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Title
John
Mathews
surveyors
field
notes
-
C
Subject
Surveying-Southeast Ohio
Ohio Company (1786-1796)-Surveys
Description
John
Mathews
,
appointed
a
surveyor
by the
Ohio
Company
of
Associates
of
which
he was a
member
,
arrived
in
Marietta
,
Ohio
, with the
first
group
of
settlers
in
1788
. On
August
7
,
1789
,
Shawnees
attacked
his
surveying
camp
in what
is
now
Lawrence
County
, the
most
serious
disaster
to
strike
any of the
company's
surveying
parties
. In
1792
,
Mathews
became
superintendent
of the
French
settlement
at
Gallipolis
,
Ohio
. He
later
took
up
farming
in
Muskingum
County
. This
document
is
only
the
cover
of "
Minutes
of
Surveys
Jno
Mathews.
" In
Rufus
Putnam's
handwriting
is
the
note
: "
Minuts
[sic]
Lost.
" They were
lost
in the
Shawnee
raid
.
See
John
Mathews
surveyors
field
notes
-
D
.
Creator
Mathews, John, 1765-1828
Publisher
Marietta College. Special Collections
Type
Manuscript
Identifier
mss001_series3_box1_envelope09_17890000
Language
eng
Rights
Marietta
College
Date-Created
1789
Date-Issued
2008-08-21T15:39:47Z
Relation-Is Part Of
Manuscripts and Documents of the Ohio Company of Associates
Relation-Has Format Of
Manuscript
;
1
page
;
4-3/8
x
7-1/2
in.
Coverage-Spatial
Southeast Ohio
Coverage-Temporal
1789
Description
Title
Series3_Box1_Envelope09_0001
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