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Title

Map of the Public Land States and Territories constructed from the Public Surveys and Other Official Sources in the General Land Office, 1865

Creator

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Johnson's Bibliographic Reference

1865-36

Source Document Title

Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-ninth Congress : Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1865

Creation Date

1865

Description

Drawn by J.H. Hawkes, Principal Draughtsman and T. Franks, Assistant

Public lands in the states are overlain with the Public Land Survey System grid which divides lands into 6-mile square townships, ranges, and sections. In surveying the Public Lands the U.S. Bureau of Land Management surveyed 1.8 billion acres.