Manuscript map copy done by Charles Rivez, approximately 1757. In 1714, Robert Livingston engaged John Beatty (born 1661, died between 6 April 1720 and 9 March 1721) to complete a survey of his Albany properties which then exceeded 160,000 acres. The survey depicts the manor house at the lower left (western boundary), bounded by the Hudson River. The north (left of the map) is bordered by "Part of the land of Coll. Henrick Ransler." The southern boundary is "Part of the land of Coll. Scuyler" and is geographically marked by the "southr.most bought of Rowlitt Iansens Kill" [i.e. Roeliff Jansen Kill]. The eastern boundary end at the "tahcanick [i.e. Taghkanic] hills or mountains".
Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Livingston Manor (N.Y.)--Maps Land grants--New York (State)--Maps--Early works to 1800 Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)--Maps Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--Maps New York (State)--Maps New York (State)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Maps Early maps. (lcgft) Manuscripts (aat)
Source
Kashnor Collection of Early American Maps, 1670-1856 Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Purchased from Museum Book Store, Catalog No. 93, No. 485, 1924. CSmH
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