A Survey of a Plot In Lancaster and Northumberland Counties Bounded by the Chesapeake Bay, Rappahnnock River, and the Potomac River in 1736

Old map of Lancaster County, Northumberland County, United States, Virginia.

Created by William Ball in 1736.

• Relief shown by hachures.
• Cadastral survey map.
• Title devised by cataloger.
• Pen-and-ink on tracing paper, mounted on cloth with an index of place names and resident houses on 2 sheets of blue lined paper attached.
• Oriented with north toward the lower left.
• In ink in top right margin: 11-D crossed out.
• Along edges in faint red crayon: 1736 Chesapeake Bay, Rappahannock River, and Potomac River.
• Map stamped in lower right corner: U.S.C. & G. Survey. Library and Archives no. 376; map stamped in lower right corner U.S.C. & G. Survey. Library and Archives no. 1360 (in blue ink); handwritten no. in ink on blue bordered label in lower right corner: 863R 1736.
• Includes notes.
• This map has some imperfections: wrinkles and liquid staining throughout. some losses along edges. We'll do our best to restore the image before printing.

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1736

Early Works To 1800

Lancaster County

Lancaster County (Va.)

Map

Maps

Maps Manuscript

Northumberland County

Northumberland County (Va.)

Real Property

Surveys

United States

Virginia

William Ball