A Guide to the Levi Pitman Papers
A Collection in the
Special Collections Department
Accession number 6707-e
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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.
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Tom's Brook, Shenandoah County, Virginia