Land Grant for Chemung River and Northumberland County

LAND GRANT for Chemung River and Northumberland County, New York State.
Map of Township No. 2: 1st Range of Phelps & Gorain...
Manuscript survey on paper.
c. 1798.
21" x 17 1/2" sheet.

Provenance: Owen D. Young Collection. Van Hornesville, New York.

A fine local land survey of part of the Chemung River near Corning, N.Y. The map covers a 6 x 6 mile area around the confluence of Patterson's Creek and the River Chemung showing Ranges, Townships and Sections, just as America was divided up as envisioned by Thomas Jefferson in 1784.