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>Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 12:02:43 -0400 (EDT)
>From: "Duane F. Marble" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Jefferson Grid and Maps of Settlements across the U.S.
 
 
 
Two items:
 
(1) A colleague of mine, Dr. Forrest Pitts (formerly of the University
of Hawaii), has suggested that Jefferson got his original idea from
the Chinese.
 
(2) At least one oil company, wedded to the PLSS locational descriptions,
created "psuedo-Jeffersonian" coordinates for a number of areas such
as Texas, Louisiana, Alaska, etc., that were not included in the
original system. These were used internally by the company and also sold
as part of a large digital database.
 
 
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>Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 09:09:40 CDT
>From: <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:     Re: Jefferson Grid and Maps of Settlements across the U.S.
 
 
Re the Jefferson Grid, perhaps this federal depository publication will
provide some information:
     White, C. Albert.  "A History of the Rectangular Survey System."
     Supt. Docs. no.  I53.2: Su7/2
 
                     Marsha L. Selmer, Map Libn., Univ. of Ill. at Chicago
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> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hello all,
>
> A colleague and I need your assistance.  We have a graduate student working
> on her Ph.D. in Land Architecture and her topic, in a nutshell, is how the
> United States was settled using maps to show the progression.  She is
> investigating how explorers used trails to travel, where traders and armed
> forces located posts and forts, and which posts and forts become towns, etc.
> She will then show how Iowa was settled using similar ideas.
>
> Her first question to us is that she needs information about the Jefferson
> Grid.  When asking for more information we learned that the phase Jefferson
> Gris is not used very often.  However, she indicated that the National Land
> Survey is its base.  Can any of you help us to locate information about the
> grid.
>
> Her second request concerns maps showing the progression of human settlement
> across the country, before and after, the National Land Survey.
> Specifically she wants maps showing old trails, Indian settlements,
> trading posts, forts and early communities.  Any ideas of maps, textual
> information and other stuff to help her?
>
> Can any of you help?  Any and all would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you
> in advance.
>
>
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