COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Lyon, Lucius, 1800-1851
Date:
1829
Short Title:
T. 8 S., R. 19 W.
Publisher:
Manuscript
Publisher Location:
N.P.
Type:
Manuscript Map
Obj Height cm:
28
Obj Width cm:
36
Scale 1:
31,680
Note:
Colored manuscript map. Pen-and-ink and pencil. Shows sections, quarter sections, smaller parcels, landowners, roads, hydrography, etc. Located in Berrien County, Michigan on the "State line between Indiana & Michigan.". Facing the map is a table of courses and distances, 31 x 30 cm.
State/Province:
Indiana
State/Province:
Michigan
County:
Berrien County (Mich.)
Subject:
Boundaries
Subject:
U.S. Public Survey
Full Title:
Town 8 South, Range 19 West. (Surveyed in 1829 by L. Lyon)
List No:
5125.003
Series No:
7
Publication Author:
Lyon, Lucius, 1800-1851
Pub Date:
1835
Pub Title:
(Michigan and Indiana Border Survey 1828-1835. Manuscript survey maps and notes)
Pub Reference:
Biographical Directory of the American Congress p. 1246; Boundaries of the U.S., p. 115; Campbell, Political History of Michigan, pp. 399, 469; Karpinski pp. 25, 432, 470, 472; cf Claussen & Friis 13; Stewart, Public Land Surveys. pp. 76-118.
Pub Note:
This group of seven maps and accompanying detailed notes on the -Interior Quarter Section Corners" was compiled by Lucius Lyon, who began as a field surveyor in Michigan in the late 1820's when he made these surveys, became one of the first senators from Michigan in 1837, and served as Surveyor General for Michigan from 1845 to 1850. Lucius Lyon signed and dated one of the maps in 1829. The maps and sheet notes are sewn together with original sheep skin covers and rolled into a surveyor's copper canister. The maps show the first two tiers of townships (T. 7-8 S., R. 19-22 W., Michigan Meridian) on the Michigan and Indiana border running east from Lake Michigan for about 19 miles. It is probable that these surveys were carried out in part to further define the Michigan Indiana border in preparation for Michigan's entry into the Union as a State in 1837. They are also of great interest as examples of the documents and methods of the field surveyors in the early years of the General Land Office.
Pub List No:
5125.000
Pub Type:
Manuscript Map
Pub Maps:
7
Pub Height cm:
33
Pub Width cm:
41
Image No:
5125003
Authors:
Lyon, Lucius, 1800-1851
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
Link To Source
T. 8 S., R. 19 W.
