Description
Begin at the SW corner of the block at the intersection of the NW edge of 2nd Street with the N.E. edge of Court Street which intersection is 11 1/2 inches S 81 1/4 W from the S.W. corner of a brick house standing on the block, thence N 81 1/4 E along the N.W. edge of 2nd Street the S.E. boundary of the block 427 feet to the S.E. corner of the block at the intersection of the NW edge of 2nd Street with the SW edge of little rock Street which intersection is N6°25'W 3 feet 4 inches from the S.E. corner of the porch of a house standing on the block; thence N6°25'W 358 feet 2 inches to the N.E. corner of the block at the intersection of the S.W. edge of little rock Street with the S.E. edge of 3rd Street; thence S75°48'W along the S.E. edge of 3rd Street the NW boundary of the block 439 feet 9 inches the N.W. corner of the block at the intersection of the S.E. edge of 3rd Street with the N.E. edge of Court Street where I set a lime stone with its N.W. corner at the N.W. corner of the block; thence S8E along the N.E. edge of Court Street the S.W. boundary of the block 315 feet 5 inches the beginning. On the top of each of Said corner stones I have had a cross made.
(Brown's surveys of Sainte Genevieve & New Bourbon, pages 249 and 250,
Missouri State Land Survey microfiche location 724/0471B1)
Transcriber's Note:
2nd Street is now Market Street
Court Street is now 3rd Street
little rock Street is now South 2nd Street
3rd Street is now Merchant Street
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transcribed by Steven E. Weible
