Map [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.

Names

  • Washington, George, 1732-1799.
  • Lewis, Samuel, 1753 or 1754-1822.
  • Crawford, William, 1732-1782.

Created / Published

  • 1774?]

Headings

  • -  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
  • -  United States--West Virginia--Kanawha River Valley

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:40,000.
  • -  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.
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1448
  • -  Includes descriptive index-tables for survey tracts 1-5 and 7-8.
  • -  Accompanied by a survey certificate describing survey tracts 6 and 7.
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2

Medium

  • map 166 x 75 cm. on 3 sheets 131 x 60 cm. or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3892.K3G46 1774 .W3

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 75693268

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Washington, George, Samuel Lewis, and William Crawford. Eight survey tracts along the Kanawha River, W.Va. showing land granted to George Washington and others. [?, 1774] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/75693268/.

APA citation style:

Washington, G., Lewis, S. & Crawford, W. (1774) Eight survey tracts along the Kanawha River, W.Va. showing land granted to George Washington and others. [?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/75693268/.

MLA citation style:

Washington, George, Samuel Lewis, and William Crawford. Eight survey tracts along the Kanawha River, W.Va. showing land granted to George Washington and others. [?, 1774] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/75693268/>.