Hello MapHisters,

There will be several events of interest in North Carolina during the
beautiful month of October.
First up will be the John Lawson Tercentenary Symposium and Exhibition
in Raleigh on Friday and Saturday, Oct 9-10. That will be followed by
the 50th Annual Society for the History of Discoveries meeting in
Raleigh, Oct 11-13. Both events will be held at the North Carolina
Museum of History.

The following Saturday, October 17, MESDA in Old Salem will hold a one
day seminar, /Mapping the Early South/. Speakers will include Margaret
Pritchard of Colonial Williamsburg and Henry Taliaferro of Cohen &
Taliaferro, LLC. They co-authored a superb book on the topic of colonial
cartography, "Degrees of Latitude." Participation is limited.
Pre-registration is required to ensure a place.

To register for the John Lawson Symposium, click here
<http://www.cummingmapsociety.org/Lawson%20Brochure.pdf>.

To register for the SHD meeting, click here
<http://www.sochistdisc.org/pdf/SHD_2009_NC_REGISTRATION_FORM.pdf> (Lawson
and SHD schedules also available here
<http://www.sochistdisc.org/annual_meetings/annual_2009/annual_meeting_2009.htm>)

To see MESDA's /Mapping the Early South/ program, click here
<http://mesda.org/programs_sprite/prog_calendar_sprite/mesda_mesda-saturday-seminar-mapping-the-early-south.html>.
You can print registration form here
<http://www.cummingmapsociety.org/mesda.htm>, or contact Martha Ashley
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> at 336-721-7360.

I look forward to seeing you next month!

Best regards,
Jay L.

Jay Lester
William P. Cumming Map Society <http://www.cummingmapsociety.org/>