A Sketch of the Public Surveys in Indiana
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The progress of surveying Indiana in the late 1830s.
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Description
This interesting map of Indiana was published by the United States General Land Office around 1838 to highlight the progress of surveying across the Hoosier State. According to the legend in the lower left, nearly the entire state has had field notes taken and transcribed, but much work on recording township plats remains to be done for the northeast corner.
Primary settlements, geographic features, and surveying lines are noted throughout, as well as three tracts of land not subject to the authority of the GLO; Clark’s Grant, the Vincennes Donation Land, and the Big Miami Indian Reserve. The last would become phased out just a few years after publication with the passage of the 1840 Treaty of the Wabash in which the Miami tribe ceded their last claims to land in Indiana.
Source: Howard County Historical Society
Map Details
Publication Date: c. 1838
Author: General Land Office
Sheet Width (in): 10.6
Sheet Height (in): 18.4
Condition: B
Condition Description: Minor wear and creasing along former fold lines, including about 4" of separation that has been repaired on the verso with archival tape. One other diagonal tear enters the image, center left, and has also been repaired. Narrow left margin and faint discoloration visible along the upper margin.
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