Survey 175 of Sainte Genevieve & New Bourbon Series

Plat and description of the survey of a lot in Block number eighteen 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 nineteenth 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 and one half arpents front by two arpents deep, confirmed to the Roman Catholic congregation of Sainte Genevieve 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 seventh 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 a lime stone at the intersection of the eastern edge of Church street with the northern edge of second street, the south-west corner of this lot and of Block number eighteen.

Thence north eighty six degrees east along the southern boundary of this lot and the northern edge of Second street, at one hundred and ninety eight feet and ten inches a lime stone, the south-east corner of this lot, and the south-west corner of a lot in the name of "The Inhabitants of Sainte Genevieve" survey numbered one hundred and seventy six.

Thence north twelve degrees west along the eastern boundary of this lot, and the western boundary of the lot of the Inhabitants of Ste. Genevieve, at two hundred and eighty one feet and nine inches a lime stone on the southern edge of Third street, the north-east corner of this lot and the north-west corner of the lot of the Inhabitants of Ste. Genevieve.

Thence south seventy six degrees and twenty five minutes west along the northern boundary of this lot and the southern edge of Third street, at two hundred and seven feet and eight inches a lime stone at the intersection of the southern edge of Third street with the eastern edge of Church street, the north-west corner of this lot and of the block.

Thence south fourteen degrees and forty five minutes east along the western boundary of this lot and the eastern edge of Church street, at two hundred and forty eight feet and eight inches the beginning corner.

Surveyor's Office
St. Louis  21st of November 1845

The foregoing plat and description of survey numbered one hundred and seventy five of Ste. Genevieve and New Bourbon lands are correctly copied from pages 291 & 292 of the Book of Record of the said surveys in this Office.

F. R. Conway
Surveyor of the public lands in the 
  States of Illinois and Missouri 

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


Transcriber's note:
Church Street is now South 4th Street
Second Street is now Market Street
Third Street is now Merchant Street

(transcribed from Missouri State Land Survey scan file Y0820097.pdf)
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transcribed by Steven E. Weible