Name/Title
Photocopy of 1851 Map of Diseño of Encinal Peninsula, 1963Entry/Object ID
2014.28.1Description
ACC. NO. 14.28.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: MAPS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1963
OBJECT: MAP
DESCRIPTION:
A PHOTOCOPY OF A HANDWRITTEN MAP, WITH CAPTION, "JUNE 20, 1851." MAP IS FRAMELESS, UNDER GLASS, MOUNTED ON PLYWOOD.
SIZE: L 17-1/2" X W 22-3/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
COPY OF DISEÑO IN THE OFFICE OF SAMUEL D. KING, A SURVEYOR GENERAL, JUNE 20, 1851, OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR CALIFORNIA. THE CRUDELY DRAWN MAP OF THE PENINSULA, IS SIGNED BY WILLIAM W. CHIPMAN. THE MAP IS ALSO CERTIFIED WITH THE SIGNATURE "CAROL E HECHE, GRANDDAUGHTER OF W W CHIPMAN."
THE ITEM WAS DONATED TO THE MUSEUM IN 1963, BUT NOT CATALOGED UNTIL MAY 2014.
DONOR: CAROL E HECHE
CATALOGED: MAY 3, 2014
