The Library of Congress collections include an extensive assemblage of maps prepared by Hotchkiss (Geography and Map Division) and his personal papers (Mansucript Division.)  

The maps, related to the Civil War or later, can be accessed via http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/collections/maps/hotchkiss/ 
(Please note that this collection is also available via 
http://www.loc.gov/collection/hotchkiss-maps/about-this-collection/ )
A short pdf of the maps from the collection, listed in collection order, can be found via:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/collections/maps/hotchkiss/hotchkisslist.pdf 


The personal papers from the Manuscript Division are described via:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/mss/eadxmlmss/eadpdfmss/2006/ms006031.pdf 

I am not aware of Hotchkiss ever receiving an appointment as a county surveyor and he was based in Augusta County in 1848.
 

Ed Redmond
Geography & Map Reference Specialist
Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20540 - 4650
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From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lyle E. Browning
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Subject: [VA-HIST] Hotchkiss Length Unit

I've run across a rather interesting 1848 creek straightening plat done by Jed Hotchkiss. It has no scale, but the metes and bounds are given in chains.

The standard Gunters surveyors chain based on the English measure is 66 feet.

However, the Engineer's chain sometimes used in the USA in 100 feet.

Has anyone any info on which Hotchkiss may have used?

Thanks in advance,

Lyle Browning
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