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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02475.12 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents concerning American explorers, adventurers and naturalists |
| Title | Plans for a fort and monument in Tennessee |
| Date | 1810 |
| Author | Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel) (1783-1840) |
| Document Type | Miscellany |
| Content Description | Top half of the page depicts the "Plan of the Stone-Fort at the fork of Duck River, in Tennessee." Lower half of the page contains plans for a "Monument Six miles above Nashville on the Cumberland River." Both establishments are marked as "surveyed by 1810" and copied by Rafinesque, a naturalist and philologist. |
| Subjects | Science and Technology American Indian History Architecture Surveying Frontiers and Exploration |
| People | Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel) (1783-1840) |
| Theme | Science, Technology, Invention; Native Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | The "fort" and "monument" were remains from an ancient American Indian culture. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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