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James Alexander / Edmund Beakes
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Manuscript Survey of John Biddle's Land in Greenwich, Morris County, by order of James Alexander
Publication Place / Date
n.p. / 1752
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15 x 12 inches
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Detailed manuscript survey of 479 acres of land owned by John Biddle of Philadelphia in Greenwich Township, in Morris (now Warren) County, New Jersey and surveyed by order of James Alexander in June 1752.

The land in question is locate in Greenwich, which was then a part of Morris County, following its formation in January 1750. The instruction given by James Alexander, Surveyor General of the Province of New Jersey, to deputy surveyor Edmund Beakes, states as follows:

Pursuant to thy order to me Dated ye tenth of June 1752 Requireing (sic) me to Survey for John Biddle of Philadelpha. One Thousand Acres of Land and in obdedience thereunto I have Survey'd for ye following Tract of Land in Morris Countie in part of said order . . . .

Other names appearing on the map as neighboring landowners include Clark Rodman, Joseph Kirkbride, and Barrons.

Condition Description
Pen & Ink manuscript survey.
Edmund Beakes Biography

Edmund Beakes was a Deputy Surveyor in the Colony of New Jersey, working under the direction ofJames Alexander, Surveyor General (and later Governor) of New Jersey in middle of the 18th Century.

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