Map of a survey and re-measurement of several lot lines in the town of Mackinaw, Michigan / Wm. A. Burt, surveyor.

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Map of a survey and re-measurement of several lot lines in the town of Mackinaw, Michigan / Wm. A. Burt, surveyor.

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Series 16 of record group 59-4 consists of a map of a survey and re-measurement of several lot lines in the town of Mackinaw, Michigan, originally collected by either the Michigan Geological Survey or the Michigan Lands Division. The map was surveyed by Wm. A. Burt (1848) and shows lot lines as they are now enclosed except line between Robt. Dixon and M. Cameron. The map is 17 1/2" x 17 1/2" in size, with a scale of 45 ft. : 1 in.

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Michigan. Lands Division

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Michigan. Geological Survey Division

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The Michigan Geological Survey was created by Public Act 20 of 1837. Its purpose was to conduct a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state legislature appointed Douglass Houghton the first state geologist (1837). In 1921, the state legislature established the Department of Conservation, and the Michigan Geological Survey became part of that department (Public Act 17 of 1921). The Department of Conservation established the Geological Survey Division circa 1947. In 1968, the dep...

Burt, William Austin, 1792-1858

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Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, June 13, 1792; received a good education; was for some time an engineer in Erie, New York; came to Michigan, 1822; member of territorial council, 1826-27; settled in Washtenaw County, 1824; engaged in mill-building and local surveying, 1824-33; County surveyor, Macomb Co., 1831-34; Postmaster of Mt. Vernon for 24 years; invented solar compass; surveyed Upper Peninsula 1840-27; discovered 20 beds of iron ore, 1844-46; representative from Macomb County, 1853-1843;...