Burr, David Auguste, 1836?-1891.
David Auguste Burr (1836?-1891), the son of David H. Burr (1803-1875) and Sophie Augustine Houèˆl ( - ) of Washington, D.C., was a mapmaker, engineer, government topographer, and, in 1855 to 1857, Surveyor General of Utah during the conflict between federal and Mormon authorities. Burr, later a lawyer in New York, accompanied his father to the Utah Territory and sketched, photographed, wrote extensively on all that he saw, and served as correspondent for several Eastern newspapers.
From the description of Papers, 1855-1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207121838
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