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LAY, AMOS. Map of the Northern Part of the State of New York. Large engraved map of New York state (eastern section only, but as issued with printed neatline on all sides). 37x30 inches overall, dissected into 24 segments and mounted to period linen; original hand-color in outline; heavy staining, a few faint graphite triangulations; contemporary ink inscription to verso: "Pour M Le Ray de Chaumont de la part de son devoue ami David Parish". New York, 1812
Forgiving condition and embracing exceptional association -- David Parish was a businessman and land opportunist who in the early years of the second decade of the nineteenth century had accumulated expansive properties in Jefferson and St. Lawrence Counties in upper New York state and played an instrumental role in industrializing this wild northern land. A large slice of his acreage was acquired from an earlier investor in the vast Macomb's Purchase, James le Ray de Chaumont, circa 1808.
The presently offered example of Amos Lay's important map, published when Parish was in the thick of his activity upstate, was a gift to his friend and fellow land-man Chaumont. Both of their namesake towns, Parishville and Leray Ville, can be located on the map.
