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Map [Map of military lots, tracts, patents, etc. in western Allegany and Garrett Counties, Maryland]

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Title

  • [Map of military lots, tracts, patents, etc. in western Allegany and Garrett Counties, Maryland]

Names

  • Veatch, Hezekiah.

Created / Published

  • [1787?]

Headings

  • -  Real property--Maryland--Garrett County--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Real property--Maryland--Allegany County--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Land grants--Maryland--Allegany County--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Land grants--Maryland--Garrett County--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Allegany County (Md.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  Garrett County (Md.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Maryland--Allegany County
  • -  United States--Maryland--Garrett County

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:40,000.
  • -  Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
  • -  Oriented with north to the right.
  • -  Has watermarks.
  • -  "The whole amount of lots, 4163. Settled and improved, 635. Unimproved, 3520."
  • -  "The patent tracts are shaded with yellow, the settled and improved lots are numbered with red--and unimproved lots numbered with black."
  • -  Based on Map of military lots, tracts, in Allegany Cos. Md.; map made by Francis Deakins in compliance with a resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Maryland of the 20th day of May 1787.
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1425
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2: 650/1; 650/2; 650/3; 650/4; 651/5; 651/6

Medium

  • col. map, 161 x 159 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3843.G3G46 1787 .V4

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 75693272

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Veatch, Hezekiah. Map of military lots, tracts, patents, etc. in western Allegany and Garrett Counties, Maryland. [?, 1787] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/75693272/.

APA citation style:

Veatch, H. (1787) Map of military lots, tracts, patents, etc. in western Allegany and Garrett Counties, Maryland. [?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/75693272/.

MLA citation style:

Veatch, Hezekiah. Map of military lots, tracts, patents, etc. in western Allegany and Garrett Counties, Maryland. [?, 1787] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/75693272/>.