[Ohio and Indiana boundary lines] / pursuant to a contract and with instructions from Edward Tiffin, Surveyor General of the United States. 1817.

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[Ohio and Indiana boundary lines] / pursuant to a contract and with instructions from Edward Tiffin, Surveyor General of the United States. 1817.

1 ms. map in 12 sections ; 22 x 472 cm., sections each 2 x 43 cm.

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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...

Harris, Bill, 1912-2004

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