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Thomas C. Durant's personal property records including some correspondence, 1855-1876

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stretches both north and south. 
The avenue leads up at the north entrance of the house, from where a wide expanse of the river presents itself and from where a large range of the Catskills in their various beauty can be overlooked. 
The place has about one half mile of river front and possesses one of the finest points of the Hudson River. Trains run through a tunnel under the point. The boats run close past the point where the channel is from 20 to 40 feet deep. 
A road of the place runs to the river where the best facilities for keeping a yacht and yachting are offered. The place is well wooded along the banks of the River and has more than 2 miles of shady walks. 
The garden has always been noted for its productiveness. 
There is a barn and a [tenement?] house on the place. The place includes 125 acres, all of which is first class farming land.
The house has two large filtered Cisterns. The barn is rather to near the mansion, but by removing the same, the greatest improvement can be affected and a splendid stretch of lawn will be

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stretches both north and south. The avenue leads up at the north entrance of the house, from where a wide expanse of the river presents itself and from where a large range of the Catskills in their various beauty can be overlooked. The place has about one half mile of river front and possesses one of the finest points of the Hudson River. Trains run through a tunnel under the point. The boats run close past the point where the channel is from 20 to 40 feet deep. A road of the place runs to the river where the best facilities for keeping a yacht and yachting are offered. The place is well wooded along the banks of the River and has more than 2 miles of shady walks. The garden has always been noted for its productiveness. There is a barn and a [tenement?] house on the place. The place includes 125 acres, all of which is first class farming land. The house has two large filtered Cisterns. The barn is rather to near the mansion, but by removing the same, the greatest improvement can be affected and a splendid stretch of lawn will be