Civil Engineering Reference
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Fig. 11.1
An old brass pin found in a stone wall
One must never discount the possibility that the record information has
described a monument incorrectly.
The only way of fixing the boundary for this parcel of land was to somehow dis-
cover where the original wall was located. Another trip to the registry of deeds
was made, and the deed was traced back to a handwritten deed created in the early
1800s. For those unfamiliar with ancient handwritten deeds, some of the profes-
sional penmen in early U.S. history used beautiful flowing scripts with particular
