Colonel Mahlon Burwell's Drawing Instrument Set

Datec. 1800

Credit LineGift of Edward William Atherton, 1988

Object number1988.036.001

Label TextLand surveyor, Col. Mahlon Burwell (1783-1846) owned this desk set. A provincial government employee, he laid out roads and townships throughout southwestern Ontario. London was one of them.

NameSet, Desk

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