land surveys

Draft map made by surveyor Abel Ketcham of meadowlands divided into lots in western Lloyd Neck. Upper quarter torn; repaired with stitches.

Draft map made by a surveyor (Abel Ketcham?) of meadowlands in western Lloyd Neck.

Map made for John Nelson Lloyd by surveyor Abel Ketcham, Huntington, of a wooded section of Lloyd Neck to determine its area.

Survey of land at Lloyd Neck for John Nelson Lloyd "calculation by [Robert] Gibson's method."

Manuscript map depicting the central part of Lloyd Neck with particular reference to cleared land and forested areas; with calculations of valuations on verso.

Copy of measurements made by James Lloyd in a March 9, 1686 survey of Horse Neck continued).

Copy of measurements made by James Lloyd in a March 9, 1686 survey of Horse Neck continued).

Copy of measurements made by James Lloyd in a March 9, 1686 survey of Horse Neck.

Copy of measurements made by James Lloyd in a survey of Lloyd Neck.

Indenture from Rip Van Dam, New York, to John Mott, Oyster Bay, for the sale of 1,962 acres near modern day Commack and property on Sampawams Neck for £1210; the first was originally part of a larger property owned in common by several people and divided in 1726 by surveyor, Robert Crooke, with a recitation of the property's ownership history; Van Dam retains the right to mine minerals at Sampawams Neck; witnessed by Richard Van Dam, Joseph Simson, and Samuel Clowes; attested by Rip Van Dam before Phillip Van Cortlandt, member of the Council.

This collection contains papers relating to the Duane family and associated families. The bulk of the collection concerns the papers of James Duane, a prominent New York lawyer, patriot, and land developer. James Duane (1733-1797) became the ward of Robert Livingston after his father's death around 1734 and married Livingston's daughter Mary in 1759. He made a number of profitable real estate investments and was a prominent lawyer by the time of the American Revolution.