Description
Begin at the SW corner of the block at the intersection of the Northern edge of 2nd Street with the eastern edge of Gabori Street where a lime stone is set with its SW corner at the S.W. corner of the block, thence N80°40'E along the Northern edge of 2nd Street, the S.E. boundary of the block 425 feet 2 inches to the S.E. corner of the block at the intersection of the Northern edge of 2nd Street with the western edge of Common field Street where is set a lime stone with its S.E. corner at the S.E. corner of the block, thence N7W along the western edge of Common field Street the eastern boundary of the block 416 10/12 feet the N.E. corner of the block at the intersection of the western edge of Common field Street with the S.E. edge of 3rd Street at the old enclosure of the block, thence S77°10'W along the S.E. edge of 3rd Street the NW boundary of the block 417 feet 2 inches the NW corner of the block at the intersection of the S.E. edge of 3rd Street with the eastern edge of Gabori Street at the NW corner of the enclosure of the block, thence S5°35'E along the eastern edge of Gabori Street the western boundary of the block 391 feet 4 inches to the beginning. On the top of each of said corner stones I have had a cross made.
(Brown's Surveys of Ste. Genevieve & New Bourbon, pages 231-232, Missouri State Land Survey microfiche location: 724/0470A1)
Transcriber's note:
2nd Street is now Market Street
3rd Street is now Merchant Street
Gabori Street is now South Main Street
Common Field Street is now South Front Street
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transcribed by Steven E. Weible
