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[Map of military lots, tracts, patents, etc. in western Allegany and Garrett Counties, Maryland]

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Scale ca. 1:40,000.

Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.

Oriented with north to the right.

Has watermarks.

"The whole amount of lots, 4163. Settled and improved, 635. Unimproved, 3520."

"The patent tracts are shaded with yellow, the settled and improved lots are numbered with red--and unimproved lots numbered with black."

Based on Map of military lots, tracts, in Allegany Cos. Md.; map made by Francis Deakins in compliance with a resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Maryland of the 20th day of May 1787.

LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1425

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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AACR2: 650/1; 650/2; 650/3; 650/4; 651/5; 651/6

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01/01/1787
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Veatch, Hezekiah.
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Library of Congress
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