COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Searl, A.D.
Author:
Whitman, E.B.
Date:
1856
Short Title:
Map Of Eastern Kansas.
Publisher:
J.P. Jewett and Co.
Publisher Location:
Boston
Type:
Pocket Map
Obj Height cm:
68
Obj Width cm:
53
Scale 1:
510,000
Note:
Streeter's copy with his notes in pencil: "An unusually good large scale map..." In green cloth covers with an interesting printed sheet on the inside cover dated June 15, 1856, promoting Whitman and Searl's land business. Three inset views. This was an early map for settlers and speculators. Inset map shows in detail the area around Ft. Riley, "The Geographical Centre of U.S. Possessions." The roads to California, Oregon, and Santa Fe are shown, with 13 Indian reservations taking up about a fifth of the area of the map. This is a very detailed map and very elegant. All the township and range lines completed to date are shown, making this a useful map for locating land claims. Map is folded into stamped green cloth covers 16x10 with "Township Map Of Eastern Kansas" in gold. Indian reservations are indicated by color.
Reference:
Streeter 3903 (this copy); Eberstadt 107:214; P-Maps 346; Heaston 4.; Graff 4640.
State/Province:
Kansas
Region:
Eastern Kansas
Full Title:
Map Of Eastern Kansas By E.B. Whitman & A.D. Searl, General Land Agents Lawrence, Kansas 1856. Boston, Published by J.P Jewett and Co. Entered ... 1856 by E.B. Whitman & A.D. Searl ... Mass. L.H. Bradford & Co.'s Lith, Boston. (inset map of Ft. Riley) The Geographical Centre of U.S. Possessions.
List No:
3069.001
Series No:
2
Engraver or Printer:
L.H. Bradford & Co.
Publication Author:
Searl, A.D.
Publication Author:
Whitman, E.B.
Pub Date:
1856
Pub Title:
Map Of Eastern Kansas By E.B. Whitman & A.D. Searl, General Land Agents Lawrence, Kansas 1856. Boston, Published by J.P Jewett and Co. Entered ... 1856 by E.B. Whitman & A.D. Searl ... Mass. L.H. Bradford & Co.'s Lith, Boston. (inset map of Ft. Riley) The Geographical Centre of U.S. Possessions.
Pub Reference:
Streeter 3903 (this copy); Eberstadt 107:214; P-Maps 346; Heaston 4.; Graff 4640.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
3069.000
Pub Type:
Pocket Map
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
16
Pub Width cm:
10
Image No:
3069001
Authors:
Searl, A.D.; Whitman, E.B.
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
