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Gift of Wesleyan University Library, 1962.105.1  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Survey of the Misses Buels' Lots
Gift of Wesleyan University Library, 1962.105.1 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Survey of the Misses Buels' Lots

Date1909
MediumDrawing; pencil on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 x 17 5/8in. (27.9 x 44.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 x 17 5/8in. (27.9 x 44.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Wesleyan University Library
DescriptionManuscript map depicting a survey of two lots of land belonging to two Buel women along Tallmadge Avenue (Talmadge Avenue?) and Goshen Road in Litchfield, Connecticut. The survey shows lots belonging to a Miss Williams, Reverend Bissell and H.R. Jones, as well as two lots that are unlabeled, presumably those belonging to the Buel women. These lots contain dimensions in feet and inches, as well as area in square feet.

The map is accompanied by minutes from a special Litchfield town meeting concerning proposed changes to the highway leading from Litchfield to Goshen.

Object number1962.105.1
InscribedRecto, top left corner, handwritten in black ink: "HP"

Top, handwritten in pencil: "SURVEY of thE MissEs BuELs LoTs (2) / JuLy 29-30-1909"

Bottom left, handwritten in pencil: "N.B. FigurEs ARE AppRoxiMATE. / Scale- 100' = 1""

Bottom left corner, handwritten in pencil: "[illegible] / 1000 / [illegible]"

Bottom left corner, handwritten in pencil: "Elizabeth B. Boullard / 45 Washington C[illegible] / [illegible]"

Verso, left side, handwritten in pencil: "M.W. Buel"

Right side, handwritten in pencil: "Misses Buels' Lots 1909"
NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1 inch equals 100 feet
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