Figure 73. — Telescope used by Andrew Ellicott for his survey of the boundary 

 between the United States and the Spanish territory of Florida. The instru- 

 ment is signed "W. & S. Jones, 135 Holborn, London." USNM 152082. 



Ellis, Orange Warner (18th century). 



Theodolite^ about 1780, brass; horizontal circle 5 in., vertical circle 

 5 in., telescope lYi in., compass 3 in.; spirit level set into compass 

 card; spirit level attached to telescope; fixed vertical circle; un- 

 signed. Used by Orange Warner Ellis about 1780 in the surveying 

 of the boundary between the United States and Canada, the area 

 which is now Vermont. 



Acquired from Miss Mary N. Ellis of Chicago, 111., in 1929. 

 USNM 309596. Figure 74. 



Frye, Joseph (fl. 1762-1783), Fryeburg, Maine. 

 Manuscript Booklet of "Tables Useful in Surveying Land, made and 

 presented by Joseph Frye to his son, Joseph Frye, Jr., November 

 18, A. D. 1783." Size 6)4 in. by 3% in., 16 pages, paper covers, 

 marked "Fryeburg Joseph Frye AD MDCCLXXXIII." 



Loan from Laurits C. Eichner of Clifton, New Jersey, in 1957. 

 USNM 315062. Figure 45. 



(See Greenough, Thomas, for surveying compass used by Joseph 

 Frye.) 



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