Excerpt from The American Journal of Science and Arts, Vol. 27: January, 1835
Art. I. - Report on a projected Geological and Topograyhical Survey of the State of Maryland; by Julius T. Ducatel, M. D. Prof. of Chemistry, Univ. of Maryland, and John H. Alexander, Esq. Topo. Eng. Communicated for insertion in this Journal.
To His Excellency, James Thomas, Governor of Maryland.
The undersigned, commissioned in pursuance of a resolution of the General Assembly, passed at its last session, to make the necessary examinations preliminary to a general survey of the territory of Maryland, beg leave respectfully to report: -
That upon communication to them of their having been selected to execute the provisions of the resolution before mentioned - on the 25th of May last: they immediately applied themselves to the discharge of the required duties. These duties were understood to be:
1. A general reconnoissance of the entire territory of the State, with a view to proper arrangements for subsequent topographical admeasurement and geological examination, and,
2. An inquiry after, and collection of all such authentic information, contained in maps or charts, as covered any part of the said territy of Maryland.
The first mentioned division of their duties - commenced on the 25th of May and occupied them, with two intervals of a few days each, until the 6th of September last.
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