Title	Joel Wright Compass
Subject	Geography and Natural Resources Surveying Surveyor's compass Surveying equipment
Place	Columbus (Ohio) Franklin County (Ohio)
Description	This Vernier surveyor's compass which measures 14" by 7" (36 by 18 cm) was used by Joel Wright to plat the city of Columbus prior to its founding in 1812. The typical 19th-century brass and wooden compass was made in Winchester, Virginia. Joel Wright (1750-1829) was a Quaker born in Menallen, Pennsylvania who first came to Ohio in 1788 as part of a team to survey the Northwest Territory. He surveyed the Muskingum, Scioto, and Great Miami valleys, and eventually settled in Ohio in 1806 in an area near present-day Waynesville. While a resident of Ohio, Wright platted the towns of Columbus, Dayton, Springboro, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky. He was also the first surveyor of Warren County.
Date of Original	1810 circa
Source	Historical object(s) or artifact(s); H 39772
Format	picture; objects
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	Om1487_1535360_001.tif
Image Height	1960
Image Width	3008
File Size	821.976 KB
Date created	2009-01-09

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