[Map of military lots, tracts, patents, etc. in western Allegany and Garrett Counties, Maryland]
Summary
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.
Vault
AACR2: 650/1; 650/2; 650/3; 650/4; 651/5; 651/6
Tags
real property
maryland
garrett county
maps
allegany county
land grants
allegany county md
maps manuscript
garrett county md
united states
allegany grove
map
lots
tracts
patents
allegany
garrett
counties
garrett counties
1787
map of maryland
early works to 1800
cultural landscapes
geography and map division
hezekiah veatch
ultra high resolution
high resolution
vintage maps
Date
01/01/1787
Contributors
Veatch, Hezekiah.
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain