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| ..."That
General Washington be empowered to appoint Mr. Robert Erskine, or any
other person that he may think proper, geographer and surveyor of the
roads, to take sketches of the country, the seat of war, and to have the
procuring, governing and paying the guides employed under him; the
General to affix the pay of the said geographer, &c. and the
allowance that shall be made to the guides."...
Resolution of the Continental Congress, July 25, 1777 |
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"Young gentlemen of Mathematical genius, who are acquainted with the principles of Geometry, and who have a taste for drawing, would be the most proper assistants for a Geographer. Such, in a few days practice, may be made expert surveyors." Robt. Erskine to Geo. Washington, 1 August 1777 |
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"Sir:
Immediately upon receipt of this you will begin to Survey the road (if it
has not been done already) to Princeton, thence (through Maiden head) to At the head of Elk you will receive further orders. I need not observe to you the necessity of noting Towns, Villages and remarkable Houses and places but I must desire that you will give me the rough traces of your Survey as you proceed on as I have reasons for desiring to know this as soon as possible..." Geo.
Washington (in preparation to march to Yorktown) to Simeon Dewitt, 29 August
1781 |
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The Department of the Geographer to the Army holds Applicant Unit membership status in the Southern Department of the Brigade of the American Revolution
