1809 Varle map of Frederick, Berkeley, & Jefferson Counties

Archive

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

1809 Varle map of Frederick, Berkeley, & Jefferson Counties

Entry/Object ID

ARC878

Scope and Content

Map of Frederick, Berkeley, & Jefferson Counties in the state of Virginia by Charles Varle. Relief shown by hachures. Shows names of some residents. Topographical description of the counties of Frederick, Berkeley & Jefferson in which the mapmaker described "the natural curiosities of those counties." Inset in lower right corner: "Plan of Winchester". Includes names of neighboring counties: Loudon [sic} Fauquier, Shanandoah [sic], etc. Show towns, grist and merchant mills, bodies of water, mountain gaps, etc. Handwritten in pencil on bottom left of map: "Original I think was 36" x 26". I sold to congressional library. T. T. Perry Jr." Handwritten in ink on back: "Charles Varle 1809". According to the JCM historian, only land owners who paid a fee had their property identified on the map.

Acquisition

Accession

669

Source or Donor

Read, George

Acquisition Method

Gift

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1809

Archive Size/Extent

Map is 32" x 25"'; wooden rods have a 2 cm diameter. Map is backed with cloth and attached to two wooden rods at the top and bottom edges.

Archive Notes

Date(s): 1809, appears to be a reproduction