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Plat of a survey of 2,314 acres of land, being the first large bottom on the east side of the Ohio River : 3 or 4 miles below the mouth, a portion of which is divided into 17 lots

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Creator	Crawford, William, 1732-1782
Contributor	Washington, George, 1732-1799
Date	1771
Name on Item	W. Crawford, surv.
Scale	Scale ca. 1:20,000
Language	English
Location	Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local)	Library of Congress Collection
Subjects	Real property--West Virginia--Wood County--Maps--Early works to 1800 Land grants--West Virginia--Wood County--Maps--Early works to 1800 Wood County (W. Va.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places	North and Central America United States West Virginia Wood (county)
Extent	1 manuscript map 57 x 34 cm. fold. in portfolio 35 x 23 cm.
Terms and License	No known copyright restrictions. This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
Notes	Title from Lawrence Martin's The George Washington atlas. 1932. Cover title: George Washington; survey of land in Ohio, a grant from the Colony of Virginia to Washington for military services ... Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Imperfect: Deteriorated along fold lines. Annotated by George Washington: Patented in the name of George Washington. Includes table of "River courses & distances" annotated by George Washington and "A table to explain this plat." On verso: Survey for 2,314 acres, bottom-Ohio, made-in-1771. Accompanied by typewritten letter of Sept. 26, 1921, signed "Warren G. Harding," to David G. Joyce, Chicago.