Survey 169 of Sainte Genevieve & New Bourbon Series

Plat and description of the survey of a lot in Block number fifteen of the town of Sainte Genevieve in Township thirty eight, north of the base line, Range nine, east of the fifth principal Meridian, in the State of Missouri, executed on the twenty fourth day of October eighteen hundred and forty, by Jos. C. Brown, Deputy Surveyor, under instructions from the Surveyor of the public lands in the States of Illinois and Missouri, dated the third of September eighteen hundred and forty. It being the lot of one arpent front by about one arpent deep, confirmed to Francois Lalumendiere's legal representatives by the act of Congress of the thirteenth of June eighteen hundred and twelve; the extent and boundaries whereof were proven before Theodore Hunt, United States Recorder of land titles in the State [of] Missouri on the twenty sixth of October eighteen hundred and twenty five, under the provisions of the act of Congress of the twenty sixth of May eighteen hundred and twenty four, entitled: "an act supplementary to an act passed on the thirteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and twelve, entitled: 'an act making further provision for settling the claims to land in the Territory of Missouri' ".

Description: Begin at the intersection of the northern edge of Second street with the western edge of Little Rock street, the south-east corner of this lot and of Block number fifteen.

Thence north six degrees and twenty five minutes west along the eastern boundary of this lot and the western edge of Little Rock street, at one hundred and sixty four feet and three inches a lime stone, the north-east corner of this lot, and the south-east corner of the lot of Parfait Dufour, survey numbered one hundred and sixty seven.

Thence south seventy seven degrees west along the northern boundary of this lot and the southern boundary of Parfait Dufour's lot, at one hundred and seventy eight feet and six inches the north-west corner of a large post at the north-west corner of a stable, the north-west corner of this lot and the south-west corner of Parfait Dufour's lot, on the eastern boundary line of the lot of Nicholas Roussin's legal representatives.

Thence south eight degrees and forty five minutes east along the western boundary of this lot, and the eastern boundary of the lot of Nicholas Roussin, at twelve feet and six inches the south-east corner of the lot of N. Roussin and the north-east corner of a vacant lot; continue the same course along the eastern boundary of the vacant lot, at one hundred and fifty one feet and ten inches the south-west corner of this lot and the south-east corner of said vacant lot on the northern edge of Second street, at a point one foot northward of the corner of the enclosure of this lot.

Thence north eighty one degrees and fifteen minutes east along the southern boundary of this lot and the northern edge of Second street, at one hundred and seventy one feet the beginning corner.

Surveyor's Office
St. Louis  18th November 1845

The foregoing plat and description of survey numbered one hundred and sixty nine of Sainte Genevieve and New Bourbon lands are correctly copied from pages 285 & 286 of the Book of Record of the said surveys in this Office.

F. R. Conway
Surveyor General

To the United States Recorder
   of Land titles
      St. Louis
         Missouri


Transcriber's note:
Second Street is now Market Street
Little Rock Street is now South 2nd Street

(transcribed from Missouri State Land Survey scan file Y0820091.pdf)
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transcribed by Steven E. Weible