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

Scale ca. 1:40,000.

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.

LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1448

Includes descriptive index-tables for survey tracts 1-5 and 7-8.

Accompanied by a survey certificate describing survey tracts 6 and 7.

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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