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Map A plan of Mr. Clifton's neck land platted by a scale of 50 poles to the inch Plan of Mr. Clifton's neck land platted by a scale of 50 poles to the inch. Old plat of the grounds in the NE part of the pasture of Mount Vernon from the summit of the hills on which the log'd cabbins are

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Title

  • A plan of Mr. Clifton's neck land platted by a scale of 50 poles to the inch

Other Title

  • Plan of Mr. Clifton's neck land platted by a scale of 50 poles to the inch. Old plat of the grounds in the NE part of the pasture of Mount Vernon from the summit of the hills on which the log'd cabbins are

Names

  • Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Created / Published

  • 1760.

Headings

  • -  Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)--Surveys--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Virginia--Mount Vernon (Estate)

Notes

  • -  Title of the pasture map from photocopy of lower right quadrant.
  • -  Sheet stained in several places, folded into sixteenths and separated along some fold lines. Lower right quadrant missing.
  • -  Pen-and-ink.
  • -  Includes watermark, possibly from C. & I. Honig.
  • -  Accompanied by a photocopy of the front side of the missing quadrant, which is owned by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union. This section includes an inset of an area surveyed on Nov. 6-8 in 1799.
  • -  Includes 2 insets, list of courses, and list of Mr. Clifton's tenants.
  • -  Insets: A plan of Captn. Posseys's woodland ground which he bought of my bro. Chas. Washington -- Inclosure lying west of the garden.

Medium

  • 2 maps on 1 sheet : both sides, ms. ; 51 x 34 cm. and 75 x 54 cm., sheet 54 x 75 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3882.M7B5 1755 .W3

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 99464082

Online Format

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Washington, George. A plan of Mr. Clifton's neck land platted by a scale of 50 poles to the inch. 1760. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/99464082/.

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Washington, G. (1760) A plan of Mr. Clifton's neck land platted by a scale of 50 poles to the inch. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99464082/.

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Washington, George. A plan of Mr. Clifton's neck land platted by a scale of 50 poles to the inch. 1760. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/99464082/>.