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Land surveys

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Allen Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-062
Abstract

Correspondence, deeds, land surveys, legal records, bills, receipts, and military and other papers, relating to political affairs in Vermont, military affairs in Vermont, Canada, France, New York, and Pennsylvania, Allen’s land dealings, American Revolution, Haldimand negotiations (1780-83), Directory of the French Republic (1795-99), Napoleon Bonaparte, Allen’s trip to France for arms for Vermont in the 1790’s, and his imprisonment in England.

Dates: 1730-1870
Found in: University of Vermont Libraries, Special Collections / Allen Family Papers

Franklin H. Dewart Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-149
Abstract Franklin Henry Dewart was a civil engineer, who participated in engineering projects throughout the state of Vermont and earned a reputation as an expert land surveyor. Dewart’s specialty in finding and interpreting old deeds and in tracing chains of title led him to an appointment by the Vermont secretary of state, Frederick G. Fleetwood, to read and index the state papers of the surveyor general. The collection consist of 23 folders, three rolls of oversize maps, and one bound manuscript...
Dates: 1894-1928
Found in: University of Vermont Libraries, Special Collections / Franklin H. Dewart Papers

Spear Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-153
Abstract

Richard Spear (1737-1788) moved to Shelburne, Vermont, from Braintree, Massachusetts, in the summer of 1783. He died five years later, but his sons Asahel (1778-1849) and Elhanan W. Spear (1782-1869) remained in Shelburne and raised families there. The Spear Family Papers contain an interesting variety of manuscripts from the 1790s to the 1940s.

Dates: 1793-1942
Found in: University of Vermont Libraries, Special Collections / Spear Family Papers
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