Records pertaining to a proposed physical survey from the Virginia Land Office, 1808, 1876, n.d.

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Records pertaining to a proposed physical survey from the Virginia Land Office, 1808, 1876, n.d.

These records contain a copy of the questionnaire circulated by Matthew Fontaine Maury in preparation for his planned physical survey of the commonwealth, September 10, 1868; a receipt for United States maps which are to be inserted in a publication, March 23, 1876; a list of the names and addresses of persons to whom the published physical survey is to be sent, n.d.; and an empty envelope addressed to Samuel H. Boykin, register, n.d.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7345139

Library of Virginia

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