Plat and description of the survey of a lot in Block number three 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 "one hundred and eighty feet front by three hundred and sixty feet deep," confirmed to Louis Leclere 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 first 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, the north west corner of this lot which is also the northwest corner of Block number three, at the intersection of the southern edge of fourth street with the eastern edge of Gabori street.
Thence south six degrees and fifteen minutes east, along the western boundary line of this lot and the eastern edge of Gabori street -- at one hundred and eighty two feet and four inches a lime stone, the south west corner of this lot and the northwest corner of the lot of Veuve Leclere's legal representatives, survey numbered one hundred and forty three.
Thence north seventy nine degrees and fifteen minutes east, along the southern boundary of this lot and the northern boundary of the lot of Veuve Leclere; -- at two hundred and thirteen feet a lime stone, the north east corner of the lot of Veuve Leclere, and the north west corner of the lot of Vital Beauvais' legal representatives, survey numbered one hundred and forty two; -- continue the same course with the northern boundary of the lot of V. Beauvais -- at four hundred and twenty six feet a lime stone on the western edge of Common Field street, the south east corner of this lot and the northeast corner of the lot of Vital Beauvais.
Thence north two degrees and thirty five minutes west, along the eastern boundary of this lot and the western edge of Common Field street, -- at one hundred and sixty six feet and seven inches the north east corner of this lot and block at the intersection of the western edge of Common Field street with the southern edge of fourth street.
Thence south eighty one degrees and twenty five minutes west along the northern boundary of this lot and the southern edge of fourth street, at four hundred and thirty six feet and four inches the beginning corner.
Surveyor's Office, Saint Louis March 12th 1845
The above plat and description of Survey number one hundred and forty one of Sainte Genevieve and New Bourbon lands are correctly copied from pages 261 and 262 of the Book of Records 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 Esq
U. S. Recorder of land titles
St. Louis Mo
Transcriber's note:
Fourth Street is now Jefferson Street
Gabori Street is now North Main Street
Common Field Street is now Front Street
(transcribed from Missouri State Land Survey scan file: Y0820068.pdf)
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transcribed by Steven E. Weible
Plat and description of the survey of the exterior boundary lines of block No. 3 in the Town of Ste. Genevieve situated in Township 38 North of the base line Range 9 East of the 5th Principal Meridian in the State of Missouri surveyed on the 6th day of October in the year 1840 by Joseph C. Brown, deputy Surveyor, under instructions from the Surveyor of the public lands in the States of Illinois and Missouri dated the 3rd day of September 1840.
Description
Begin at the S.W. corner of the block at the intersection of the N.W. edge of Third Street with the Eastern edge of Gabori Street, where I set a lime stone with its S.W. corner at the S.W. corner of the block; thence N77°10'E along the N.W. edge of Third Street, the S.E. boundary of the block, 416 1/3 feet to the S.E. corner of the block at the intersection of the N.W. edge of Third Street with the western edge of Common Field Street, where I set a lime stone with its S.E. corner at the S.E. corner of the block; thence N2°35'W along the Western edge of Common Field Street, the Eastern boundary of the block, 333 1/4 feet to the N.E. corner of the block at the intersection of the Western edge of Common Field Street with the S.E. edge of 4th Street, being at the old enclosure of the block; thence S81°25'W 436 1/3 feet to the N.W. corner of the block at the intersection of the S.E. edge of 4th Street with the Eastern edge of Gabori Street, where I set a lime stone with it N.W. corner at the N.W. corner of the block; thence S6 1/4°E along the Eastern edge of Gabori Street, the Western boundary of the block, 364 1/3 feet 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 229-230, Missouri State Land Survey microfiche location: 724/0469B3)
Transcriber's note:
3rd Street is now Merchant Street
4th Street is now Jefferson Street
Gabori Street is now North Main Street
Common Field Street is now Front Street
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transcribed by Steven E. Weible
