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==== Introduction ==== | ==== Introduction ==== | ||
Prior to the Revolutionary War, when land was surveyed, the “metes and bounds” system was used to define boundaries. The system is still in existence today for land which was acquired before the present system of surveying land was adopted.<ref> | Prior to the Revolutionary War, when land was surveyed, the “metes and bounds” system was used to define boundaries. The system is still in existence today for land which was acquired before the present system of surveying land was adopted.<ref>[http://www.surveyhistory.org/metes_&_bounds_vs__public_lands.htm Virtual Museum of Surveying Metes and Bounds vs. Public Lands Analysis of the System of United States Land Surveys]. | ||
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</ref> States which used this form of surveying were the thirteen original colonies (Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia) as well as the state land states Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Texas, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia and parts of Ohio. | |||
==== Metes ==== | ==== Metes ==== | ||