Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Andrew Ellicott papers, 1777-1829 |
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| Span Dates | 1777-1829 |
| ID No. | MSS19679 |
| Creator | Ellicott, Andrew, 1754-1820 |
| Extent | 925 items |
| Extent | 7 containers |
| Extent | 1.1 linear feet |
| Extent | 2 microfilm reels |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006045 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm75019679 |
| Summary | Surveyor and mathematician. Correspondence, maps, charts, and reports of astronomical observations chiefly concerning Ellicott's work in surveying the boundary between the United States and Florida under the San Lorenzo Treaty (1795) and also his surveys of the city of Washington, the boundary between Georgia and South Carolina, the town of Presque Isle (later Erie), Pennsylvania, and the boundary between the United States and Canada under the Treaty of Ghent (1814). Other subjects include international politics, Indian affairs, and the Blount conspiracy (1797). |