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George Stoner’s on Pequea Creek, Burkholder’s Ferry, Susquehanna River

Description

Watercolor on paper drawing of "George Stoner's on Pequea Creek, Burkholder's Ferry, Susquehanna River", ca. 1801, from the Latrobe Sketchbooks, by Benjamin Henry Latrobe. In 1801, Latrobe was appointed by the Pennsylvania governor to work with the Susquehanna Canal Company of Maryland to make improvements to the Lower Susquehanna River. He surveyed the river with a small crew from October-November of that year and presented his work to the governor in Lancaster in March 1802. This drawing depicts heavily wooded rolling hillsides, a small farm house, and a large barn at left that was the property of a George Stoner who lived along Pequea Creek, which Latrobe spelled "Pequai", near Pequea, Pennsylvania. There, the creek flows into the Susquehanna River, which was near Burkholder's Ferry, which Latrobe misspelled as "Buckhalter's" on his map.

Date

circa 1801

Materials

Watercolor on paper

Dimensions

8 x 12.5 inches

Object ID

1960.108.1.8.10

Resource ID

4748

Notes

Sketchbook 8

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.