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How to survey land and value of swamp acreage
In a reflective essay Helen Hall Ashfield describes surveying her New England property to resolve boundary doubts, discovering the swamp spans about 3 acres with the rest of the 9.2 acres including fields and woodland. The piece contrasts old deed estimates with modern measurement, notes boundary markers, and muses on land value and preservation for wildlife.
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