Lake Amulet, Natchitoches Parish
Verso-Title
Land Plat: J[ohn] Sibley vs. Town Corporation
Subject
Sibley, John; Lake Amulet; surveyor's fees.
Date
1826 Dec 13
Mapmaker
Leonard, B., Parish Surveyor
Place of Publication
Natchitoches Parish
Accession Number
1984.063.003
Condition
Good. Center fold repaired with archival tape.
Notes
Plat filed April 9, 1827. Surveyor's fees noted for surveying, drawing the map, cost of a chain carrier. Includes notation, "I have surveyed, measured, & calculated the superficial contents of Lake Amulet & its outlet with a view to ascertain the overflow occasioned by the dirt bridge & find the contents of said overflow on the property claimed by John Sibley…to be thirteen acres & fifteen hundredths of an acre superficial measure - The Lake, Outlet & the Dirt Bridge having such form & relative positions as are represented in the above Plat." Survey ordered by District Court of Louisiana.
Media Type
manuscript; pen and ink
Size
7 1/2 x 12 1/4
Storage
c03d06