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DELAWARE. Carey & Lea. "Geographical,
Statistical, and Historical Map of Delaware." 1823. Drawn by F. Lucas,
Jr;
engraved by Young & Delleker. -- Map 11½ x 9½", with text, 16½ x 21". Full color to subject
by counties, with state boldly outlined. Condition: some centerfold glue
staining; otherwise clean and bright; very good.
Delaware's three counties are subdivided into 25
"hundreds", with the populations given in the text. The proposed
Delaware & Chesapeake Canal appears. Roads, rivers and Cypress Swamp to the
south are shown. The Delaware Bay main ship channel is delineated, with shoals
named.
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| DELAWARE.
Finely. "Delaware". c.1826. From A New General
Atlas. 29x22cm
(11½x8½"). Original wash color by county. Excellent.
Detail extends over the
state border and in Delaware Bay. Reference: cf
Phillips (A)
6054-16. |
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| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
. Samuel Augustus Mitchell. "City of
Washington". 1847. From New Universal Atlas. 31x39cm (12x15½"). Original wash
color by wards; city in bold outline color. Some time toning; else very
good.
75-item
reference key; with plan of Capitol. |
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| MARYLAND
& DELAWARE. Thomas, Cowperthwait
& Co. "A New Map of Maryland and
Delaware with their Canals, Roads &
Distances". Philadelphia: entered
1850, 1855. From New Universal Atlas.
11½x14½". Wash color by counties with
railroads and canals outlined. Excellent.
Population
table by counties with slaves &
manufacturing establishments enumerated.
Reference: cf Phillips (Atlases) 797-15. |
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| MARYLAND
and DELAWARE.
Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. "A New Map of
Maryland and Delaware with their Canals, Roads & Distances." 1850-1852. From
S.A.
Mitchell's, A New Universal Atlas. 11½ x 14". Original wash
color by counties, with bold outline on the interstate border; with green and pink
map border. Browning at edges of original
margin, with nicks at lower right corner; else very
good.
The
C & O and D & C Canals are shown. The rail
network fanning out from Baltimore extends west to
Cumberland. Steamboat distances are tabulated from
Baltimore to Norfolk, Richmond, Philadelphia and
Washington (204 miles to Georgetown). Populations are
given by decades from 1790 and tabulated by county for
farms, dwellings, families, total population and slaves
- 90,000 of them! |
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| NEW
JERSEY. "New Jersey".
1842. Jeremiah Greenleaf; from A New
Universal Atlas ...; Brattleboro, VT. 12½ x
10½". Original wash color by counties. Condition: very good. A
lovely map of the Garden State when gardens were
possible throughout. Roads, railroads and canals are
shown. No sign of Atlantic City. |
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| NEW
JERSEY. Joseph Meyer. "Neueste Karte
von New Jersey ...". Hildberghausen: 1846.
From Grosser Hand-Atlas.
14½x12". States in soft outline color.
Excellent.
This
quality lithographed map is after H.S. Tanner.
The title, legend and tables are in German;
placenames are as in the American version.
Counties are delineated; roads with distances,
canals & railroads are shown. Tables give
steamship distances. |
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| NEW
JERSEY.
Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. "Map of
New Jersey Reduced from T. Gordon's Map". 1850-1852. From S.A.
Mitchell's, A New Universal Atlas. 15 x 12¼". Original wash
color by counties, with green and pink border. Browning at edges of narrow original
margin; nick at lower right corner; else bright and very
good.
Railroads,
delineated in red, radiate form New York City
and westward from Philadelphia. Distances are
tabulated for several stage, canal and steam
boat routes, some of which are competing.
Distance along the way are shown for the
maturing road network. County and decadal
population tables are present. |
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| NEW YORK.
Carey & Lea. "Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of
New York". 1823. From ... American Atlas. Text below and on accompanying sheet; overall
16½x20½", map is 30x46cm (11½x18"). Original wash
color by counties. Excellent.
Includes profile of the "Grand Canal"
[Erie Canal] prior to opening. |
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| NEW
YORK. "New York." 1842. Jeremiah
Greenleaf; from
A New
Universal Atlas ...; Brattleboro, VT. 10¼ x
12¼".
Original wash color by counties. Condition: very good.
(Curve on the top border in illustration is from map not
lying flat in photo.) This
most populous state is well along in its development.
Railroads abound; the Erie and other canals are traced.
Major roads appear. The New York City area and Long
Island are shown as an inset (the immediate city region
is given in greater detail on a separate from the
atlas). |
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| NEW
YORK CITY. Blunt. " New York". 1815. From 8th edition,
American Coast Pilot. 10x18cm (4x7").
Black & white. Narrow right margin; a hint of darkening;
otherwise very good.
Chart shows approaches to New York Harbor from off Sandy Hook to Lower
Manhattan, with soundings, banks & buoys indicated. |
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YORK CITY. U.S. Coast & Geodetic
Survey. "Harlem River New
York". 1908. 104x53cm (41x21"). Black & white. Slight time toning;
a few creases;
overall very good.
Shows upper Manhattan & adjacent Bronx contours, streets,
bridges, railroads & buildings north of about 116th to 135th Street at 1:10.000. |
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| NEW YORK:
WESTCHESTER COUNTY. John Marshall. "A Plan of the Country from Frogs Point to Croton River
Shewing the Positions of the American & British Armies from the 12th of
October 1776 until the Engagement on the White Plains on the 28th". 1807. From
English edition of The Life of George Washington ... London: printed for Richard Phillips.
42x22cm (16½x8½"). Black & white. Excellent.
Westchester county from south Bronx to Croton River, with troop movements.
Reference: Howes (US) M317. |
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| PENNSYLVANIA.
Carey & Lea. "Geographical,
Statistical, and Historical Map of
Pennsylvania". Philadelphia: 1823. From
A Complete Historical, Chronological, and
Geographical American Atlas ...". Map
is 11½x18", overall with text
16½x20½". Wash color by counties. Slight
browning at lower edge; a few scattered spots;
otherwise excellent. Furnished with additional
text page.
Shows
major roads. Text covers natural features,
economic & cultural characteristics, a
population table and a historical sketch.
Reference: cf Phillips (Atlases)
1373a-18. |
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| PENNSYLVANIA.
Biddle. "Map of the State of Pennsylvania Compiled from the Best
Authorities ...". 1843. Similar to that in Rebecca Eaton, A Geography of
Pennsylvania.
20x26cm (8x10½"). Color by counties. Slight age toning; overall very
good.
Distances from place to place indicated; railroads in blue,
canals in red; insets: Philadelphia region; Pittsburgh region. Reference: cf
Phillips (M) p.681. |
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| PENNSYLVANIA:
PHILADELPHIA. Society for the Diffusion of
Useful Knowledge. "Philadelphia."
Dated 1840. 14½ x 11½ inches (38 x 30
cm). Water's edges in blue; some highlight
color. Condition: Slight browning and small
chips at full margin; overall very good.
Downtown
Philadelphia from the Delaware to just beyond
the Schuylkill at better than 3 inches/mile.
The Pennsylvania Railroad winds through the
city. Below is a numbered key to 96 landmarks.
At right (or below is seen with west at top)
are engravings of "The United States
Bank" and "The Exchange". |
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| VIRGINIA
and WEST VIRGINIA.
Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. "A New Map of
Virginia with its Canals, Roads & Distances from Place to
Place, along the Stage and Steamboat Routes." 1850-1852. From
S.A. Mitchell's, A New Universal Atlas. 11½ x
14". Original wash
color by counties, with green and pink border. Browning at edges of
original margin; a bruised corner; a few iron spots
mostly in the margins; else very good.
West
Virginia has yet to be separated. Steamboat
distance are given from Richmond to Norfolk,
Washington and Baltimore; also from Wheeling to
Pittsburg (sic) and Cincinnati. A profile of
the C & O Canal shows it rising to 1,898
feet, with a length of 340 miles and almost 400
locks. A note states "Almost 40 miles of
this work is now (1833) in progress",
information undoubtedly inherited from a Tanner
predecessor map. |
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| WEST
VIRGINIA. Rand, McNally & Co. "Rand McNally & Co.'s
West Virginia". 1893. 32x48cm (12½x19"). Printed outline color. Waterstain in
left margin; otherwise very good.
Railroads named; inset of
the northern part. |
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