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Letter by John Bowman - Public domain document scan
Letter from George Rogers Clark to George Mason
G. H. Cunningham Farmstead, 230 feet southeast of intersection of Curry and Vincent Roads, Waxahachie, Ellis County, TX

G. H. Cunningham Farmstead, 230 feet southeast of intersection of Curr...

Significance: The farmstead includes a grouping of buildings on a 106-acre tract of land in the J.J. Mallard Survey. The complex is associated with George H. Cunningham (1825-1915) who owned vast amounts of lan... More

Portrait photo of Deadwood Central R.R. Engineer Corps

Portrait photo of Deadwood Central R.R. Engineer Corps

Outdoor group portrait of ten railroad engineers, wearing suits and hats, and a dog, posing in a row with surveyors' transits on tripods and measuring rods.

Balto. and Poto. R.R., profile of tracks in Washington.

Balto. and Poto. R.R., profile of tracks in Washington.

Typewritten on label affixed to verso: Profile of Sixth St., M'd & V'a Ave's, from the tunnel to the Potomac, showing effects of sinking tracks, &c. 1890. Blueprint annotated in yellow, red, and lead pencils. P... More

G. H. Cunningham Farmstead, Main House, 140 feet southwest of Curry Road, Waxahachie, Ellis County, TX

G. H. Cunningham Farmstead, Main House, 140 feet southwest of Curry Ro...

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Main House is a component of the farmstead that was associated with George H. Cunningham, who owned vast amounts of land in Ellis and nearby counties. Cunningham was more ... More

Map of the route surveyed from the Mississippi at Lake Providence in Louisiana to the great bend of Red river at Fulton in Arkansas /
Letter from George Rogers Clark to George Mason
[Surveyor with theodolite(?) in the mountains of Alaska, 1899] / Curtis.

[Surveyor with theodolite(?) in the mountains of Alaska, 1899] / Curti...

61328 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Edward H. Harriman. No. X408.

By the United States in Congress assembled. April 23, 1784 : Resolved, that so much of the territory ceded, or to be ceded by individual states, to the United States, as is already purchased, or shall be purchased, of the Indian inhabitants, and offered for sale by Congress, shall be divided into distinct states in the following manner ...

By the United States in Congress assembled. April 23, 1784 : Resolved,...

Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. "May 20, 1785. An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory": p. [2-4]. Signed on p. [4]: Done by the United St... More

G. H. Cunningham Farmstead, 230 feet southeast of intersection of Curry and Vincent Roads, Waxahachie, Ellis County, TX

G. H. Cunningham Farmstead, 230 feet southeast of intersection of Curr...

Significance: The farmstead includes a grouping of buildings on a 106-acre tract of land in the J.J. Mallard Survey. The complex is associated with George H. Cunningham (1825-1915) who owned vast amounts of lan... More

Surveyor. Seated surveyor with pipe I

Surveyor. Seated surveyor with pipe I

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Motion of Mr. Dane : resolved, that the geographer of the United States, and the surveyors appointed pursuant to the ordinance of Congress, passed May 20, 1785, for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory, and who have accepted their appointments proceed in the execution of the said Ordinance ...

Motion of Mr. Dane : resolved, that the geographer of the United State...

Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 962 (#531), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans gives title as: On motion of M... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers' Quarters Duplex Type, 1-2 Avenue D, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers'...

This structure was moved to its current location from the Shipyard in c1942. (5/7/03, KEY) Significance: Facility 40 is a fair example of early twentieth-century Craftsman-style architecture. This simple, util... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers' Quarters Duplex Type, 1-2 Avenue D, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers'...

This structure was moved to its current location from the Shipyard in c1942. (5/7/03, KEY) Significance: Facility 40 is a fair example of early twentieth-century Craftsman-style architecture. This simple, util... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers' Quarters Duplex Type, 1-2 Avenue D, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers'...

This structure was moved to its current location from the Shipyard in c1942. (5/7/03, KEY) Significance: Facility 40 is a fair example of early twentieth-century Craftsman-style architecture. This simple, util... More

Deadwood Central R.R. Engineer Corps

Deadwood Central R.R. Engineer Corps

Outdoor group portrait of ten railroad engineers and a dog, posing with surveyors' transits on tripods and measuring rods, on the side of a mountain. Most of the men are sitting; all are wearing suits and hats.... More

Photo of Surveying compass - Public domain dedication

Photo of Surveying compass - Public domain dedication

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

From the Pimas villages to Fort Fillmore : from explorations and surveys /

From the Pimas villages to Fort Fillmore : from explorations and surve...

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Route near the 32nd parallel of north latitude. Map no. 2. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississip... More

Members of the United States Geological Survey measuring a baseline near Fort Wingate, N.M., 1883

Members of the United States Geological Survey measuring a baseline ne...

Photograph showing men with surveying instruments in an arid landscape. ; handwritten on front of mount.

Surveying transit - A metal clock hanging on a white wall
By the United States in Congress assembled. April 23, 1784 : Resolved, that so much of the territory ceded, or to be ceded by individual states, to the United States, as is already purchased, or shall be purchased, of the Indian inhabitants, and offered for sale by Congress, shall be divided into distinct states in the following manner ...

By the United States in Congress assembled. April 23, 1784 : Resolved,...

Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. "May 20, 1785. An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory": p. [2-4]. Signed on p. [4]: Done by the United St... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers' Quarters Duplex Type, 1-2 Avenue D, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers'...

This structure was moved to its current location from the Shipyard in c1942. (5/7/03, KEY) Significance: Facility 40 is a fair example of early twentieth-century Craftsman-style architecture. This simple, util... More

Letter by John Bowman
Letter from George Rogers Clark to George Mason
G. H. Cunningham Farmstead, 230 feet southeast of intersection of Curry and Vincent Roads, Waxahachie, Ellis County, TX

G. H. Cunningham Farmstead, 230 feet southeast of intersection of Curr...

Significance: The farmstead includes a grouping of buildings on a 106-acre tract of land in the J.J. Mallard Survey. The complex is associated with George H. Cunningham (1825-1915) who owned vast amounts of lan... More

From San Francisco Bay to the Plains of Los Angeles : from explorations and surveys /

From San Francisco Bay to the Plains of Los Angeles : from exploration...

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Coast route, California Map no. 1. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific ... More

Surveyor. Seated surveyor with pipe II

Surveyor. Seated surveyor with pipe II

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boxed set of brass surveying tools
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers' Quarters Duplex Type, 1-2 Avenue D, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers'...

This structure was moved to its current location from the Shipyard in c1942. (5/7/03, KEY) Significance: Facility 40 is a fair example of early twentieth-century Craftsman-style architecture. This simple, util... More

Edward Worthington court case

Edward Worthington court case

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers' Quarters Duplex Type, 1-2 Avenue D, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers'...

This structure was moved to its current location from the Shipyard in c1942. (5/7/03, KEY) Significance: Facility 40 is a fair example of early twentieth-century Craftsman-style architecture. This simple, util... More

Mason-Dixon Line Marker, Zora, Adams County, PA

Mason-Dixon Line Marker, Zora, Adams County, PA

Public domain photograph of a graveyard monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers' Quarters Duplex Type, 1-2 Avenue D, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers'...

This structure was moved to its current location from the Shipyard in c1942. (5/7/03, KEY) Significance: Facility 40 is a fair example of early twentieth-century Craftsman-style architecture. This simple, util... More

Letter from George Rogers Clark to George Mason
Letter from John Lewis to Gabriel Lewis
[Survey of lands in Blue Ridge between Manassass Gap, Ashby's and Sincker's Gap in Clarke and Warren counties : Rawleigh Colston's land].

[Survey of lands in Blue Ridge between Manassass Gap, Ashby's and Sinc...

Shows the names of some residents. Title devised by cataloger. Each sheet pasted together in 4 sections, sectioned in 2, and mounted on cloth. LC Land ownership maps, 1240 Available also through the Library of ... More

The early government land survey in Minnesota west of the Mississippi River

The early government land survey in Minnesota west of the Mississippi ...

"Read at the monthly meeting of the Executive Council, December 11, 1899." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory : Be it ordained by the United States in Congress assembled, that the territory ceded by individual states to the United States, which has been purchased of the Indian inhabitants, shall be disposed of in the following manner ...

An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the We...

"This ... is in the form in which it passed the 1st reading in 1780"--Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 917, which date it March 4, 1785. Imprint suggested by the Journals of the Continental Congr... More

Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger to Laura I. Oblinger, Maggie Oblinger, and Stella Oblinger, June 9, 1882
By the United States in Congress assembled. April 23, 1784 : Resolved, that so much of the territory ceded, or to be ceded by individual states, to the United States, as is already purchased, or shall be purchased, of the Indian inhabitants, and offered for sale by Congress, shall be divided into distinct states in the following manner, as nearly as such cessions will admit ...

By the United States in Congress assembled. April 23, 1784 : Resolved,...

Title from caption and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 923 (#478), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33... More

Letter from Green Clay to Salley Clay
Letter from George Rogers Clark to George Mason
Letter from George Rogers Clark to George Mason
Letter from George Rogers Clark to George Mason
Letter from George Rogers Clark to George Mason
An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory : Be it ordained by the United States in Congress assembled, that the territory ceded by individual states to the United States, which has been purchased of the Indian inhabitants, shall be disposed of in the following manner.

An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the We...

Public domain scan of the book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Brown's memorandum book
William Brown's memorandum book
William Brown's memorandum book
Explorations and surveys for a rail road route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Route near the 38th & 39th parallels.
Motion of Mr. Dane : resolved, that the geographer of the United States, and the surveyors appointed pursuant to the ordinance of Congress, passed May 20, 1785, for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory, and who have accepted their appointments proceed in the execution of the said Ordinance ...

Motion of Mr. Dane : resolved, that the geographer of the United State...

Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 962 (#531), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753. Evans gives title as: On motion of M... More

An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory : Be it ordained by the United States of Congress assembled, that the territory ceded by individual states to the United States, which has been purchased of the Indian inhabitants, shall be disposed of in the following manner ...

An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the We...

Public domain scan of the book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George May survey book
From Fort Smith to the Rio Grande : from explorations and surveys /

From Fort Smith to the Rio Grande : from explorations and surveys /

Scale 1:950,400. Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Route near the 35th Parallel. Map no. 1. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pa... More

Surveyor. Seated surveyor with pipe II

Surveyor. Seated surveyor with pipe II

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

The early government land survey in Minnesota west of the Mississippi River

The early government land survey in Minnesota west of the Mississippi ...

"Read at the monthly meeting of the Executive Council, December 11, 1899." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

The early government land survey in Minnesota west of the Mississippi River

The early government land survey in Minnesota west of the Mississippi ...

"Read at the monthly meeting of the Executive Council, December 11, 1899." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Receipt from Andrew Barnett to John Donne with an agreement to locate and survey land
Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger to Laura I. Oblinger, Maggie Oblinger, and Stella Oblinger, June 9, 1882
G. H. Cunningham Farmstead, Main House, 140 feet southwest of Curry Road, Waxahachie, Ellis County, TX

G. H. Cunningham Farmstead, Main House, 140 feet southwest of Curry Ro...

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Main House is a component of the farmstead that was associated with George H. Cunningham, who owned vast amounts of land in Ellis and nearby counties. Cunningham was more ... More

A supplement to an ordinance entitled, "An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory" : Whereas it is found to be inconvenient to execute that part of the land ordinance passed May 20th, 1785, which directs that certain proportions of lands be allotted to the several states, to be sold by the loan officers in each state ...

A supplement to an ordinance entitled, "An ordinance for ascertaining ...

Originated in the Continental Congress on March 19, 1788. Enacted into law on July 9. Place of publication from Evans and date of publication from the Journals of the Continental Congress 607. Former attributio... More

Land grant for James Black

Land grant for James Black

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Letter from George Rogers Clark to George Mason
Letter from George Rogers Clark to George Mason
Letter from George Rogers Clark to George Mason
Letter from George Rogers Clark to George Mason
Letter from George Rogers Clark to George Mason
Letter from George Rogers Clark to George Mason
Letter from George Rogers Clark to George Mason
Letter from George Rogers Clark to George Mason
A supplement to an ordinance entitled, "An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory["] : whereas it appears inconvenient to pursue the mode prescribed in the land ordinance passed the twentieth day of May, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, for disposing of the land therein directed to be surveyed, by allotting certain proportions thereof to the several states ...

A supplement to an ordinance entitled, "An ordinance for ascertaining ...

Imprint from Evans. Former attribution to John Dunlap rejected in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 34, p. 631. Recorded in Dunlap's account book. Cf. JCC 600. Evans 21533 Journals of the Continental... More

An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory : Be it ordained by the United States in Congress assembled, that the territory ceded by individual states to the United States, which has been purchased of the Indian inhabitants, shall be disposed of in the following manner.

An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the We...

Public domain scan of the book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Brown's memorandum book
William Brown's memorandum book
William Brown's memorandum book
Plat of six surveys lying between the Ohio River and Panther Creek
By the United States in Congress assembled. July 9, 1788 : A supplement to an ordinance entitled "An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory".

By the United States in Congress assembled. July 9, 1788 : A supplemen...

Imprint supplied by Evans. Former attribution to John Dunlap rejected in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 34, p. 631. Printed in two columns. Evans 21515 Journals of the Continental Congress, 609 LC... More

General map of explorations and surveys in California /

General map of explorations and surveys in California /

Scale 1:600,000. At head of title: Routes in California to connect with the routes near the 32nd. and 35th. parallels. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad... More

The early government land survey in Minnesota west of the Mississippi River

The early government land survey in Minnesota west of the Mississippi ...

"Read at the monthly meeting of the Executive Council, December 11, 1899." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

By the United States in Congress assembled. April 23, 1784 : Resolved, that so much of the territory ceded, or to be ceded by individual states, to the United States, as is already purchased, or shall be purchased, of the Indian inhabitants, and offered for sale by Congress, shall be divided into distinct states in the following manner ...

By the United States in Congress assembled. April 23, 1784 : Resolved,...

Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. "May 20, 1785. An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory": p. [2-4]. Signed on p. [4]: Done by the United St... More

Letter by John Bowman
Letter from Green Clay to Salley Clay
Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger to Laura I. Oblinger, May 19, 1882
Letter from George Rogers Clark to George Mason
Letter from George Rogers Clark to George Mason
Letter from George Rogers Clark to George Mason
Letter from George Rogers Clark to George Mason
Letter from John Lewis to Gabriel Lewis
William Brown's memorandum book
Rocky Mountains to Puget Sound : from explorations and surveys /

Rocky Mountains to Puget Sound : from explorations and surveys /

Scale 1:1,200,000. Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Route near the 47th and 49th Parallels. Map no. 3. "Drawn by John Lambert, topographer of the exploration." From U.S. War Department, Explorations ... More

Surveyor. Seated surveyor with pipe I

Surveyor. Seated surveyor with pipe I

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

The early government land survey in Minnesota west of the Mississippi River

The early government land survey in Minnesota west of the Mississippi ...

"Read at the monthly meeting of the Executive Council, December 11, 1899." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

The early government land survey in Minnesota west of the Mississippi River

The early government land survey in Minnesota west of the Mississippi ...

"Read at the monthly meeting of the Executive Council, December 11, 1899." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

The early government land survey in Minnesota west of the Mississippi River

The early government land survey in Minnesota west of the Mississippi ...

"Read at the monthly meeting of the Executive Council, December 11, 1899." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

The early government land survey in Minnesota west of the Mississippi River

The early government land survey in Minnesota west of the Mississippi ...

"Read at the monthly meeting of the Executive Council, December 11, 1899." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

The early government land survey in Minnesota west of the Mississippi River

The early government land survey in Minnesota west of the Mississippi ...

"Read at the monthly meeting of the Executive Council, December 11, 1899." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Edward Worthington court case

Edward Worthington court case

Picryl description: Public domain document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Edward Worthington court case

Edward Worthington court case

Picryl description: Public domain document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

By the United States in Congress assembled. April 23, 1784 : Resolved, that so much of the territory ceded, or to be ceded by individual states, to the United States, as is already purchased, or shall be purchased, of the Indian inhabitants, and offered for sale by Congress, shall be divided into distinct states in the following manner, as nearly as such cessions will admit ...

By the United States in Congress assembled. April 23, 1784 : Resolved,...

Title from caption and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 923 (#478), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33... More

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