Map [Plat of the Great City of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake]
About this Item
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
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2017587026
Online Format
- image