IOWA. SECRETARY OF STATE:

An Inventory of Iowa-Minnesota Boundary Survey Plats at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	Iowa. Secretary of State.
	Title:	Iowa-Minnesota boundary survey plats.
	Dates:	1853.
	Abstract:	Photographic mylar copies of plat maps prepared to accompany the records of the 1852 survey expedition that established the legal boundary between Iowa and Minnesota.
	Quantity:	14 items; 12 x 30 inches.
	Location:	C77

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Plat maps prepared to accompany the records of the 1852 survey expedition that established the legal boundary between Iowa and Minnesota.

The plats were prepared by deputy surveyor general Andrew Talcott and drawn by Harry Taylor, under the direction of George B. Sargent, surveyor general of Iowa, and approved by Warner Lewis, U.S. surveyor general for Wisconsin and Iowa.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item here]. Iowa. Secretary of State. Iowa-Minnesota Boundary Survey Plats. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples

Accession Information:

Accession number: 12,586

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001737377

Provenance:

Originals are in the Land Office Records of the Iowa Secretary of State, in the Iowa State Archives at the State Historical Society of Iowa in Des Moines.

These positive mylar copies were made from negatives in the possession of Harley R. Schneider, a private land surveyor.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location
C77	Map of the Northern Boundary of the State of Iowa being part of the Parallel of 43º 30' North Latitude, Surveyed and marked in the year 1852 by Authority of an Act of Congress approved March 3, 1849.
		Scale: 1 inch : 60,000 feet.


		Sketch of the Initial Point of the Northern Boundary of Iowa Shewing the Intersection of the Parallel 43º 30' North Latitude, with the Big Sioux River.
			Scale: 3 inches : 1 mile.


		Map of the Guide Lines Surveyed for ascertaining the Northern Boundary Line of the State of Iowa.
			Scale: 1 inch : 1 mile.
			Sheet 1. Ranges 4 to 7.
			Sheet 2. Ranges 8 to 11.
			Sheet 3. Ranges 12 to 15.
			Sheet 4. Ranges 16 to 19.
			Sheet 5. Ranges 20 to 23.
			Sheet 6. Ranges 24 to 27.
			Sheet 7. Ranges 28 to 31.
			Sheet 8. Ranges 32 to 35.
			Sheet 9. Ranges 36 to 39.
			Sheet 10. Ranges 40 to 43.
			Sheet 11. Ranges 44 to 47.
			Sheet 12. Range 48 and extension into Missouri Territory.

RELATED MATERIALS

A microfilm copy of the records of the survey expedition is cataloged separately as Iowa. Secretary of State. Iowa-Minnesota boundary survey records, 1852.

Additional materials pertaining to the survey of the Iowa-Minnesota boundary are cataloged separately as Schneider, Harley R. Research file on Minnesota surveys.

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CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Persons:: Lewis, Warner.; Sargent, George B. (George Barnard), 1818-1875.; Talcott, Andrew, 1797-1883.; Taylor, Harry.

Places:: Iowa -- Boundaries.; Iowa -- Surveys.; Iowa--Maps--Facismiles.; Minnesota -- Boundaries.; Minnesota -- Surveys.; Minnesota--Maps--Facismiles.

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