Jared Mansfield
Jared Mansfield (May 23,1759 – February 3, 1830) was an American teacher, mathematician and surveyor. His career was shaped by two interventions by President Thomas Jefferson. In 1801 Jefferson appointed Mansfield as Professor at the newly founded United States Military Academy at West Point. Again at Jefferson's appointment, Mansfield served as the Surveyor General of the United States from 1803 to 1812, charged with extending the survey of United States land in the Northwest Territory.
Jared Mansfield | |
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 Sketch by Henry Howe | |
| 2nd Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory | |
| In office November 3, 1803 – November 24, 1812 | |
| Preceded by | Rufus Putnam |
| Succeeded by | Josiah Meigs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 23, 1759 New Haven, Connecticut |
| Died | February 3, 1830 (aged 70) New Haven Connecticut |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Phipps |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
1902 photo of Mansfield's Cincinnati home
Notes
- Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College: May 1745-May 1763, Volume 3 (Holt, 1896), p. 691
- Dexter, p. 691
- Dexter, p. 691
- Croswell, Frederick, “A History of Trinity Church, New Haven, Read March 8, 1868”, Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society, Volume I (New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1865) Appendix A, p. 76.
- Dexter, p. 692
- Dexter, p. 682
- Dudley, p. 233-234.
- Matthews, p. 204-206.
- Dudley, p. 231.
- Stewart, p. 38-40.
- Dudley, p. 241.
- Dudley, p. 243.
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References
- Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College: May 1745-May 1763, Volume 2 (Holt, 1896)
- Croswell, Frederick, “A History of Trinity Church, New Haven, Read March 8, 1868”, Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society, Volume I (New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1865)
- Dudley, Charlotte W (1998). "Jared Mansfield: United States Surveyor General". Ohio History. 85: 231–246. Archived from the original on 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
- Stewart, Lowell O (1935). Public Land Surveys History Instructions Methods. Ames, Iowa: Collegiate Press Inc.
- Mathews, Catherine Van Courtlandt (1908). Andrew Ellicott, His Life and Letters. New York: The Grafton Press. p. 204.
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| Preceded by Rufus Putnam |
Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory 1803–1813 |
Succeeded by Josiah Meigs |
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