Maps and contract, 1821-1822.

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Maps and contract, 1821-1822.

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Photostatic copy of contract between Edward Tiffin, surveyor general of the U.S., and Joseph Fletcher, deputy surveyor, to survey three townships including Frankenmuth Township, Mich., and stipulating Fletcher's pay and conditions of the contract; photostatic copy of plat map of Frankenmuth Township (1822) surveyed by Fletcher including description of the soil on the interior sectional lines and showing boundaries of an Indian reservation; and a photostatic copy of map (1821) surveyed by Joseph Wampler showing boundaries of the reservation of 8,000 acres on the Cass River at Ottusson Village, Mich., and present township line between Frankenmuth Township and Tuscola Township, Mich.

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Frankenmuth Historical Association

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Wampler, Joseph, surveyor.

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Fletcher, Joseph, 1771-1843

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United States. Surveyor General

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Federal land surveys in Illinois were authorized by Congressional act (March 26, 1804), when the U. S. Surveyor General was given jurisdiction over all public land north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi Rivers. Surveys began in the western Vincennes Tract (1804) and southern Illinois (1806), then proceeded northward; covering all but most northern Illinois by 1831. When the Illinois surveys began, the Surveyor General was an independent officer under the President's direct su...

Tiffin, Edward, 1766-1829

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U.S. senator and first governor of Ohio. He was an early settler of Chillicothe, Ohio and also served as U.S. Commissioner of Public Lands (1812-1814) and Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory (1814-1829). He was also a lay preacher and a doctor. From the description of Papers, 1785-1853. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17725189 Surveyor General of the United States, from Ohio where he had served as a congressman and governor for that state. ...