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Plan of survey of block in the late James Mills's survey made by me

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"Scale 132 feet = 1 inch". Survey signed, "Thos A Blyth PLS Hamilton Fer. 25th 1869". According to the Dictionary of Hamilton Biography, Volume 1, "After several moves, he [James Mills] located permanently in Hamilton in 1816, where he and his brother-in-law, Peter Hess, purchased 500 acres between bay and the Mountain (stretching from what is now Bay Street to Locke)...." (p.154). "No 28 Drawer 6" is handwritten on the left side of the sheet. Map pencilled on verso showing lots between John Street and Bowen Street, and above the map are mathematical calculations.

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Plan of survey of block in the late James Mills's survey made by me
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"Scale 132 feet = 1 inch". Survey signed, "Thos A Blyth PLS Hamilton Fer. 25th 1869". According to the Dictionary of Hamilton Biography, Volume 1, "After several moves, he [James Mills] located permanently in Hamilton in 1816, where he and his brother-in-law, Peter Hess, purchased 500 acres between bay and the Mountain (stretching from what is now Bay Street to Locke)...." (p.154). "No 28 Drawer 6" is handwritten on the left side of the sheet. Map pencilled on verso showing lots between John Street and Bowen Street, and above the map are mathematical calculations.
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Contributor
Blyth, Thomas Allen (Surveyor)
Date
1869-02-25
Type
Format
map, [1:1,600 approximately]
Identifier
macrepo:75462, local: RMC_7719
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Language
eng
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Hamilton (Ont.), North America--Canada--Hamilton
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