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Above we show an intriguing image of Eight survey tracts along the Kanawha River, W.Va. showing land granted to George Washington and others. It was taken in 1774.
Real property.
Scale ca. 1:40,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Imperfect: Deteriorated along old fold lines. Individual surveys dated 1771 through 1774, performed by "Mr. Saml. Lewis" and "Wm. Crawford" with the assistance of John Floyd. Authorship of the map as a composite work ascribed to George Washington in Lawrence Martin's The George Washington atlas.
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