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[Eight survey tracts along the Kanawha River, W.Va. showing land granted to George Washington and others.
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1774?]
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.
Reference: 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.
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.
United States--West Virginia--Kanawha River Valley.
RELATED NAMES
Lewis, Samuel, 1753 or 4-1822.
Crawford, William, 1732-1782.
MEDIUM
map 166 x 75 cm. on 3 sheets 131 x 60 cm. or smaller.
CALL NUMBER
G3892.K3G46 1774 .W3 Vault
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA
DIGITAL ID
g3892k ct000363 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3892k.ct000363
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