[Map of the City of Williamsburg, VA]

Containers:
Folder 69
Scope and content:

Tracing of Benjamin Bucktrout's Map of the City of Williamsburg, VA

Inscribed - "A copy of a very old map of the City of Williamsburg, Va. Supposed to have been originally made in the latter part of the 18th century about 1780. The original apparently very old & broken drawn on parchment was found in the attic of the Ro Saunders house after the war & was given to R. T. Armistead by C. C Dixon. There is a map made in Aug 1800 by Benj Bucktrout in the possession of Sydney Smith supposed to be a copy of said [map of?] this copy made July 1892 […]"

Benjamin Bucktrout, Williamsburg, VA - cartographer

"10 poles and two chain links to one 1 inch"

63 cm x 47 cm

Subject/Index Terms: Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Maps.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
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