American Boundaries

Dedication           
 
Introduction: Boundaries in the United States as the Manifest Division of the Nation’s Lands
 
PART I: ASSEMBLING A NATIONAL DOMAIN
Overview; The Maps in the Book      
1: The Colonies Stake Claims to Land in the West      
2: The Idea of a National Domain Emerges          
3: The National Domain Expands             
 
PART II: APPORTIONING THE DOMAIN INTO STATES
Overview       
4: A Method of Forming New States Emerges         
5: The Evolution of the Territories and States     
 
PART III: APPORTIONING THE STATES INTO RECTANGULAR PARCELS
Overview and Recap       
6: Inventing a Rectangular Survey in the Ordinance of 1785      
7: Putting a Rectangular Survey on the Ground in Ohio       
8: The Rectangular Survey Evolves into Its Final Form         
9: The Survey Is Extended across the Public Domain       
10: The Spread of the Survey across Montana         
 
Epilogue: Other Ways to Apportion a Public Domain         
 
Notes             
Bibliography           
Illustration Credits    
Index