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Taliaferro map of the Fort Snelling area drawn by Lawrence Taliaferro.

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Title

Taliaferro map of the Fort Snelling area drawn by Lawrence Taliaferro.

Description

Original is number 540 in the cartographic records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75, National Archives.
Lawrence Taliaferro was an Indian Agent at Fort Snelling.  This map sketch is an early document of many cultural and natural features of the Minneapolis area.

Read more about this map, including transcriptions of the handwritten text in the Minnesota History Journal Volume 35:Issue 1 from 1956.

Cartographic Material Item Type Metadata

Call No

G4144 .M5 2F39 1835 .T334

OCLC Number

ocm08713803

Author

Taliaferro, Lawrence, 1794-1871.

Publisher

United States : s.n.

Date

1835

Physical Details

Photostat
1 map ; 55 x 43 cm.

scale

Scale indeterminable

Coverage

W 93⁰15ʹ49ʺ--W 93⁰15ʹ49ʺ/N 44⁰58ʹ48ʺ--N 44⁰58ʹ48ʺ

Rights

This map is copyrighted. Commercial use and systematic downloading, copying, or distributing is expressly prohibited.

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