Finding aid for the Amzi Atwater Field Notes
Title:
Amzi Atwater Field Notes
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Atwater, Amzi
Dates:
1797
Quantity:
0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract:
 Amzi Atwater (1776-1850) was an assistant surveyor in Moses Cleaveland's Western Reserve surveying party of the Connecticut Land Company. The collection consists of field notes for surveys of land in eastern Cuyahoga County, near Lake Erie (townships 6 and 7, range 11).
Identification:
MS 1693
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Amzi Atwater Field Notes, 1797, consist of field notes for surveys of land in eastern Cuyahoga County, near Lake Erie (townships 6 and 7, range 11).

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the early history of the Western Reserve, the Connecticut Land Company, Cleveland, Ohio, and Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Those seeking land survey field notes of eastern Cuyahoga County in the eighteenth century will find this collection useful.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically and is maintained in one volume.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Related Material: Related Material

The researcher should also consult MS 735 Amzi Atwater Journal.


Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Atwater, Amzi, 1776-1850.
Connecticut Land Company.
Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Surveys.
Surveyors -- Ohio -- Western Reserve.
Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History.
Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 1693 Amzi Atwater Field Notes, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of Darwin Atwater in 1870.