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This item contains the details of land surveys conducted by John C. McCoy on Cherokee Lands in 1836 and 1837. McCoy's field notes contains details such as the types of trees, topography, size and course of streams, soil condition, etc. According to the first entry, McCoy began the survey "in accordance with the instructions of Isaac McCoy" and "commenced at the N.W. corner of Quapau Lands on the East bank of the Neosho. River and run thence up with the meanders of the same."
Creator: McCoy, John Calvin, 1811-1889
Date: September 21, 1837
Item Number: 219389
Call Number: Indian History Coll. #590, Box 1, Folder Lands: McCoy, John Calvin. Field notes. September 20, 1837
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 219389
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Surveyors
Collections - Manuscript - Indian History
Date - 1830s - 1836
Date - 1830s - 1837
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Notebook
People - American Indians - Tribes - Cherokee
People - American Indians - Tribes - Quapaw
People - Notable Kansans - McCoy, Isaac, 1784-1846
People - Notable Kansans - McCoy, John Calvin, 1811-1889
Places - Rivers - Arkansas
Places - Rivers - Neosho
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Notebook
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