Instructions to the Surveyors General of Public Lands of the United States Prescribed According to Law by the Principal Clerk of Surveys, Pursuant to Order of the Commissioner of the General Land Office M. Moore, Washington, 1855

This is an original copy of the first set of general surveying instructions for the government public lands. Prior to this issue the public lands were surveyed according to individual directions prepared by the various Surveyors General in the separate surveying districts. This treatise provides direction to all surveyors regarding the instruments, tools, and methods of survey for government work. It is one of the most important resource tools for present-day surveyors working in public land states.

The book is complete as to text and all plates. The hinge is starting to crack, and there is some spine loss to the bottom of the spine. Other than that, the book is in decent shape, with the three plates still all neatly folded. Size is 5.7" x 8.9" with about 91 pages and 3 folding plates.


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