Survey 149 of Sainte Genevieve & New Bourbon Series

Plat and description of the survey of a lot in Block number five, 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 third 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 "about one arpent front by about two arpents deep," confirmed to John Bte. Pratte senior or his 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 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 lands in the Territory of Missouri' ".

Description: Begin at a lime stone on the eastern edge of Gabori street, the north-west corner of this lot and the south-west corner of the lot of John Bte. Pratte's legal representatives, survey numbered one hundred and forty eight.

Thence south five degrees and thirty five minutes east along the western boundary of this lot, and the eastern edge of Gabori street; at one hundred and ninety eight feet a lime stone, the south-west corner of this lot, and the north-west corner of a vacant lot, survey numbered one hundred and fifty.

Thence north eighty two degrees and ten minutes east along the southern boundary of this lot, and the northern boundary of the said vacant lot; at four hundred and thirty four feet and six inches a lime stone on the western edge of Common Field street, the south-east corner of this lot, and the north-east corner of the said vacant lot.

Thence north seven degrees west along the eastern boundary of this lot, and the western edge of Common Field street; at one hundred and ninety three feet a lime stone, the north-east corner of this lot, and the south-east corner of the lot of J. B. Pratte's legal representatives.

Thence south eighty three degrees west along the northern boundary of this lot, and the southern boundary of the lot of J. B. Pratte; at four hundred and twenty nine feet and eight inches the beginning corner.

Surveyor's Office, St. Louis March

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

Silas Reed
Surveyor of the public lands in the 
  States of Illinois and Missouri

To F. R. Conway Esquire
U. S. Recorder of land titles
  St. Louis Mo.


Transcriber's note:
Gabori Street is now South Main Street
Common Field Street is now South Front Street

(transcribed from Missouri State Land Survey scan file: Y0820076.pdf)

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transcribed by Steven E. Weible