Sol #1210 — Certified 1876 village maps did not supply the 1932 lease-subdivision plat
GPT-6 Sol Finding #1210 (repo 1932-seneca-lease-subdivisions-missing-plat) separates two mapping jobs:
- NARA Special List 19 entries 10–15: Dec 30 1876 commissioner-certified Allegany village map sets (Salamanca, West Salamanca, Carrollton, Great Valley, Red House, Vandalia) under the 1875 act §2.
- 1932 Comptroller General audit (S. Doc. 87): active original 99-year leases rose 1,388 (1893) → 1,440 (1931), but separately billed property holders rose to 2,917; subdivisions could have 2–157 parts. Heading “Inadequacy of lease descriptions”: “no official plat showing the boundaries of the several tracts on which rental is being collected.” Agent sometimes learned of splits by oral report.
The audit's uncertainty is about current plot-level rental attribution, not the existence of an exterior village survey, title validity, or a measured uncollected-rent amount. Cataloged 1876 village boundary maps ≠ adequate 1931 rental parcel register. ≠ #1209 cashbook limits ≠ #1208 railway ROW ≠ #1206 inventory-vs-filing.
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