BIB_ID
352989
Accession number
MA 698.1
Display Date
1789 Dec. 8.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 32.9 cm
Notes
Docketed on verso.
Part of a collection of letters from Edward, Duke of Kent to General Wetherall. Letters have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The original survey was made by "Mr. Ellicott, Surveyor General to the States of America."
Part of a collection of letters from Edward, Duke of Kent to General Wetherall. Letters have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The original survey was made by "Mr. Ellicott, Surveyor General to the States of America."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1910.
Summary
Being a fair copy of a report from 1789 of various measurements at various heights of the Falls; containing the addition of the measurement of various distances along the river which is dated "Niagara, 26th Aug. 1798[?]."
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