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Metadata
Title |
Notebook |
Dates of Creation |
circa 1789 |
Scope & Content |
Surveyor's notebook dated 1788-1790 recording the work of John Preston surveying tracts of land in southwest Virginia naming the land owner and also a set of accounts showing how the cost of the survey was paid. There are several pages in a different handwriting about the glory and mercy of God. Many of the tracts' metes and bounds are stated in these notes. |
Year Range from |
1788 |
Creator |
Preston, John |
Year Range to |
1790 |
Subjects |
Land Land surveying Land titles Religion Religious articles Surveying Surveyors |
People |
Adkins, Noah Adkins, Parker Adkins, Randal Cassidy, Weir Certain, John Duncom, William Farler, Jr., Thomas Hail, Edward Peterson, William Preston, John Stephens, John Taylor, John Thomas, Joseph and Benjamin Walker, Henry Walters, John Waterson, William |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
006\19695146.JPG |
Number of images |
3 |
Object Name |
Notebook |
Object ID |
1969.51.046 |
Extent of Description |
1- 4" x 6" |