" / "Meadow's North 50°501" / "Creek 2°761" / "Round Hill 18°5381" / "Islands 5°768" / "___" / "758°162" / "Indian Brook Lot the Property of Col. Pierre Van Cortlandt 8°699" / "___ " / "166 8 61.;" (last number written in pencil); handwritten in ink at lower right "Scale 8 Chains to an Inch;" has a double line double border around outer edges; has wide outer mat lined in natural linen, modern painted antiqued silver wooden frame.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
George W. CartwrightAttribution
CartographerDate made
Oct 1837 - 1838Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
(See Description)Dimensions
Dimension Description
FramedHeight
30-1/2 inWidth
40-1/8 inDepth
1-1/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 30 1/2 x 40 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (77.5 x 101.9 x 3.2 cm)Material
Paper (laid), ink, Watercolor, PencilCondition
Notes
Remarks: Stained thoughout, repairs to horizontal tears along both sides and mid-center, 3 1/4" x 2 1/2" dark stained area on staff of compass and 1/4" x 1/8" dark brown stain one inch below bottom line of number of acres.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Van Cortlandt ManorNotes
SubjectGeneral Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Unit 2 Slot 7Note Type
DepartmentNote
Library