Miscellaneous fragments from field notes of surveys of Mount Vernon, ca. 1793.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Miscellaneous fragments from field notes of surveys of Mount Vernon, ca. 1793.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/723596667

Pages from a book of field notes of a survey of Mount Vernon, including Ferry Plantation, Muddy Hole farm, and River farm.

5 pages, 15 cm., with typewritten note.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8089870

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Lewis, Lorenzo, 1803-1847,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6418hb4 (person)

Washington, George, 1732-1799

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r31qfk (person)

George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...