Name/Title
MAP OF THE PROPERTY OF GENERAL PIERRE VAN CORTLANDTEntry/Object ID
V 2416Description
Hand drawn, in ink, map of property of "Genl (sic) Pieere (sic) Van Cortland (sic) Land;" title runs across page from left; "F. No. 9" is written above title; "Croton River" runs across top of page below title with "Albany Post Road" below and "KIPP Farm / in hand in the Suit now in / the Court of Erros (sic)" below; compass drawn in middle of map, above Kipp Farm ; also noted are: Manor Line which is also / Line of Jervis New Castle," "B no. 8," "Hollman / mill," "E / No 8," "underhill (sic) mill;" "No. 8," "Fields Stable," "Quaker Bridge," "Brook north-east Boundary / of Genl (sic) Van Cortlandt," "Purdys' land;" extensive notes in pencil at lower left, across center and at lower right, filling all of the lower section of the page; reverse entirely covered in notes pertaining to leases and distribution of land; "Map Croton River" written in ink below center left (original outer top of folded document).Made/Created
Notes
Date made: Late 18th-early 19th centuryDimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
13 inWidth
16 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 13 x 16 in. (33 x 40.6 cm)Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Maj-Gen Pierre Van Cortlandt IINotes
SubjectGeneral Notes
Note Type
DepartmentNote
Curatorial