[Geological map of the state of Virginia] / made under the direction of Maj. A.A. Humphreys ; by Tho. S. Ridgeway, geologist &c., formerly of the Geological Survey of Va., March 1862. 1862.

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[Geological map of the state of Virginia] / made under the direction of Maj. A.A. Humphreys ; by Tho. S. Ridgeway, geologist &c., formerly of the Geological Survey of Va., March 1862. 1862.

1 ms. map on 2 sheets : col., cloth backing ; 78 x 120 cm., sheets 80 x 62 cm. and 80 x 59 cm., folded to 21 x 32 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7652354

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Ridgeway, Thomas S. (Thomas Shinn), 1779-1857

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Inventor, of Pottsville, Pa. From the description of Patent, 1834 Dec. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70948950 Inventor; of Pottsville, Pa. From the description of Marriage certificate, 1803 Nov. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70973964 ...

Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883

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Chief of U.S. army engineers, 1866-1879, from Pennsylvania. From the description of A. A. Humphreys papers, 1846-1875; 1908 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25327462 Andrew Atkinson Humphreys (1810-1883) of Pennsylvania was chief of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1866-1879. He was educated at the United States Military Academy and began his military service in 1831. From the guide to the A. A. Humphreys Papers, ., 1846-1875; 1908, (University of Nort...

Boye, Herman.

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Herman Böÿe, was a naturalized Danish engineer and mapmaker, author the 1828 General Map of the State of Virginia. From the description of Papers of Herman Böÿe, 1811-1838 (bulk 1831-1838). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122644173 Born in Denmark in 1792, Herman Boye came to the United States in 1916, worked with John Wood on the surveying of Virginia's counties, took over the project when Wood died in 1822; and constru...