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Rufus Putnam surveyors field notes - C
| Title: | Rufus Putnam surveyors field notes - C |
| Author: | Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824 |
| Description: | Rufus Putnam, was an early advocate of bounty land in the Ohio Country for veterans of the American Revolution. Holder of a share in the Ohio Company of Associates, and superintendent of the Company's affairs in the West, he arrived at the future Marietta, Ohio, with the first party of settlers in 1788. His first duty was to provide for surveying the Company's land holdings. An experienced surveyor, he himself began the task four days after his arrival. This unsigned document, attributed to Putnam, is based on surveys by Anselm Tupper, Ebenezer Sproat, and Return Jonathan Meigs. It includes: "Survey of the Ohio River from the western boundary of the 7th range to the western boundary of the 15th range." |
| Bookmark: | http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MARIETTA/111 |
| Date: | 1789 |
