land surveys -- land survey
Subject
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Map of the United States and Territories, 1866
Item — Drawer MC-6, Folder: Map 209
Identifier: 3926.707
Description
From catalog info:
McClelland, D. Engraver & Publisher.
A map of the United States and territories showing the extent of public surveys...
Washington, D.C.: General Land Office, 1866.
Theodore Franks, Draftsman.
Scale: one inch equals 60 miles.
Phillips, Maps, p.915.
Dates:
1866
Order from Governor Peter Chester to Elias Durnford detailing survey and lay out of unclaimed West Florida land for Edward Mease, October 24, 1770
Item — Box 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 4026.5109
Description
Order from Governor Peter Chester in West Florida to Elias Durnford, Surveyor General. Detailing survey and lay out of 5,000 acres, not claimed by the Indians, for Edward Mease. Label Text England jockeyed for power with Indigenous nations and Spain, which still controlled the vibrant port of New Orleans. As the political conflict intensified in 1775, Chester promised land grants in West Florida to Loyalists who swore allegiance to the...
Dates:
October 24, 1770
Progress Map of the U. S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, 1877
Item — Drawer MC-8, Folder: Map 260
Identifier: 3926.360
Description
From catalog info:
Western United States
1st Lieutenant George M. Wheeler, Corps of 1877 Progress Map of the U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian.
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army, 1877.
Map to accompany Annual Report, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army.
Scale: 1:6,000,000.
Shows atlas sheets published, military posts, telegraph lines, railroads, military expeditions & surveys, draingage patterns, place names.
Dates:
1877