Eight survey tracts along the Kanawha River, W.Va : showing land granted to George Washington and others

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Title:
Eight survey tracts along the Kanawha River, W.Va : showing land granted to George Washington and others
Contributor:
Crawford, William, 1732-1782
Lewis, Samuel, 1753 or 1754-1822
Creator:
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Date:
[1774?]
Format:
Maps
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Collection
Subjects:
Real property--West Virginia--Kanawha River Valley--Maps--Early works to 1800
Land grants--West Virginia--Kanawha River Valley--Maps--Early works to 1800
Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
West Virginia > Kanawha (river)
Extent:
1 manuscript map 166 x 75 cm. on 3 sheets 131 x 60 cm. or smaller.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/q524nk670
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Scale:
Scale ca. 1:40,000
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/75693268
Notes:
Manuscript, pen-and-ink.
Imperfect: Deteriorated along old fold lines.
Oriented with north toward the lower left.
Has watermarks.
Individual surveys dated 1771 through 1774, performed by "Mr. Saml. Lewis" and "Wm. Crawford" with the assistance of John Floyd.
Authorship of the map as a composite work ascribed to George Washington in Lawrence Martin's The George Washington atlas.
Includes descriptive index-tables for survey tracts 1-5 and 7-8.
Accompanied by a survey certificate describing survey tracts 6 and 7.
Notes (citation):
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1448
Identifier:
ct000363z

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