A History of the Rectangular Survey System, Volume 2

C. Albert White, United States. Bureau of Land Management

U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 1983 - Law - 774 pages

Contents

• DEVELOPMENT OF THE RECTANGULAR SYSTEM OF SURVEYS: 17
• THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR: 113
• THE DIRECT SYSTEM TO END OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE: 187
• SURVEYORS GENERAL OF THE PUBLIC LANDS STATES: 193
• APPENDIX TABLE OF CONTENTS: 229
• General Instructions to Deputy Surveyors Jared Mansfield 1804: 237
• Instructions for General William Rector July 1815: 243
• Letter Thomas Freeman to Silas Dinsmore September 15 1819: 251
• Letter Instructions to Edward R Downing from John Dinsmore March 1830: 256
• Letter of Instructions to Surveyors General from Elijah Hayward July 28 1831: 257
• Letter Elijah Hayward to Gideon Fitz October 24 1831: 261
• Instructions for Surveying in the State of Mississippi by Gideon Fitz December 1831: 263
• Specimen Field Notes for State of Mississippi by Gideon Fitz May 1832: 275
• Circular to Surveyors General about lotting sections from Elijah Hayward May 8 1832: 281
• Instruction to Deputy Surveyors in Arkansas 1833: 283
• General Instructions to Deputies for Ohio Indiana and Michigan 1833: 291
• General Instructions to Deputy Surveyors in Illinois and Missouri 1834: 301
• Letter Robert Lytle to Erastus Farnum about subdividing sections October 30 1835: 312
• General Instructions to Deputy Surveyors in Arkansas 1837: 313
• General Instructions to Deputy Surveyors in Florida 1842: 321
• General Instructions to Deputy Surveyors in Arkansas 1843: 329
• General Instructions to Deputy Surveyors in Wisconsin and Iowa 1846: 339
• Special Instructions to John Mullett from Lucius Lyon April 22 1848: 356
• Special Instructions to Guy Carleton from Lucius Lyon July 14 1849: 357
• General Instructions to Deputy Surveyors for Ohio Indiana and Michigan 1850: 359
• General Instructions to Deputy Surveyors in Florida 1850: 381
• General Intructions to Deputy Surveyors in Wisconsin and Iowa 1851: 385
• Instructions to Deputy Surveyors in Illinois and Missouri 1856: 401
• Manual of Surveying Instructions to the Surveyor General of Oregon 1851: 433
• Manual of Surveying Instructions 1855: 458
• Instructions to Surveyors General Amendments to 1855 Manual June 1 1864: 501
• Circular to Surveyors General about Lot Numbering July 28 1866: 506
• Circular No 22 about Island Surveys June 10 1868: 507
• Circular about Surveying Lake Beds July 13 1874: 508
• Circular about Acceptance and Filing of Plats April 17 1879: 509
• Manual of Surveying Instructions 1881: 511
• Circular Booklet Restoration of Lost and Obliterated Corners March 13 1883: 545
• Circular No 119 Subdivision of Sections June 2 1887: 553
• Manual of Surveying Instructions 1890: 555
• Manual of Surveying Instructions 1894: 595
• Circular Restoration of Lost or Obliterated Corners and Subdivision of Sections: 683
• Manual of Surveying Instructions 1902: 693
• Circular Booklet Restoration of Lost or Obliterated Corners and Subdivision of Sections: 753
• Letter of Instructions Topography August 15 1910: 765

Bibliographic information

• Title: A History of the Rectangular Survey System, Volume 2
• Authors: C. Albert White, United States. Bureau of Land Management
• Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 1983
• Original from: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Digitized: Sep 24, 2010
• Length: 774 pages
• Subjects: Law / Land Use; Surveying; Technology & Engineering / Surveying