Seventh Annual Report on the Progress of the Topographical Survey of the Adirondack Region of New York, to the Year 1879. Containing the Condensed Reports for the Years 1874-75-76-77 and '78. With Late Results in Geodetic and Trigonometrical Measurements…

536 pp. Dark green cloth, gilt titles. Color frontispiece, twelve fold-outs, including quite a few large maps, plates throughout. A government report providing detailed information about the natural history of New York State. Colvin was an avid outdoorsman, and made the recorded ascent of Seward Mountain. His enthusiasm for the Adirondack region eventually led him to submit for funding to complete a survey, and these efforts played a large part in the designation of the Forest Preserve and Adirondack Park as protected lands.