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Land Surveyor's Field Notebook

Object/Artifact

Land surveyor's field notebook, 1842-1847. This is believed to be a notebook of John P. Slayer, surveyor, he was shown as living in Newark on the west side of Vienna Street on the Gillette map of Wayne County - 1858. This notebook shows plats and descriptions of land in Vienna, now Phelps, Shortsville, Manchester, Palmyra, Arcadia, etc. Several pages have been removed.

81.103.34

Genesee Country Village and Museum

1842 - 1847

19th Century

John Slayer

John P. Slayer

Paper

Leather

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