Johnny Brinkworth mentioned a week or so ago about trying to find Tiffin's instructions of 1815. I have them in PDF format. They are about 6 pages long.
I was going to post a link to Dropbox, but their website seems to be acting funny this morning. It could be my browser though.
If anyone wants a copy, send me an email through the forum here, and I will reply with the PDF attached.
Good deal.
If you don't know those instructions, there's no need of taking the Indiana test. You will fail.
Link to Folder containing Tiffin's Instructions of 1815
I was finally able to sign into Dropbox. There is some additional PLSS information in this folder. Help yourself if you find it helpful.
Thanks, for the Instructions and the link.
Other instructions can be found in Al White's Book: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/reference/manuals/HistoryOfTheRectangularSystem_Searchable.pdf
Or other Manuals at: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/reference/default.aspx#id=05_Appendices|07_Surveying_Manuals
IN Surveyors-Original Evidence???
Thanks Jimmy.
I don't mean to hijack the thread, but have any IN surveyors ever found any original, rotted posts, trees or stumps?
Just curious. Please share!
Another source is:
A Collection of Original Instructions to Surveyors of the Public Lands, 1815-1881, Collected by Roy Minnick, L.S., P.L.S., Published by Landmark Enterprises, 10324 Newton Way, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670.
It contains 17 sets of original instructions for surveys of the U.S. Public Lands beginning with those issued by Tiffin in 1815 and ending with the general instructions issued in 1881. It includes unique Oregon Instructions issued in 1859.
Land Survey Systems by John McEntyre also contains Tiffin's Instructions.
That may be where I pulled the PDF from. I extracted them from a larger PDF a few years ago when I was studying for my Missouri exam.
That book sounds familiar.
One of the references listed for the state specific test is the "Early Indiana Trails & Surveys" by George R. Wilson.
I found an e-book of this on the in.gov website for free. Here is the link.
https://archive.org/details/earlyindianatrai63wils
Hope someone else finds this helpful.
There are some other great links to Surveying books from the link provided by @mno You just need to follow some of the subject hyperlinks. I found an old Land Surveying book from 1940 in German! I'll have to get SWMBO to translate it for me.
N10,000, E7,000, Z100.00
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