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| SURVEYING FRAUDS REPORT ON BENSON SYNDICATE |
| Item #313962637 |
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Currently | $51.00 (reserve not yet met) | First bid | $20.00 | |
| Quantity | 1 | # of bids | 14 (bid history) (with emails) | ||
| Time left | Auction has ended. | Location | Central California | ||
| Country | United States | ||||
| Started | Apr-20-00 16:17:04 PDT |  (mail
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| Ends | Apr-27-00 16:17:04 PDT | ![[Gift Alert]](../../../tcsmw/new25ap00/bensonreport_files/gift-icon.gif){kind=icon} (request
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| Seller (Rating) | howitzer
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| High bid | sopaw7 (2) | ||||
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| Payment | Money Order/Cashiers Checks, Personal Checks, See item description for payment methods accepted | ||||
| Shipping | Buyer pays actual shipping charges, Will ship to United States only | ||||
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| Description |
This is the primary government report detailing the operations of the notorious "Benson Syndicate" that engaged in surveying fraud against the government during the 1870's and 1880's. It is the 1887 Annual Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office and is disbound from a larger volume that included other material. The Benson Syndicate was headquartered in San Francisco and operated in the 10 western states. According to the report their operations included both surveying fraud and the illegal acquisition of state and federal public lands. The Commissioner's report includes detailed sworn statements by members of the Syndicate confessing their individual participation in the operation. The typical operation was to make a skeleton survey of a township and then fake in the required details and measurements of the subdivision. The comprehensive report actually includes treatment of all public lands operations such as private land grants and public land administation, but the portion dealing with the Benson Syndicate is clearly the significant material to the survey historian. The total Commissioner's report is 604 pages and this item includes all except the last page which is the final page of the Surveyor-General's report for Wyoming. A modern copy of the missing page is included. The first picture shows part of the front page of the report and there are no covers. California residents add 7.25% sales tax. Personal checks are OK but item will be held until check clears. Search words: survey, surveying, surveyor, engineer, transit, compass, property.
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