Thursday, May 2, 2019

TS Elliot to Andrew Ellicot.......................being White..........they put Ellicot in charge of the survey crew..........but it was the Black man.......Ben. Banneker who actually told them where to put it..............Virginia gobbled it up......


Andrew Ellicott
Surveyor
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Description

Andrew Ellicott was a U.S. surveyor who helped map many of the territories west of the Appalachians, surveyed the boundaries of the District of Columbia, continued and completed Pierre Charles L'Enfant's work on the plan for Washington, D.C., and served as a teacher in survey methods for Meriwether Lewis. Wikipedia
Born: January 24, 1754, Buckingham Township, PA
Died: August 28, 1820, West Point, NY
Place of burial: West Point Cemetery, West Point, NY
Siblings: Joseph Ellicott
Books

The Journal of Andrew Ellicott: Late Commissioner on Behalf of the United States During Part of the Year 1796, the Years 1797, 1798, 1799, and Part of the Year 1800: For Determining the Boundary Between the United States and the Possessions of His Cathol (1803)
The Journal of Andrew E...
1803

The Journal of Andrew Ellicott: Late Commissioner on Behalf of the United States ... for Determining the Boundary Between the United States and the Possessions of His Catholic Majesty ... (1803)
The Journal of Andrew E...
1803

The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, Late Commissioner on Behalf of the United States ... for Determining the Boundary Between the United States and the Possessions of His Catholic Majesty in America ... with Six Maps ... to Which Is Added an Appendix - Scholar's C
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