Map of the state of Michigan and the surrounding country : exhibiting the sections and the latest surveys : compiled from authentic sources / by John Farmer.

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Map of the state of Michigan and the surrounding country : exhibiting the sections and the latest surveys : compiled from authentic sources / by John Farmer.

Series 98 of record group 58-17 consists of a map (Detroit, 1844) of the state of Michigan and the surrounding country, exhibiting the sections and the latest surveys, by John Farmer. The printed map is on a cloth back, and is 33" x 24 1/2" in size, with a scale of 12 miles : 1 in.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7671931

State Archive of Michigan

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Michigan. Lands Division

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Farmer, John, 1798-1859

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Born in Half Moon, N.Y., Feb. 9, 1798; educated near Albany, N.Y. ; teacher in University of Michigan, 1821-1825; engaged in surveying; drew first published map of Michigan; published twelve different maps of Michigan, Wisconsin, Lake Superior, and Detroit; engraved most of them; filled many important offices in Detroit; published first Gazetteer of Michigan in 1830; died. in Detroit, Mar. 24, 1859. From the description of John Farmer papers, 1630-1836 (Detroit Public Library). World...