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Virginia, Farmville sheet, 1893, and Virginia, Amelia quadrangle, 1897

by: Geological Survey (U.S.)

Publication date: 1921

Topics: Hanks family

Collection: lincolncollection; americana

Contributor: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection

Language: English

Two maps joined together and with various handwritten notations concerning the Hanks and Shipley families and lands in Virginia. Notes are probably in the hand of Caroline Hanks Hitchcock

Maps originally published in Washington, D.C. by the Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey

Relief shown by contours and spot heights

"Contour interval 50 feet."

Farmville sheet: Henry Gannett, chief topographer, Gilbert Thompson, geographer in charge, topography by A.E. Murlin. Surveyed in 1889. Edition of April, 1893, reprinted 1921

Amelia quadrangle: Henry Gannett, chief topographer, topography by A.M. Walker, H.M. Wilson, chief geographer in charge. Surveyed in 1895. Edition of Aug. 1897, reprinted 1917

Description of USGS topographic maps on verso

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