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Subject:	Hotchkiss Length Unit
From:	"Lyle E. Browning" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 29 Jul 2013 21:45:08 -0400
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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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