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Smyth, George Washington, 1803-1866 [Land survey instructions for Major Benjamin Tennel]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06624.05 Author/Creator: Smyth, George Washington, 1803-1866 Place Written: Nacogdoches, Texas Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 14 August 1835 Pagination: 5 p. : docket ; Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Provides instructions for Tennel to follow in exercising his duties as land surveyor. Broken down into nineteen articles specifying how Tennel should conduct his job.

Smyth, George Washington, 1803-1866
Tennel, Benjamin, fl. 1830-1850

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