This eleven-page manuscript document contains field notes detailing the northern boundary of Henry Drinker's Mishappen tract of land in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The notes, dated September 28, 1803, were recorded by Jacob Hart in his capacity as prothonotary. The document includes landmarks such as Wyalusing Creek, the Buttonwood corner, and various named individuals' properties, indicating a survey of the land boundaries. The handwriting is legible ink.
Subject: Land surveying
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A one-page oblong 8vo. note payable, dated February 1, 1774, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Brigadier General William Thompson orders payment of ten pounds to prominent Jewish merchants Bernard and Michael Gratz for surveying two thousand acres of land on the waters of Saltlick Creek. Addressed to Jacob Morgan, future colonel of the Philadelphia militia and superintendent of commissioners purchasing provisions.
This hand-sewn pamphlet contains the field notes and surveys conducted by John Henderson for Aaron Levy in 1776. It includes three complete surveys: two conducted on May 22, 1776, for land purchased in 1775 and 1774 in Union County (adjacent to Aaronsburg, Center County); and a third survey from September 18, 1776, for land purchased in 1774 in Northumberland County. The diary also includes five maps and additional information. The paper was manufactured at Brandywine, Pennsylvania. This rare colonial document may be the earliest extant survey for land that later became Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania's first town founded and named after a Jew.