Plan of Private Claims in Michigan Territory: As Surveyed by Aaron Greeley Surveyor in 1810

Plan of Private Claims in Michigan Territory: As Surveyed by Aaron Greeley Surveyor in 1810

Ribbon Lands

A Map of the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair showing the main river fronts and properties. Ribbon lands are situated along the Detroit, Trambley, and Rouge Rivers. The map shows the Detroit River from the northern tip of Grosse Ile to the southern edge of Grosse Pointe and shows the numbered land parcels (private claims, ribbon farms) along the shoreline. A table in the lower area of the map provides corresponding listings of the claim number, owner's name, and acreage.

Aaron Greeley

From: Report of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating a report from the Acting commissioner of the General land office...February 1, 1847. Washington, D.C., 1847. (U.S. 29th Congress, 2nd Session, 1846-47. S. Doc. 221), Clarke Historical Library.

Washington, D.C. : s.n.

1847

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Scale [ca. 1:65,000]
1 Map 3 sheets : 63 x 212 cm. on sheets 73 x 93 cm. or smaller.