Copy Major John Thornton's platt.
Thomas Jefferson's copy of a 1718 survey by Francis Eppes of property at the junction of the Rivanna and Fluvanna Rivers. 10 1995. Accompanied by manuscript letter and photo copy of verso of letter attached to topographic map of Elk Hill region. Includes Thomas Jefferson's signature and descriptive index to property boundaries. Imperfect: Folded in fourths with slight discoloration and spotting in bottom right corner.
- Date
- 1770
- Mapmaker / publisher
- Eppes, Francis; Jefferson, Thomas
- Place
- Virginia
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 8,100 × 4,800 pixels
Public domainsafest
Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.
Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.
Credit line
"Copy Major John Thornton's platt." (1770). Eppes, Francis; Jefferson, Thomas. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Copy_Major_John_Thornton%27s_platt._LOC_2004627246.jpgNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 11373.
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