The Resource William Harris letter
William Harris letter
Resource Information
The item William Harris letter represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item William Harris letter represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- This collection includes a photostat copy of a September 8, 1817 letter sent by Deputy Surveyor William Harris to Surveyor General Edward Tiffin. The letter was written from Cincinnati and is a preliminary report regarding the survey Harris was conducting of the western and northwestern borders of Ohio and describes his difficulties surveying the area due to the weather, the swamp lands he found impassible for his horses, and his health issues. The collection also contains a photostat copy of a sketch Harris enclosed with his letter of the Ohio state line that he noted were "tolerably correct."
- Language
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- eng
- eng
- Extent
- 0.01 Cubic feet
- Note
- Processing Information: Collection processing completed 2016/12/21 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid created 2016/12/21 by Laura Eliason
- Label
- William Harris letter, 1817/09/08
- Title
- William Harris letter
- Inclusive dates
- 1817/09/08
- Language
-
- eng
- eng
- Summary
- This collection includes a photostat copy of a September 8, 1817 letter sent by Deputy Surveyor William Harris to Surveyor General Edward Tiffin. The letter was written from Cincinnati and is a preliminary report regarding the survey Harris was conducting of the western and northwestern borders of Ohio and describes his difficulties surveying the area due to the weather, the swamp lands he found impassible for his horses, and his health issues. The collection also contains a photostat copy of a sketch Harris enclosed with his letter of the Ohio state line that he noted were "tolerably correct."
- Biographical or historical data
- The State of Ohio and the Michigan Territory engaged in a border dispute at the beginning of the nineteenth century. An act of Congress in 1812 authorized the President of the United States to direct the surveyor general "to cause to be surveyed, marked, and designated, so much of the western and northern boundaries of the State of Ohio, which had not already been ascertained, as divided said State from the Territories of Indiana and Michigan". Due to the War of 1812 and other issues, the survey was not conducted until 1817 when Surveyor General Edward Tiffin employed Deputy Surveyor William Harris to run the lines between Ohio and Indiana and between Ohio and Michigan. Sources:Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, and Charles Blanchard, eds. County of Williams, Ohio: Historical and Biographical, with an Outline Sketch of the Northwest Territory, of the State, and Miscellaneous Matters. Chicago: F.A. Battey, 1882. Accessed December 21, 2016. https://www.archive.org.United States Congress. Congressional Edition, Volume 279. Vol. 1. Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1836. Accessed December 21, 2016. https://books.google.com/books?id=_5JHAQAAIAAJ&dq=william+harris+indiana+surveyor&source=gbs_navlinks_s.
- Cataloging source
- ISL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Harris, William
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Boundary disputes
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Real property
- Surveys
- Indiana
- Michigan
- Michigan
- Indiana Territory
- Ohio
- Ohio
- Label
- William Harris letter
- Note
- Processing Information: Collection processing completed 2016/12/21 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid created 2016/12/21 by Laura Eliason
- Arrangement
- This collection is arranged chronologically.
- Carrier category
- unspecified
- Carrier category code
- zu
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- unspecified
- Content type code
- zzz
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20897522
- Extent
- 0.01 Cubic feet
- Governing access note
- This collection is open for research
- Media category
- unspecified
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- z
- Ownership
- This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from William C. Harrison on 1949/04.
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocn974912258
- (OCoLC)974912258
- Terms governing use
- Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- Type of unit
- 1 folder
- Label
- William Harris letter
- Note
- Processing Information: Collection processing completed 2016/12/21 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid created 2016/12/21 by Laura Eliason
- Arrangement
- This collection is arranged chronologically.
- Carrier category
- unspecified
- Carrier category code
- zu
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- unspecified
- Content type code
- zzz
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20897522
- Extent
- 0.01 Cubic feet
- Governing access note
- This collection is open for research
- Media category
- unspecified
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- z
- Ownership
- This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from William C. Harrison on 1949/04.
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn974912258
- (OCoLC)974912258
- Terms governing use
- Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- Type of unit
- 1 folder
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