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	Philadelphia Chapter: Lewis and Clark: Philadelphia Connection Ellicott
		Ellicott had not agreed with the choice of location for the city, preferring Philadelphia, especially as he tramped through the last area to be surveyed for the new capitol.
		Ellicott corresponds with Jefferson on April 18th that although an order for a sextant and portable horizon had come to him from someone else, he sensed it was in fact for Captain Lewis and had arranged for the instrument to be made locally with his supervision.
		Ellicott continued to serve as the Secretary of the PA Land Office until 1808 when he was removed by incoming Governor Snyder whose political party was a supporter of General Wilkinson.
	www.lewisandclarkphila.org /philadelphia/philadelphiaellicott.html (2622 words)

	Andrew Ellicott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Andrew Ellicott was born in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania as the first of nine children of Joseph Ellicott (1732 – 1780) and his wife Judith (née Blaker or Bleaker, 1729 – 1809).
		Ellicott returned to private practice and was hired in February 1811 by David B. Mitchell, then governor of Georgia, to re-survey the border between Georgia and North Carolina to settle a border dispute between these two states.
		In 1817, Ellicott was again called upon to participate as astronomer in a field survey to establish the western border between Canada and the United States, which had been defined after the War of 1812 in the Treaty of Ghent to run along 45°N. It was the last big survey that he performed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andrew_Ellicott (1627 words)

	Joseph Ellicott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1790, his brother Andrew Ellicott was hired by the federal government to survey the new federal district, which was to become the new capital city of Washington.
		Ellicott signed as attorney for the investors on the Big Tree Treaty when the Iroquois gave up their rights to much of the land claimed by the land company.
		Ellicott had never married, and at his death left an estate valued at about $600,000, which was a considerable fortune in that day.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joseph_Ellicott (730 words)

	Andrew Ellicott (1733 - 1809) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Andrew Ellicott (1733 – 1809) was one of three Quaker brothers from Bucks County, Pennsylvania who chose the picturesque wilderness up river from Elk Ridge Landing (known today as Elkridge, Maryland) to establish a flour mill.
		The Ellicott brothers helped revolutionize farming in the area by persuading farmers to plant wheat instead of tobacco and also by introducing fertilizer to revitalize depleted soil.
		Andrew Ellicott was the uncle of the famous surveyors Andrew Ellicott and Joseph Ellicott.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andrew_Ellicott_(1733_-_1809) (176 words)

	Untitled Document
		Andrew Ellicott had been commissioned by the Governor of Georgia to perform a survey to locate the north boundary of the state and to resolve the differences between North Carolina and Georgia over the location of the boundary.
		Andrew Ellicott (1754-1820) was now 57 years old at a time when the life expectancy was in the early fifties for a man who had survived the deadly childhood diseases.
		Ellicott in his teenage years exhibited " the genius for mathematics, the good judgment, the strong family affection, and not the least the fine physique which stood him in such good stead in the vicissitudes of climate to which he was more or less exposed throughout his life." (Matthew, 1903, pg.
	www.spsu.edu /cet/ellicott/Rock/Crim/ellicott1811.htm (2359 words)

	Biography of Joseph Ellicot
		JOSEPH ELLICOTT was a son of Andrew and Ann Bye Ellicott, who were natives of the town of Cullopton, Wales; they came to this country in 1781, having been “disowned” by the Society of Friends through the marriage of Andrew to his wife, who was not a member of that sect.
		Joseph Ellicott, son of Andrew, was the father of the subject of this notice.
		Andrew became a prominent surveyor and was at one time surveyor-general of the United States; his three Sons were Andrew A., John B. and Joseph, all of whom became residents on the Holland Purchase.
	history.rays-place.com /bios/ny-genesee/ellicott-j.htm (861 words)

	Community History: Community History
		Ellicott City enjoys a rich and varied history, from its origin as the tiny trade center of "Ellicott's Mills" to the present seat of rapidly urbanizing Howard County.
		Three Quaker brothers, John, Andrew and Joseph Ellicott, of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, chose this picturesque wilderness to establish a flour mill in 1772, four years before the Declaration of Independence was signed.
		Ellicott City's Charter was surrendered in 1935 and its Main Street has experienced a gradual change in character from a mixed commercial and residential area to an almost entirely commercial area today.
	co.ho.md.us /HCG_Portal_Communities_EllicottCity.htm (347 words)

	NMAH \| Surveying & Geodesy \| Transit and Equal Altitude Instrument
		Andrew Ellicott (1754-1820) was the leading geodetic surveyor in the United States in the early years of the Republic, and he aimed to produce surveys that compared favorably with those done by the best Europeans in the field.
		Ellicott made this instrument himself, and used it to run the western boundary of New York in 1789, the boundaries of the District of Columbia in the early 1790s, the southern boundary of the United States in 1796-1800, and the boundary between Georgia and North Carolina in 1811.
		Ellicott had used this English instrument in 1784, when he was part of the team of American surveyors who extended the Mason-Dixon line to the western edge of Pennsylvania.
	americanhistory.si.edu /collections/surveying/object.cfm?recordnumber=758993 (302 words)

	Historic Ellicott City, MD - Historic Ellicott City's History
		Joseph, Andrew and John Ellicott were Quakers who had grown up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the sons of Andrew Ellicott, an Englishman who came to the Pennsylvania colony in 1730.
		In 1771 the Ellicott brothers purchased many acres east of the river in the valley known as the "Hollow." Although the valley was uninhabitable, they were not alone; other settlers lived along the bluffs overlooking the river.
		By 1774 the Ellicotts were milling wheat and other grains at their new mill on the east side of the river in Baltimore County.
	www.ellicottcity.net /tourism/history (1541 words)

	NMAH \| Surveying & Geodesy \| Zenith Telescope
		The earliest evidence of this instrument comes from Andrew Ellicott who, in 1796, used "a small zenith sector of 20 inches radius" to determine the latitude of the Erie, Pennsylvania (the former French landing at Presqu'Isle).
		Ref: Andrew Ellicott, "Observations made on the Old French Landing at Presqu'Isle, to determine the Latitude of the Town of Erie," Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 4 (1799): 231-232.
		Andrew Ellicott, "Astronomical and Thermometrical Observations, made on the Boundary between the United States and his Catholic Majesty," Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 5 (1802): 204.
	americanhistory.si.edu /collections/surveying/object.cfm?recordnumber=758696 (106 words)

	Joseph Ellicott (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Andrew Ellicott, one of the third generation in this country, was surveyor-general of the United States.
		Joseph Ellicott, more especially referred to herein, was the surveyor, and is considered the founder of Buffalo, the second city in importance of the Empire State.
		For marrying Andrew, a non-member, she was disowned by this people and the couple came to this country in 1731 They landed, with an infant son in New York.
	ah.bfn.org /h/ell/bio/index.html (767 words)

	March 2-8, 1803
		Andrew Ellicott's map of the Mississippi River from the Lewis and Clark College Collections.
		On March 6th Thomas Jefferson heard from Andrew Ellicott in southern Pennsylvania that he would be pleased to instruct Lewis in the arts of surveying and astronomy.
		Ellicott (1754-1820) was the son of a Quaker clockmaker, and at the age of fifteen studied mathematics with Robert Patterson, whom he had joined by 1803 as a member of the American Philosophical Society.
	www.lclark.edu /org/bicprog/200/030203.html (333 words)

	Line of Demarcation
		Of the four appointees, Andrew Ellicott was the only one to actually participate in the survey that delineated the 31st parallel.
		As Silvio Bedini notes in his Life of Benjamin Banneker: "Ellicott preferred to establish his main encampment on the top of the highest available elevation in the region to be surveyed, and he customarily sought the protection of trees or the edge of a forest for additional protection when possible.
		Ellicott had remarked in some of his writings that when the stars were so near the zenith they were affected by the different refractive powers of the atmosphere which derived from the varying degrees of density.
	www.surveyhistory.org /line_of_demarcation.htm (1633 words)

	Ellicott
		Andrew Ellicott was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania on 24 January 1754.
		Ellicott's tenure may have coincided with the lowest ebb of academics in the Academy's history.
		Professor Andrew Ellicott died at West Point on 29 August 1820 and was buried in the West Point Cemetery.
	www.dean.usma.edu /MATH/people/rickey/dms/DeptHeads/Ellicott.html (1268 words)

	L³ - The Lewis And Clark Rediscovery Project
		Andrew Ellicott's plan for the city of Washington, DC, completed the first plan started by the French architect, Charles Pierre l'Enfant.
		Ellicott was America's foremost surveyor along with being an accomplished astronomer and mathematician.
		Raised in Ellicott Mills, MD, the town founded by his father, Ellicott was quite accomplished by the time Lewis visited him at Ellicott's Lancaster, PA, home in April 1803.
	www.l3-lewisandclark.com /ShowOneObject.asp?SiteID=29&ObjectID=70 (268 words)

	Historic Ellicott City, MD - Historic Ellicott City's History
		Joseph, Andrew and John Ellicott were Quakers who had grown up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the sons of Andrew Ellicott, an Englishman who came to the Pennsylvania colony in 1730.
		In 1771 the Ellicott brothers purchased many acres east of the river in the valley known as the "Hollow." Although the valley was uninhabitable, they were not alone; other settlers lived along the bluffs overlooking the river.
		By 1774 the Ellicotts were milling wheat and other grains at their new mill on the east side of the river in Baltimore County.
	ellicottcity.net /tourism/history (1538 words)

	Biographical Sketch of Andrew Ellicott by Isaac Sharpless
		Biographical Sketch of Andrew Ellicott by Isaac Sharpless
		Biographical Sketch of Andrew Ellicott (1754-1820) by Isaac Sharpless
		Ellicott felt that this was permissible, but that one could not engage in "offensive" wars.
	www.dean.usma.edu /MATH/people/rickey/dms/DeptHeads/Ellicott-SharplessMS.htm (772 words)

	Howard County Historical Society
		Early in 2006 the Society was the fortunate recipient of artifacts, photographs, and documents from a direct decendant of Andrew Ellicott, one of the founders of Ellicott City and early America's foremost surveyor.
		On exhibit are materials from five generations of Ellicotts, beginning with Andrew Ellicott "the surveyor", including a wooden case pocket compass that he made.
		Clippings of Andrew Ellicott's and his wife Sarah Ellicott's hair with memorial notes, hair jewelry and other treasured mementoes that were saved for generations are on view, along with a quilt (circa 1840) made by Andrew's daughter in law Sarah Griffith Ellicott.
	www.hchsmd.org /exhibits.htm (216 words)

	House on Ellicott Hill
		In 1797, Andrew Ellicott, sent by President George Washington to mark the boundary between the United States and Spanish Louisiana, set up his camp on this ridge, raising the American flag for the first time over the new territory.
		The Natchez Garden Club acquired the House on Ellicott Hill in 1934, with the intent to restore it to serve as their headquarters.
		The structure was in a dilapidated condition, as it had for many years been used as tenant housing for the workers in local cotton mills.
	www.natchezgardenclub.com /eh.htm (212 words)

	Andrew Ellicott (1754-1820)
		Ellicott's part was to welcome into his new home a young military officer who was to be instructed in the art of celestial and field observations.
		Ellicott was one of the best surveyors of his time, renowned today for the accuracy of his work.
		Ellicott and Jefferson arranged for the construction of a sextant and portable horizon to be made with Ellicott's supervision.
	www.lewis-clark.org /content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=2338 (735 words)

	American Memory from the Library of Congress - Browse by
		Andrew Ellicott to James Madison, December 24, 1807.
		Andrew Ellicott to James Madison, December 8, 1810.
		Andrew Ellicott to James Madison, October 2, 1805.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/collections/madison_papers/titleA3.html (861 words)

	Andrew Ellicott - National Surveyor's Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The following year, Ellicott was hired to revisit this survey in order to establish and mark 100 miles of the western boundary of Pennsylvania, a line that came to be known as
		In 1789, Virginia and Maryland had joined together in donating territory to establish a new federal capital city on the banks of the Potomac River.
		In 1796, Ellicott accepted the position of Commissioner of the survey of the international border between the United States and Spanish territories in Florida.
	www.enetis.net /~surveyor/nshof/ellicott.html (333 words)

	Explore DC: Andrew Ellicott
		Andrew Ellicott was born in Pennsylvania and raised in Ellicott Mills, Maryland, a town founded by his father.
		Ellicott was the foremost surveyor of his day.
		Ellicott elevated American surveying and cartography to a new level of precision and accuracy.
	www.exploredc.org /index.php?id=19 (91 words)

	Professional Surveyor Magazine
		Ellicott also prepared what he called a "topographical map," which showed the boundary lines of the Purchase and their interferences with neighboring tracts.
		Therefore, Ellicott had his brother Benjamin build a transit instrument during the winter of 1797–1798 because the only transportable one in the United States was being used by Andrew Ellicott at Natchez on the Mississippi River (Bingham 1937, p.
		Ellicott called the plan "a ridiculous reservation" that, in the long run, would hurt the Indians and it be detrimental to the proprietors of the adjoining lots.
	www.profsurv.com /newpsm/archive.php?issue=23&article=285 (3914 words)

	Map of the Mississippi River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Andrew Ellicott (1754-1820) was born in Pennsylvania and reared in Ellicott Mills, Maryland, which was founded by his father.
		The Journal of Andrew Ellicott (1803) includes a map of the mouth of the Mississippi River, two maps of the Mississippi below the mouth of the Ohio River, and two maps of the Ohio.
		Ellicott supplied Jefferson with a list of the equipment that he thought should be taken on the expedition.
	www.lib.virginia.edu /small/exhibits/lewis_clark/exploring/ch4-28.html (252 words)

	Howard County Tourism Council
		In 1772, the Quaker brothers, John, Andrew and Joseph Ellicott of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, chose the picturesque wilderness upstream from Elk Ridge Landing to establish a flour mill.
		It was to Carroll's estate that the Ellicott brothers built the first part of a road that was later to become the National Road, America's first interstate highway.
		In 1791, Andrew Ellicott was commissioned to survey the boundaries for the nation's new capital, Washington, D. Benjamin Banneker, an African American scientist and friend of the family, joined him in his work.
	www.visithowardcounty.com /history/ebrothers.html (214 words)

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