Geographical surveys west of the 100th meridian (U.S.) papers 1871-1877

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Geographical surveys west of the 100th meridian (U.S.) papers 1871-1877

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The collection contains letterpress copies of letters signed by Wheeler and other officers of the survey, registers of correspondence sent and received, records of meteorological and topographical observations, atlas sheets, and photographs and stereoscope views of parts of the territory covered by the expeditions.

Other Storage Formats: 47 volumes, oversize; Linear Feet: 5.5

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349885

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Geographical surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)

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The Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, also known as the Wheeler Survey, grew out of the Army's desire to create maps featuring the geological aspects of the West, man-made improvements, and the "conformation, obstacles and resources of the country." Commanded by Lieutenant George Montague Wheeler, the survey was originally intended to cover the territory lying south of the Central Pacific Railroad, but grew in scope by 1872 to a mapping of all of the United States west of the 100t...

Bell, William

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California gold miner. From the guide to the Letter to John H. Bell, 1850, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Epithet: Commissioner of the Sick and Hurt Seamen's Office; afterwards Steward of Greenwich Hospital British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001164.0x00000a Epithet: of the Irish Ordnance Office British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/810...

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

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Timothy O'Sullivan was an early Western photographer. He served with Clarence King on the United States Geological Explorations of the Fortieth Parallel in 1867. From the description of Timothy O'Sullivan photograph, 1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367900033 Timothy O'Sullivan (1840-1882) began his photography career as an apprentice to Mathew Brady, but he left the Brady gallery to photograph American Civil War battlefields on his own. In 1862 or 1863, he joined the st...

Wheeler, George Montague, 1842-1905

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Wheeler was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, the son of John Wheeler and Miriam P. Daniels. He graduated from West Point in 1866, ranked sixth in his class, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the US Army Corps of Engineers. He first served in California from 1866 to 1871. In 1869 General Edward O. C. Ord sent him on a reconnaissance through the eastern Nevada. In 1872, the US Congress authorized an ambitious plan to map the portion of the United States west of the 100th meridian at a sc...