At the close of the American Revolution, settlers flooded into the frontier regions of New York looking for a fresh start and new opportunities. The task of mapping and surveying the uncharted wilderness of the new nation fell upon intrepid surveyors like Simeon De Witt.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcB8yAuMIwg‘Uniquely New York’
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