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Map of Illinois Public Deposited

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Series
  • GLOVE - Local and Regional Maps
Abstract
  • The lands surveyed for the military contains about 5,576,780 acres. Out of which have been selected for the British Lands, 3,500,000 acres. Remaining for sale by the U.S., 2,075,680. Each square of the surveys is denominated as a Township, and contains 6 miles square, square being 36 square miles, or 23,040 acres of land. The Townships are subdivided into sections of a mile square, or 640 acres, and are numbered as in the following specimen. No. 16 is uniformly appropriated for the use of a school in the Township, and number 15, 21 & 22 are reserves in the hands of the U.S. to be disposed of by order of Congress.
Call Number
  • GLV132
Copyright Holder
  • Public Domain
Country
  • United States
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Source Identifier
  • VAD5944-000015
Subject
  • American Indians
  • Illinois
  • United States--Maps
  • Indians of North America
Holding Location
  • Bloomington - Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
    416 North Indiana Avenue
    Bloomington, IN 47408
    Contact at iumaa@iu.edu, 812-855-6873
Campus
  • IU Bloomington
Source Metadata Identifier
  • VAD5944-000015
Title
  • Map of Illinois
Creator
  • Melish, John
Date Created
  • 1818

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