Surveyors

Scope and Contents This collection includes handwritten notes and maps from the Collett family in Indiana dated 1818-1820. Among the materials are surveying and field instruments and a book of instructions of Stephen S. Collett. Additionally, the field map of Josephus Collett shows parts of original survey of Hendricks, Boone, and Montgomery counties, while John Collett’s field map depicts parts of original surveys of Owen and Putnam counties.

Scope and Contents This collection includes George Pence's notebooks containing annotated records from all 92 Indiana counties. Created in 1921, his notebooks contain entries that relate information about the creation of the counties and townships, roads and bridges, railroads, courts, taxes, incorporations, county appointments and other county records ranging from 1790 to 1852. The collection also includes annotated records of different research subjects. Ranging from 1788 to 1852, the subjects are...

Scope and Contents This collection includes a photostat copy of a September 8, 1817 letter sent by Deputy Surveyor William Harris to Surveyor General Edward Tiffin. The letter was written from Cincinnati and is a preliminary report regarding the survey Harris was conducting of the western and northwestern borders of Ohio and describes his difficulties surveying the area due to the weather, the swamp lands he found impassible for his horses, and his health issues. The collection also contains a photostat copy of a...