Drawing Instruments
National Museum of American History

Drawing Instruments

Unknown artist

overall: 6.7 cm x 17.1 cm; x 2 5/8 in x 6 3/4 in
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

Preston Bassett received this set of drawing instruments from James L. Davis, who claimed that they had been used by his great great grandfather, James Griswold, in laying out the Erie Railroad in the early 1830s.

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