Eight survey tracts along the Kanawha River, W.Va : showing land granted to George Washington and others

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Lewis, Samuel, 1753 or 1754-1822

Crawford, William, 1732-1782

[1774?]

Scale ca. 1:40,000

English

Library of Congress Geography and Map Division

Library of Congress Collection

• Real property--West Virginia--Kanawha River Valley--Maps--Early works to 1800
• Land grants--West Virginia--Kanawha River Valley--Maps--Early works to 1800
• Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• Kanawha
• North and Central America
• United States
• West Virginia

1 manuscript map 166 x 75 cm. on 3 sheets 131 x 60 cm. or smaller.

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• Manuscript, pen-and-ink.
• Imperfect: Deteriorated along old fold lines.
• Oriented with north toward the lower left.
• Has watermarks.
• Individual surveys dated 1771 through 1774, performed by "Mr. Saml. Lewis" and "Wm. Crawford" with the assistance of John Floyd.
• Authorship of the map as a composite work ascribed to George Washington in Lawrence Martin's The George Washington atlas.
• Includes descriptive index-tables for survey tracts 1-5 and 7-8.
• Accompanied by a survey certificate describing survey tracts 6 and 7.