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Source Description
America Transformed: This small manuscript map served as a personal record of one individual’s land holdings. It highlights the grid pattern that was characteristic of public land surveys initiated by the Land Ordinance of 1785. These townships were part of the Ohio Company’s purchases in southeastern Ohio. This private land company, composed of Boston investors, established Marietta as the first Euro-American settlement in the Northwest Territory. The map noted that William Dall owned five parcels of land in four townships, totaling over 900 acres.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
w9505r993
label
[Map of W. Dall's lots in Athens County, Washington County, and Gallia County, Ohio]
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
w9505r993
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
[Map of W. Dall's lots in Athens County, Washington County, and Gallia County, Ohio]
description
America Transformed: This small manuscript map served as a personal record of one individual’s land holdings. It highlights the grid pattern that was characteristic of public land surveys initiated by the Land Ordinance of 1785. These townships were part of the Ohio Company’s purchases in southeastern Ohio. This private land company, composed of Boston investors, established Marietta as the first Euro-American settlement in the Northwest Territory. The map noted that William Dall owned five parcels of land in four townships, totaling over 900 acres.
date
["[1800–1899]"]
year
1800
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_006096
creators
Dall, W.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Real property--Ohio
Athens County (Ohio)--Maps, Manuscript
Washington County (Ohio)--Maps, Manuscript
Gallia County (Ohio)--Maps, Manuscript
subjectsGeographic
Athens (county)
Gallia (county)
North and Central America
Ohio
United States
Washington (county)
genreBasic
Maps
Manuscripts
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Ohio
county
Washington
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
39.5
schema:longitude
-81.4167
extent
1 ms. map ; on sheet 20 x 26 cm.
notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Manuscript map.
Gives acreage in different areas.
hasTranscription
no
dcId
w9505r993
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
0fb1417168dccbc5