PETER JEFFERSON. MAP OF VIRGINIA-NORTH CAROLINA BOUNDARY., 1749

Scope and content:

Original map of the Virginia-North Carolina boundary to show the extension of William Byrd's survey of 1728 from Peter's Creek to Steep Rock Creek, as surveyed in 1749 by Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson.
The legend, and presumably the entire drawing, is in the hand of Peter Jefferson. No other original map of the line of 1749 is known, but a "tracing" (preliminary draft?) of this boundary line, with an almost identical legend but in a different hand, is owned by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington, D. C. (E. G. Swem, Maps Relating to Virginia . . . p. 58). [6]

Physical location:

OS Tray 19

Physical description:

ADS. Measurements: 6' 2" x 11"; scale of miles 1": 5 mi.

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