A Draught of ten lots of ground in the northern liberties of the city of Philadelphia, surveyed the 28th August 1787, beginning at a bridge on the old York Road, N. 2⁰. W. 36 3/4 perches up said road to a corner of Beech Street, thence up said street N. 85⁰. W. 27 perches to a corner of land formerly Edward Roberts'; thence by said land S. 1⁰. E. 45 perches to Peggs Run, thence down said run, N. 78⁰. E. 28 perches to the place of beginning.

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A Draught of ten lots of ground in the northern liberties of the city of Philadelphia, surveyed the 28th August 1787, beginning at a bridge on the old York Road, N. 2⁰. W. 36 3/4 perches up said road to a corner of Beech Street, thence up said street N. 85⁰. W. 27 perches to a corner of land formerly Edward Roberts'; thence by said land S. 1⁰. E. 45 perches to Peggs Run, thence down said run, N. 78⁰. E. 28 perches to the place of beginning.

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Scale ca. 1:650.
Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
Mounted on cloth and paper backing with reinforced edges.
Imperfect: Margin deteriorated and torn.
Cadastral map.
Includes "Annexed coloured plan," ca. 1:1,000 and a note on the Second Presbyterian Church burial ground.
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1328
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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01/01/1787
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