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Surveying in early America
The history of surveying in early America included the mapping of large, unknown territories and the layout of the District of Columbia. Several presidents were involved, including George Washington.
==The Founding Father as surveyor==
George Washington was not only a founding political father of the U.S., he was a founding surveyor of Virginia, as well. At the age of eleven, he inherited Ferry Farm. When George reached school age, instead of a career in the Royal Navy, George went to school to study surveying and geometry. His first surveying tools were from his own storehouse on Ferry Farm.〔(Frontiers: George Washington, surveyor and mapmaker )〕 At the age of 17, under the tutelage of Joshua Fry, he surveyed the northern neck of Virginia and became the county surveyor for Culpeper County, Virginia. By the time of the French and Indian War, he had laid out most of northern Virginia, and this knowledge would contribute to his success during the war.
From 1747 to 1799, he surveyed 200 tracts of land, and due to his also being a land speculator, he amassed of land.〔
During the Revolutionary War, he appointed the first geographer of the Continental Army, Robert Erskine.
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