Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Poplar Forest Survey, 6 December 1817
III. Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Poplar Forest Survey
Dec. 6. 171
| Begg at the ∠ over New London road. | |
| ✓ | S. 52. E. S. 40. E. S. 50 E. 99. po to fore & aft.2 |
| ✓ | S. 50. E. 22¼ to w.o. stump in ye field near yard |
| ✓ | N. 75. E. 68. po. thro his field. or 66? |
| ✓ | from end of ye last line spring bears N. 64. W. 26.43 to a large poplar believd at former spring. |
| ✓ | N. 75. E 115. po. or 113? |
| ✓ | N. 20. E. 9. to large chesnut marked side line |
| ✓ | thence N. 38. W. 19.56 to a b.o. side line on path |
| ✓ | N. 38. W. 23. po. to very suspicious pointers4 10.f to left |
| then going back to Chesnut marked side line. | |
| S. 38. E 145. po. to road. | |
| then up the road 100. po. to my fork |
MS (ViU: TJP, TB [Thurlow-Berkeley] no. 1136 [532m–3]); written entirely in TJ’s hand on a small scrap; with possibly related calculations by TJ on verso: “
| 23 | |
| 5 | .36 |
| 17 | .64 |
1. Dateline added at head of text.
2. Preceding three words interlined in place of “w.o. stump in Cobb’s field near his yard.”
3. Last digit interlined.
4. Remainder of line interlined.
Index Entries
- Cobbs, William; and survey of Poplar Forest boundaries search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Writings; Notes on Poplar Forest Survey search
- New London, Va.; road from search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); roads search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); surveys of search
- roads; at Poplar Forest search
- surveying; and Poplar Forest boundaries search