OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Minnesota Historical Society
Iowa. Secretary of
State.
Iowa-Minnesota boundary
survey plats.
1853.
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.
14 items; 12 x 30
inches.
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SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE RECORDS
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.
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.
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,
1979-1883.
Taylor, Harry.
Places:
Iowa -- Boundaries.
Iowa -- Surveys.
Iowa--Maps--Facismiles.
Minnesota -- Boundaries.
Minnesota -- Surveys.
Minnesota--Maps--Facismiles.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
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: 09-00322901
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.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
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Map of the Northern Boundary of the State of Iowa being
part of the Parallel of 43� 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 43� 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.