Yardley Taylor surveying notebook, 1832-1884.

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Yardley Taylor surveying notebook, 1832-1884.

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The survey book is bound in leather and measures 8 x 5 x 1.5 inches. It contains surveys from 1832 to 1882 along with an alphabetical index in the front. The surveys are metes and bounds descriptions and include no plats. Yardley Taylor began using this notebook in 1832. He died in 1863, but there are many surveys recorded in the book after that date. At a sale of his estate in 1870, Bernard Taylor purchased a "surveyor's compass and etc." Although uncertain, it is possible that the purchase included Taylor's surveying notebook and that Bernard Taylor was responsible for the later surveys. The notebook was certainly in Bernard Taylor's possession in 1884 when he sold it to Nathan T. Brown. Brown sold copies of the surveys for twenty-five cents, according to a note affixed to the front cover of the notebook.

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Taylor, Bernard.

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Brown, Nathan T.

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Taylor, Yardley

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Geographer, surveyor, abolitionist, and chronicler of Loudoun County, Va., in the mid-19th century. From the description of William Moore land plat, 1851 Mar. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 746853340 Yardley Taylor (1794-1863) lived in Goose Creek, now known as Lincoln, an area of Loudoun County, Va., populated largely by members of the Society of Friends. Taylor was a prominent Quaker and outspoken abolitionist. He was rumored to have helped several slaves escape Virgin...