Simeon De Witt

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Simeon De Witt, painting by Ezra Ames

Simeon De Witt (* 1756 in Wawarsing , Ulster County , Province of New York , †  1834 in Ithaca , New York ) was Geographer and Surveyor-General of the Continental Army during the American Revolution . De Witt, one of the three commissioners of New York at the time, commissioned geodesist John Randel jr. with work on the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 . The three-person "commission" also included Governor Morris and lawyer John Rutherfurd .

Works

  • From Bladensburgh to near Alexandria past Georgetown . 1781?
  • A map of Stephen Moore's land at West Point . 1783
  • A plan of the city of Albany , 1794. Reissued: Historic Urban Plans, Ithaca, NY, 1968
  • A map of the State of New York . Albany 1802 [1]
  • A map of the State of New York . Albany? 1804 [2]
  • The elements of perspective . HC Southwick, Albany 1813
  • Considerations on the necessity of establishing an agricultural college, and having more of the children of wealthy citizens, educated for the profession of farming . Websters and Skinners, Albany 1819

literature

  • Charles Maar: Albanian, almost unknown . Albany, NY, 1916
  • Albert Hazen Wright: Simeon DeWitt and military tract township names . DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, Ithaca, NY, 1961
  • William Heidt: Simeon DeWitt; founder of Ithaca . DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, Ithaca, NY, 1968

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personal data
SURNAME De Witt, Simeon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cartographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1756
PLACE OF BIRTH Wawarsing , New York
DATE OF DEATH December 1834
Place of death Ithaca , New York