This series consists of maps, descriptions, reports, correspondence, and petitions relating to the examination and documentation of various state and town boundary lines. Included are documents relating to boundary lines between the state of New York and the states of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey. These records reflect the functions of the office of State Engineer and Surveyor, which was responsible for establishing and maintaining accurate boundaries of state owned land.
Creator
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
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The New York and New Jersey Joint Boundary Commission sought to determine "the true location of the monuments which mark the several boundaries of the State". Volumes in the series contain field notes on the boundary survey (1882), descriptions of boundary monuments, and text of the 1883 settlement.
Creator
New York and New Jersey Joint Boundary Commission
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New York State Engineer and Surveyor drawings of state boundary monuments
Series Number
A4023
Summary
These volumes contain waterpaint drawings of individual boundary monuments and the surrounding landscape marking New York's borders with Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut. They were produced in conjunction with the State Engineer and Surveyor's triennial examination of previously established boundary markers in 1900. The State Engineer was directed by law to restore or replace damaged or missing markers and to set new ones, if lacking, where the state boundary was intersected by highways or town or county boundaries.
Creator
New York (State). Executive Department
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