Coggin's Point Farm

Date1813-1823

Attributed to Edmund Ruffin (1794 - 1865)

OriginAmerica, Virginia, Prince George County

MediumInk and watercolor on paper mounted on linen

DimensionsOH: 19" x OW: 16"

Credit LineGift of Fred Kelly and Carol Dill

Object number2005-15,A&B

DescriptionThe upper left corner reads: "Coggin's Point Farm" with a key below that reads: "Outlines of Arable High Land./ Outlines of Arable Low Land./ Outlines of Woodlands./ Outlins of March/ Outlines of Marsh covered with trees,/ & above common high water mark./ Outlines of Water./ Springs/ Streams./ Marl diggings, numbered as they were opened./ The Fields surveyed 1823_The OUtlines/ nearly, but not exactly, from a survey of 1783,/ which has since been found very incorrect."
Label TextThis manuscript map depicts Coggins Point Farm, a property in Prince George County, Virginia, inherited by Edward Ruffin in 1813. It documents Ruffin's agricultural experiments on the property as well as land ownership in the area.