"One thousand copies of this book have been printed from type and the type distributed."
Summary
A U.S. surveyor who resided in Lancaster County. He helped map many of the territories west of the Appalachians, surveyed the boundaries of the District of Columbia, continued and completed Pierre Charles L'Enfant's work on the plan for Washington, D.C., and served as a teacher in survey methods for Meriwether Lewis.
Contents: 1. Parentage and early life 1754 - 1784. 2. Baltimore and the western boundary of Pennsylvania 1785. 3. Three boundaries and the first measurement of Niagara 1786-1790. 4. The city of Washington in the Territory of Columbia. 5. The road to Presqu' Isle Fort. 6. The Florida boundary 1796 - 1800. 7. The Florida boundary (continued). 8. The Florida boundary (continued). 9. The land office of Pennsylvania 1800 - 1812. 10. West Point and the last surveys 1812-1820. The book contains footnotes and an index.
A plea for Pennsylvania : being the response of W.U. Hensel. To the Toast, "The State of Pennsylvania" at the third annual festival of the Pennsylvania Society of New York, at Waldorf-Astoeria Hotel ... 1901
Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : containing reports of the surveys and re-surveys of the boundary lines of the commonwealth, accompanied with maps of the same. Prepared in compliance with a resolution of the General Assembly, approved the 7th day of May, 1885
"Field notes and astronomical observations of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. Made by them in their surveys of the boundary lines between the provinces of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. 1763-68. Transcribed from the original autograph manuscript of Mason and Dixon, now in the possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania": p. [59]-281.
