Correspondence, 1833-1842.

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Correspondence, 1833-1842.

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Correspondence between the above named, other surveyors and bidders on the materials and construction. Includes scaled, pen drawings of the monument and estimates on the costs. There is also much discussion of the deleterous effect of the lake on such a monument and the appropriate place for its erection.

1 v. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Illinois-Indiana Boundary Monument.

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In 1833 it was decided to erect a stone monument at the southern extremity of Lake Michigan to mark the boundary between Illinois and Indiana, with Samuel Williams of the General Land Office in Cincinnati, Ohio. as superintendent of the project. It also involved Levi Woodbury of the Treasury Department and Micajah T. Williams, Surveyor General also locted in Cincinnati. From the description of Correspondence, 1833-1842. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 4939...

Williams, Samuel.

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Woodbury, Levi, active 1780-1781

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Williams, Micajah Terrell, 1792-1844

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