Sunday, August 25, 2024
1:00 – 4:00 pm
Richard Wall House
1 Wall Park Drive
Elkins Park, PA 19027

The Richard Wall House is hosting Michael Carver in his impression of the noted surveyor David Rittenhouse, to teach 18th Century surveying on August 25 from 1:00 pm to 4:00pm.  The public is invited to participate in a hands-on program where they will learn to use the tools and techniques common in the 18th Century to measure, map, and deed a small plot of land using reproduction instruments and hand computations. We will discuss how surveyors oriented themselves and took surveys, measure and map a parcel of land, and issue a deed similar to what was given to pay soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War.

Participants will learn first-hand how the work of surveying our frontiers was done. They will gain a tactile understanding of the hardships men undertook in mapping out our communities in the 18th Century as well as an appreciation of the elegance of their methods and tools. Participants will also learn to appreciate the common units of measurement that they use in their day to day life but may not really understand as well as an intuitive appreciation for the fundamentals of basic plane geometry and trigonometry.  We hope this program will help them not just appreciate history but also their community infrastructure and lay-out.

Here is our video promoting the event:

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Published by Michael Carver

My goal is to bring history alive through interactive portrayal of ordinary American life in the late 18th Century (1750—1799) My persona are: Journeyman Brewer; Cordwainer (leather tradesman but not cobbler), Statesman and Orator; Chandler (candle and soap maker); Gentleman Scientist; and, Soldier in either the British Regular Army, the Centennial Army, or one of the various Militia. Let me help you experience history 1st hand!