Hood, Washington, 1808-1840.
Biographical notes:
Army officer and engineer.
From the description of Papers of Washington Hood, 1830. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131944
Washington Hood (1808-1840), a cartographer and surveyor, was the son of John and Elizabeth Hood of Philadelphia. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1827 and served in the Corps of Engineers and the Corps of Topographical Engineers from 1829 until he became ill on an expedition in 1839. He died in 1840 at the age of 31. Among Hood's most frequently-cited surveys and maps are those of Indian territories west of the Mississipi, and of the border region between Ohio and Michigan.
From the guide to the Washington Hood papers, 1772-1861, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
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Subjects:
- Businessmen
- Cartographers
- Fortification
- Indians of North America
- Maps
- Military engineers
- Surveyors
Occupations:
- Army officers
- Businessmen
- Cartographers
- Engineers
- Surveyors
Places:
- Florida (as recorded)
- Ohio (as recorded)
- Santa Rosa Island (Fla.) (as recorded)
- Oklahoma (as recorded)
- Limerick (Pa.) (as recorded)
- West (U.S.) (as recorded)
- Philadelphia (Pa.) (as recorded)
- Michigan (as recorded)
