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[West Florida/ New Feliciana, Spanish Louisiana Manuscript Map], a manuscript survey by Christopher Bolling, surveyor, dated Sept 8, 1803, for a tract of land bordering the 31st parallel, sold by William Vousdan to Samuel Hutchins, very detailed, showing courses of Bayou Sarah, trees used as markers and most interestingly, an "Indian Trace", 12 in. x 16 1/2 in., attractively matted and framed. Note: This very impressive survey, with eight lines of the most perfect "copperplate" penmanship including a bold signature of the well-known Deputy Surveyor-General for the Natchez and Feliciana districts, Christopher Bolling (known active c.1790-1805), is a masterpiece of its type. On a large sheet of laid paper (12 in. x 16 ½ in.) a ruled border is placed around a title (LOUISIANA 1803 / District of New Feliciana) and a wonderfully clear, detailed, and accurate sketch of the properties in question; the bottom half of the sheet is devoted to an explanatory text. "I do hereby Certify, that I have carefu ly traced the lines of two Tracts of Land Sold by William Vousdan Esq.r (Deceased) / to Mr. Samuel Hutchins, Situated on the Waters of Bayou Sarah, in the District of New Feliciana. Beginning at a/ Stake at the Line of Demarkation or Latitude 31° North ... thence along said Line to the Beginning Stake; Containing in the whole, Two thousand eight hundred and Ninety French / Acres, and the said Tracts have such Shape and Marks both Natural and artificial as are represented on the above plots. / Given under my hand the 8th Day of September 1803 / Christopher Bolling Surveyor"

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