Name/Title
November 29, 1829 Horton Farm coordinates - Ebenezer & Peter BullEntry/Object ID
002626Tags
Peter Bull, Ebenezer BullScope and Content
This is a transcription of the handwritten letter dated November 29th, 1829. The writer, Peter Bull, discusses surveying plans for a "New Town" and references specific land patents and landmarks.
Letter Transcription
Sunday morning Novr. 29th 1829
Purgatory posting office —
Let us begin at Home, for our Latitude and Departure ...... (that is) for the Meridian of Stantonborough; Let us Begin, At the south Corner of Bull & Gerrards Patent; Which is the South Corner of Our Neighbor Hortons Farm; A Due North Course there from, or nearly so, I trust, will not be far from the Corner, where Three Patents Begin, On the Mountain Above C. Heords. However could we make it convenient, to have, Our Scientific pupil, from the Northern School, present with us, as an Aid, By making some practical Observations, from, Where we may fix a Corner for Our intended New Town, Which Corner Doubtless, Will be on the New N. W. Line, Somewhere, On the Farm of his Father. ————— However I consider it as a Compliment of Respect, which We Owe, Both the Father and the Son, to have them present upon this Occasion; The Object We have in View, may be as pleasing to them, as it will be gratifying to us; Let us Endeavour to act accordingly, —— While it may, in some measure, Realize Some of my Sleeping and Waking Dreams. — - — - — - — - — Peter Bull
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To whom it may concern —
Key Details & Context
Date: November 29, 1829.
Location: "Purgatory posting office" (likely a local name for a mail drop or a specific geographic feature).
Purpose: The letter describes the starting point for a survey to establish a "New Town."
Landmarks Mentioned: * The Meridian of Stantonborough.
Bull & Gerrards Patent.
Horton's Farm.
The mountain above "C. Heords."
The "Scientific Pupil": Bull suggests bringing a student from the "Northern School" to assist with "practical Observations," showing a reliance on formal surveying education of the era.
