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Map [Plat of the Great City of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake]

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Title

  • [Plat of the Great City of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake]

Names

  • Sherwood, Henry Garlick, 1785-1867, cartographer, surveyor.
  • Pratt, Orson, 1811-1881, cartographer, surveyor.

Created / Published

  • [1847]

Headings

  • -  Salt Lake City (Utah)--Maps
  • -  Salt Lake City (Utah)--History--Maps
  • -  Salt Lake City (Utah)--Historical geography--Maps
  • -  Salt Lake City (Utah)--Surveys--Maps
  • -  Real property--Utah--Salt Lake City--Maps
  • -  United States--Utah--Salt Lake City

Genre

  • Manuscript maps
  • Cadastral maps

Notes

  • -  Manuscript plat map, pen-and-ink on thick flexible sheepskin, signed and inscribed by H.G. Sherwood, nailed at the top to its original wooden roller. This manuscript plat map is believed to be the first map of Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • -  Title supplied by acquisition specialist.
  • -  Sherwood retained ownership of the plat while the city was being constructed. In 1852, it passed into the hands of Jesse William Fox, Sr., Sherwood's successor as Territory Surveyor General of Utah.
  • -  Accompanied by text (property of Jesse W. Fox): Engineer's field book / by C.S. Cross. New York : Baptist & Taylor Book, 1855. 43 pages ; 19 cm.
  • -  Includes notes and diagrams.

Medium

  • 1 manuscript map : on sheepskin ; 52 x 39 cm + 1 CD-ROM (CD-R : Mormon papers ; 4 3/4 inches)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4344.S3 1847 .S4

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017587026

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Sherwood, Henry Garlick, Cartographer, Surveyor, and Orson Pratt. Plat of the Great City of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. [1847] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017587026/.

APA citation style:

Sherwood, H. G. & Pratt, O. (1847) Plat of the Great City of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017587026/.

MLA citation style:

Sherwood, Henry Garlick, Cartographer, Surveyor, and Orson Pratt. Plat of the Great City of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. [1847] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2017587026/>.