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To the Honorable Board of Forest Commissioners of the State of New Yorkt 

 The undersigned most respectfully represent that he is the owner 

 of lots number 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 36, 42, 47, ' 

 57, 72, 77, and that portion of lots number 60, 61 and 65 in Hamilton 

 county, also that portion of lot 76 in Essex county, in township No. 50, 

 Totten & Crqssfield's purchase in Essex and Hamilton counties of this 

 State; that the people of the State of New York claim to own among 

 other lots in said township lots number 9, 17, 36, 37 and 38, 43, 44, 

 45 and. that portion of lot number 60, 61 and 65 in Essex county, 

 therefore to more properly show your honorable board the exact 

 location of said lots your petitioner herewith submits a map of said 

 township, showing the county line between Hamilton and Essex 

 counties as it passes through the several lots in said township; the 

 colored lots are supposed to represent the State lands, and those not 

 colored lands of private individuals or railroad lands. Tour peti- 

 tioner, therefore, respectfully asks, for the purpose of consolidation, 

 his own lands as well as those of the people of the State of New York, 

 to sell and deed to him the land above mentioned as belonging to the 

 people of the State of New York, to wit: lots number 9, 17, 35, 37, 38, 

 43, 44, 4*5, and the fractions of lots number 60, 61, and 65, for the sum 

 of two dollars per acre; that your honorable board will perceive from 

 said map submitted that the lots, above named, are mostly detached 

 lots or parts of lots from the other State lands in said township, that 

 the people of the State of New York own no lands adjoining said 

 township No. 50. That your petitioner will deed over to the State in 

 part payment for said purchase that portion of lot number 76, lying 

 in Essex county, and lots number 22, 26, and 72, and pay to the State 

 at the rate of two dollars per acre for the differences of acreages 

 between said lands, thai the number of acres embraced in the land 

 belonging to the State and above numerated to wit, lots number 9, 

 17, 25, 37, 38, 43, 44, 45, and parts of lots 60 and 65* is 1,233 acres; 

 that the lots belonging to your petitioner, tolwit, lots number 22, 26, 

 72, and part of 76, contain 461 acres; differences of acreages in favor 

 of the State, 772 acres, for which lands your petitioner will pay the 

 State $1,544 in cash, and deed to the State the said 461 acres, all of 

 which is most respectfully submitted for your earliest consideration. 

 Dated, Fobt Edwakd, October 29, 1887. 



G. P. UNDEEWOOD. 

 (Map accompanies application.) 



