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Collection:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Date:
1835
Short Title:
Mitchell's map of the United States.
Publisher:
S. Augustus Mitchell
Philadelphia
Type:
Fabric Map
Obj Height cm:
49
Obj Width cm:
61
Scale 1:
1: 4,752,000
Note:
The only Mitchell map printed on silk (Threads of History 84 says linen, but our copy is printed on silk). The map is taken from Mitchell's 1835 Compendium of The Internal Improvements of The United States without any changes. Inset maps show the environs of: Niagara Falls, Baltimore and Washington, Charleston, Hartford and New Haven, Albany, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. Map is without color. This copy has been cleaned and mounted on paper and linen with some small losses. Includes distance chart. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
Reference:
Threads of History 84; Phillips Maps of America, p. 889; cf Checklist of Printed Maps of the Middle West to 1900, 1-1488.
Full Title:
Mitchell's map of the United States; Showing the principal travelling turnpike and common roads; on which are given the distances in miles from one place to an other; Also, the courses of the canals & rail roads throughout the country, carefully compiled from the best authorities. Philadelphia: published by S. Augustus Mitchell. Sold by Mitchell & Hinman 1835 No. 6 North Fifth Street. Entered ... 1835, by S. Augustus Mitchell ... Pennsylvania. (with 8 inset maps)
List No:
4544.000
Series No:
1
Publication Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Pub Date:
1835
Pub Title:
Mitchell's map of the United States; Showing the principal travelling turnpike and common roads; on which are given the distances in miles from one place to an other; Also, the courses of the canals & rail roads throughout the country, carefully compiled from the best authorities. Philadelphia: published by S. Augustus Mitchell. Sold by Mitchell & Hinman 1835 No. 6 North Fifth Street. Entered ... 1835, by S. Augustus Mitchell ... Pennsylvania. (with 8 inset maps)
Pub Reference:
Threads of History 84; Phillips Maps of America, p. 889; cf Checklist of Printed Maps of the Middle West to 1900, 1-1488.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
4544.000
Pub Type:
Fabric Map
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
49
Pub Width cm:
61
Image No:
4544000
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
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