BEGINNING at a point in the line between the lands of Mary Newbold Morgan and the lands of Franklin D. Roosevelt, which location is monumented by a limestone firmly set in the ground and marked "J N 1866"; running thence N. 86', 55' E., 0.05 chains (3.3 feet), to an iron pipe set at a point in the west line of the New York and Albany Post Road, which is the northeast corner of the tract herein described; thence S. 5' 05' E., along the west line of said New York and Albany Post Road 10.30 chains (679.8 feet), to an iron pipe which is the southeast corner of the tract herein described; thence N. 87' 27' W., 0.05 chains (3.3 feet), along other lands of Sara Delano Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt, to a granite monument set in the ground and marked "U S F D R 1939", and thence continuing N. 87' 27' W., an additional distance of 17.87 chains (1179.4 feet), along other lands of Sara Delano Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt to a similar granite monument which is the southwest corner of the tract herein described; thence N. 0' 10' E., 8.45 chains (557.7 feet), along other lands of Sara Delano Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt to a similar granite monument set in the line between the lands of said Mary Newbold Korgan and the lands of said Franklin D. Roosevelt, which is the northwest corner of the tract herein described; thence N. 86' 35' E., along the line between the lands of said Mary Newbold Morgan and said Franklin D. Roosevelt, 16.84 chains (1111.4 feet), to a similar granite monument, thence continuing N. 86' 35' E., in the same line an additional distance of 0.10 chains (6.6 feet), to the place of beginning, containing 16.31 acres, more or less, together with all the right, title and interest of the parties of the first part of, in and to the New York and Albany Post Road, lying in front of and adjoining the land hereinabove described and conveyed, to the center of said road. |