A Guide to the Levi Pitman Papers Pitman, Levi. 6707-e

A Guide to the Levi Pitman Papers

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Special Collections Department
Accession number 6707-e


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Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
6707-e
Title
Levi Pitman Papers 1853
Extent
1 item
Collector
James P. Borden
Location
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Levi Pitman Papers, Accession 6707-e, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

This item was given to the Library by James P. Borden, Rochester, New York, on May 27, 1993.

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Scope and Content

This addition to the papers of Levi Pitman (1807-1892), a clock maker and itinerant merchant of Tom's Brook, Shenandoah County, Virginia , consists of a patent document (No. 9888) on parchment, July 26, 1853, four leaves including one with an illustration, 19" x 14 1/2," for the invention of an improved plotting theodolite used in surveying. With the aid of this invention, the surveyor is enabled to draw each line of his diagram and note the course immediately after he sights it in. Pitman refers to his work on the plotting theodolite in volume six of his diaries, October 14, 1852-December 23, 1855 (see accession # 6707-b, Box 1). The document has been professionally repaired and housed.

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