Copies of correspondence concerning the survey of Shawneetown lots, 1810-1814.

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Copies of correspondence concerning the survey of Shawneetown lots, 1810-1814.

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Shawneetown lot survey correspondence and instructions, transcribed from Surveyor General's office files in 1852, contains both incoming and outgoing Surveyor General correspondence with Commissioner of the General Land Office; Shawneetown surveyor; and private individuals. Correspondence concerns surveyor approval; plat and field notes receipt and acceptance; tendency of area toward inundation by Ohio River; floods (1813); and surveyors' expense payments (i.e., surveying charges; food; lodging; and travel).

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