Private claims at Michillimackinac / surveyed in Octr. and Novr. 1828 by John Mullett, D.S.

Cadastral map showing land ownership at St. Ignace and on Mackinac Island. Shows long, narrow properties (sometimes known as "ribbon farms" or "strip farms" or "long lots") in the St. Ignace area. Includes an index of land claimants with the sizes of the claims given in acres and hundreds.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Senate document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 29th Congress, 2nd session, no. 221.
Corporate Authors: United States. Congress Senate (Issuing body)
United States. Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory (Issuing body)
Other Authors: Mullett, John, 1786-1862 (Surveyor)
Tiffin, Edward, 1766-1829
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : [United States Senate], [1847]
Series:Senate document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 29th Congress, 2nd session, no. 221.
Subjects:
Real property > Michigan > Mackinac Island (Island) > Maps.
Real property > Michigan > Saint Ignace > Maps.
Landowners > Michigan > Mackinac Island (Island) > Maps.
Landowners > Michigan > Saint Ignace > Maps.
Mackinac, Straits of, Region (Mich.) > Maps.
Mackinac, Straits of (Mich.) > Maps.
Mackinac Island (Mich. : Island) > Maps.
Saint Ignace (Mich.) > Maps.
Cadastral maps.
Maps.
Genre:
Maps.
Cadastral maps.
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of Ronald Dietz.
MSU: Needs conservation review.
Physical Description:1 map : hand colored ; 48 x 61 cm.
Cartographic Data:Scale 1:31,680. 40 chs. to an in.
(W 84°49ʹ00ʺ--W 84°34ʹ00ʺ/N 45°53ʹ31ʺ--N 45°45ʹ33ʺ).
Format: Map
Description
Summary:
Cadastral map showing land ownership at St. Ignace and on Mackinac Island. Shows long, narrow properties (sometimes known as "ribbon farms" or "strip farms" or "long lots") in the St. Ignace area. Includes an index of land claimants with the sizes of the claims given in acres and hundreds.
Note:Covers the Straits of Mackinac, including St. Ignace Point, Mackinac and Round islands, part of Bois Blanc Island, and the vicinity of the old Fort Michillimackinac. Also shows forts, "ruins of an ancient town" at St. Ignace, mission house on Mackinac Island, and McCulpins [should read: McGulpin's] house.
Map extracted from "Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report from the Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for information in relation to the surveys of private land claims at Saut de Ste. Marie, and in the lower peninsula of Michigan," issued as a United States Senate Document (U.S. 29th Congress, 2nd Session, 1846-1847. S. Doc. 221), "February 1, 1847—read, and ordered to be printed."
"A true copy, Surveyor Generals office, 9th January 1829, Edward Jiffin" [should read: Edward Tiffin].
Includes index of claimants with size of claims.
Cartographic material.
Call Number:G4112.M253G46 1829 M8 Map
References:
Karpinski 752.
Barnett 5-3701.