Survey 142 of Sainte Genevieve & New Bourbon Series

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 one hundred and eighty feet deep, confirmed to Vital Beauvais 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 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 south east corner of this lot and of Block number three, at the intersection of the northern edge of Third street with the western edge of Common Field street.

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 eight inches a lime stone, the north east corner of this lot and the south east corner of the lot of Louis Leclere, Survey numbered one hundred and forty one.

Thence South seventy nine degrees and fifteen minutes west along the northern boundary of this lot, and the southern boundary of the lot of Louis Leclere; at two hundred and thirteen feet a lime stone, the north west corner of this lot, and the north east corner of a lot of Veuve Leclere's legal representatives, survey numbered one hundred and forty three.

Thence South four degrees and thirty minutes East along the western boundary of this lot and the eastern boundary of the lot of Veuve Leclere; at one hundred and seventy four feet and six inches a lime stone, the south west corner of this lot, and the south east corner of the said lot of Veuve Leclere, on the northern edge of Third street.

Thence North seventy seven degrees and ten minutes East along the southern boundary of this lot and the northern edge of Third street; at two hundred and eight feet and two inches the beginning corner.

Surveyor's Office, St. Louis  March 18th 1845

The foregoing plat and description of survey numbered one hundred and forty two of Sainte Genevieve and New Bourbon lands are correctly copied from pages 262 & 263 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 Esqr
U. S. Recorder of land titles
St. Louis, Mo.


Transcriber's Note:
Common Field Street is now Front Street
Third Street is now Merchant Steet

(transcribed from Missouri State Land Survey scan file: Y0820069.pdf)

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transcribed by Steven E. Weible