A history of old Kinderhook from aboriginal days to the present time; (1914) (14598479367)

Identifier: historyofoldkind01coll (find matches)

Title: A history of old Kinderhook from aboriginal days to the present time;

Year: 1914 (1910s)

Authors: Collier, Edward Augustus, 1835- (from old catalog)

Subjects: Kinderhook, N.Y. -- History. (from old catalog)

Publisher: New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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d of said lakeand then southerly in a direct line to the bridge over the KhneKill Creek a little east of the house (now Mr. P. H. Bains)formerly owned by Cornelius Van Schaack deceased. Van Alens survey was twenty-three years after the forma-tion of Ghent, as noted below. It therefore did not includethe southern part of our original eastern boundary. Thisis described in the Act of 1813 as continuing from the afore-said bridge southerly along the said creek to the souther-most point of the great bend opposite the house formerly-belonging to Myndert Vosburgh, deceased, thence southerlyin a direct line toward the house of Martin H. Hoffman untilit intersects the northern boundary line of the town ofClaverack. April 3, 1818, a section along our south border was takento form in part the Town of Ghent. Our new south bound-ary was delimited as beginning 28 chains above MajorAbrahams Falls and running thence easterly to the KleineKill creek near the house of William Wagoner. 7lyi. ^c^^ .SO-^^

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PHysical Featvires, Bovindaries, Popvilation 31 By the Act of April 21, 1823, the Legislature completedits spoliation of old Kinderhook by taking from us the wholeof the present Town of Stuy vesant which included the upperpart of the later town of Stockport; also the three islandsalready named which were given to New Baltimore. TheAct reads as follows: All that part of the town of Kinderhook in the County ofColumbia, beginning at or near the store of Abel S. Peters atKinderhook Landing at high water mark, and running fromthence east three miles and twenty chains; thence south fivedegrees west to the north line of the town of Ghent, and northfive degrees east to the south line of the town of Schodack;thence along the same westerly to the main channel of theHudsons river; thence down the same to where Major Abrahamscreek empties into the said river; thence up the said creek as itwinds and bends to the north line of the town of Ghent; thenceeastward along the same until the line running

1914 Bücher aus den Vereinigten Staaten eine Geschichte des alten Kinderhooks von den Ureinwohnern bis zur Gegenwart 1914 Buchillustrationen Geschichte hohe Auflösung Bilder aus dem Internetarchiv Kongressbibliothek Belgien Gent Mann

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