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Benjamin Banneker Land Surveyor (1731-1806)

It was not one surveyor alone who made the great Capitol city that we call Washington, D.C. L'Enfant did not work alone. The "lone surveyor" is almost as fictional as the "Lone Ranger".

Benjamin Banneker

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Surveyor and Conveyancer

I have an old tin sign in my collection that states "Surveyor and Conveyancer". I have assumed all along that the term "Conveyancer" meant that the business handled land transaction closings in some way. The sign is likely to be from the 1800s and

Started by Ronald B Blauch

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WORLD TRADE CENTER CONSTRUCTION SURVEYING

I thought the history of the World Trade Center Twin Towers layout might be an interesting piece of history. This history was written by my friend, William B.F. Lair, a surveyor of the "first order", written shortly before he died in 1987.

The actual

Started by DAVID C. GARCELON

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FENCES - A LITTLE HISTORY

I have compiled a few interesting facts about Fences from my research library...I hope they will interest others as much as they interest me.

I believe most of today's surveyors think of fences as wire or wooden fences, and are extremely cautious of t

Started by DAVID C. GARCELON

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A PERSPECTIVE ON COLONIAL AMERICAN SURVEYING

I would like to share some of my perspective on early American Surveying History, and at the same time get a discussion going. I have been fortunate enough to have lived New England since I was born, and spent 47 years practicing land surveying here

Started by DAVID C. GARCELON

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C.L. BERGER, INSTRUMENTMAKER of BOSTON

Did you know the first six instruments made by C.L. Berger did not have serial numbers (4 transits, a dumpy level and a wye level) and Berger's first two instruments he made were a No. II Transit and a Dumpy Level

for the Massachusetts Institute of Te

Started by DAVID C. GARCELON

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BRIEF HISTORY OF POSITION FIXING

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Ah, the Perils of a Land Surveyor!

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United States Public Land Survey

Thomas M. Cooley, Regarding the United States Public Land Survey:

No statute can confer upon a county surveyor (nor any other surveyor) the power to “establish” corners, and thereby bind the parties concerned. Nor is this a question merely of conflic

Started by Scott D. Warner, PLS

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Land Ordinance of 1785

How has the land ordinance of 1785 shaped the formation of new States?

Thomas Jefferson was acutely aware of the potential colonization West of the settlements on the Eastern Coast of “New England”. A growing population in these original colonies, be

Started by Scott D. Warner, PLS

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Andrew Ellicott Land Surveyor (1754-1820)

How many land surveyors does it take to design a city? George Washington, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Benjamin Banneker, and Andrew Ellicott, were some that have given their collective professional effort for the geometrically unique Capitol City of th

Started by Scott D. Warner, PLS

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"A House Divided against itself Can Not Stand"

Abraham Lincoln Online Speeches and Writings

Lecturn in Representatives Hall, Old State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois

House Divided Speech

Springfield, Illinois
June 16, 1858

On June 16, 1858, more than 1,000 Republican delegates met in t

Started by Scott D. Warner, PLS

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Pierre Charles L'Enfant Land Surveyor

Ever wonder how Washington D.C. was envisioned by those who designed the layout of the streets?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant
Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant
Born	August 9, 1754 Anet
Died	June 14, 1825 (aged 70)
Nationa

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Robert Yates (Land Surveyor)

Robert Yates (politician)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Robert Yates (1738-1801) was a politician and judge well known for his Anti-Federalist stances. He is also well known as the presumed author of political essays published in 1787 and 1788

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NOTABLE SURVEYORS in US History

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Benjamin Banneker Land Surveyor (1731-1806)

Benjamin Banneker

Surveyor and Conveyancer

WORLD TRADE CENTER CONSTRUCTION SURVEYING

FENCES - A LITTLE HISTORY

A PERSPECTIVE ON COLONIAL AMERICAN SURVEYING

C.L. BERGER, INSTRUMENTMAKER of BOSTON

BRIEF HISTORY OF POSITION FIXING

Ah, the Perils of a Land Surveyor!

United States Public Land Survey

Land Ordinance of 1785

Andrew Ellicott Land Surveyor (1754-1820)

How many land surveyors does it take to design a city? George Washington, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Benjamin Banneker, and Andrew Ellicott, were some that have given their collective professional effort for the geometrically unique Capitol City of th

"A House Divided against itself Can Not Stand"

House Divided Speech

Pierre Charles L'Enfant Land Surveyor

Robert Yates (Land Surveyor)

Robert Yates (politician)

NOTABLE SURVEYORS in US History

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