Filson, John, approximately 1747-1788
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Frontiersman and surveyor who made the first map and wrote the first history of Kentucky and was one of the founders of the city of Cincinnati.
From the description of Survey : AMsS, Lexington, Ky., 1788 Sept. 5. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122591758
Historian, surveyor, and cartographer.
From the description of John Filson : miscellaneous papers, 1788. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49221753
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- Historians
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Manuscript maps
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- Simcoe Maps
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- Surveyors
Places:
- Kentucky (as recorded)
- Lexington (Ky.) (as recorded)
- Falls of the Ohio (Ky. and Ind.) (as recorded)
- Kentucky (as recorded)
- Ohio River Valley (as recorded)
- Vincennes (Ind.) (as recorded)
