Virginia, Farmville sheet, 1893, and Virginia, Amelia quadrangle, 1897
By: Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1921
Language: eng
Subjects: Maps
Other titles: Virginia, Amelia quadrangle, 1897; Farmville sheet; Amelia quadrangle; Hanks-Hitchcock research collection.
Notes: Two maps joined together and with various handwritten notations concerning the Hanks and Shipley families and lands in Virginia. Notes are probably in the hand of Caroline Hanks Hitchcock.

Maps originally published in Washington, D.C. by the Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.

Relief shown by contours and spot heights.

"Contour interval 50 feet."

Farmville sheet: Henry Gannett, chief topographer, Gilbert Thompson, geographer in charge, topography by A.E. Murlin. Surveyed in 1889. Edition of April, 1893, reprinted 1921.

Amelia quadrangle: Henry Gannett, chief topographer, topography by A.M. Walker, H.M. Wilson, chief geographer in charge.  Surveyed in 1895. Edition of Aug. 1897, reprinted 1917.

Description of USGS topographic maps on verso.