An Essay Lovissiania and Virginia Improovd / at Yorke Towne

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  Map of Mr. John Evan's patent in Ulster and Orange counties in the Province of New York [as reapportioned subsequent to being vacated and resumed] [cartographic material]

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  Manuscript rough copy by Samuel Holland and Charles Rivez, approximately 1757, made from an original by Cadwallader Colden (1688-1776) following his initial survey in 1721 of the "Evans Tract". Depicts the ground plot of land from Hudson River to about 500 chains west of Goshen Township. Shows numerous property plots and the names of the holders.

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  Map of Ulster and Orange counties, New York showing settlements between the Blue Mountains and the Hudson River [cartographic material]

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  David Starr Jordan letter to [William Henry] Irwin

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