Surveyors and surveying.
Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:
Charles R. Nuzum, Collector, Surveyor's Compass
Surveyor's compass from the collection of Charles R. Nuzum, late of Cumberland, Maryland. Includes brass compass, two sight vanes, and wooden mount. The compass was made by "F.W. and R. King"; the maker's mark is visible on the compass face. Frederick W. and Richard King operated as makers of mathematical and nautical instruments between the years of 1851 and 1875 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Clark and Krebs, Civil and Mining Engineers, Miscellaneous Letters and Records
C.M. Cornwell Papers
Papers of C.M. Cornwell, a surveyor and justice of the peace of Barbour County, West Virginia. Included are: surveys, plats, deeds, court case papers, surveyor's notebooks, minutes of commissioners' meetings, survey calls on the re-survey of the Barbour-Taylor County line (1894), and family correspondence.
Daniel Hirst (b. 1809) Notebooks
Seven notebooks and booklets, one folder of miscellaneous material, notes and class materials of Daniel Hirst, who taught school in Loudoun County, Virginia, around 1826 and later. There are exercises and definitions on practical mathematics, surveying, algebra, geometry, simple accounting and English grammar.
Deakins Family Papers
Deakins Family Papers and Surveying Compass
Fox Family Papers
All sent to Vause Fox, Romney, (W.) Va., by relatives and others relating to family affairs, prices of farm products, and leather and hides at Baltimore. Writers of letters include Amos Fox, Absalom Fox, Mahlon Lewis, Sam Kercheval, Jr., J.P. Bayless, Geo. Leslie, Henry Leslie, and Wm. Vause.
Fox Family Papers
Letters and business papers of the Fox family, centered on William and Vause Fox; there are accounts showing prices for goods and services in the first decades of the nineteenth century, including hides and leather, surveying, field labor, and weaving; items on Negroes and slavery, the Literary Society of Romney; and letters from Virginians who had taken up western lands.
Fox Family Papers
Papers centering upon Williams and Vause Fox, Hampshire County; including indentures, patents a slave deed, return of supplies and regimental orders of the 77th Regiment of Virginia Militia, accounts for farm implements and household supplies; names mentioned include Johnson Barkelow, and William and George Calmes; the land papers bear the signatures of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Wood, and Thomas Randolph.