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1.American Philosophical Society. Archives.
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The Archives of the American Philosophical Society are amazingly complete, spanning the period from 1758 to date. The few
maps in the collection are arranged chronologically.
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1 (1)[Chart of a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean from Philadelphia to Cork, Ireland].
Cartographer:
Hiram.
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1800. |
Size: 49.5 x 19.7 cm.
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"Hiram" offered this small volume entitled "Navigation made easy or Mariners complete guide" using his "newly invented time
pieces," for consideration for the Society's Magellanic Premium. The volume is illustrated "with a drawing of the Voyage,
distinctly pointing out, each days sail, the nearest way, and number of miles from Land to Land." The volume is "Dedicated
to Thomas Jefferson Esquire, President of the American Philosophical Society."
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1 (2)Sketch of the plan of an ancient work, three miles to the southeast of Lexington [Kentucky].
Cartographer:
Charles Wilkins Short.
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[31 August 1816]. |
Size: 19.7 x 24 cm.
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Short's description was read on 4 October 1816 to the Society's members. It was published, with a small engraving of the drawing,
in the American Philosophical Society Transactions, n.s., vol. 1: pp. 310-312, plate IX, fig. 3.
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1 (3)[Great Indian mound near Washington, Adams County, Mississippi].
Cartographer:
Caleb Goldsmith Forshey.
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September 1840. |
Size: 24.7 x 19 cm.
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This map accompanied Forshey's article which was read on 18 September 1840 before the Society. It describes the mound and
its contents in seven large pages. This great mound was 84 feet high. An abstract of the article, but not the map, was published
in the American Philosophical Society Proceedings, vol. 1 (1838): pp. 305ff.
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2.American Philosophical Society. Archives. Manuscripts Communicated to the A.P.S.
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These scientific communications, about 560 in number, were sent to the APS between 1748 and 1837 by members of the general
public anxious to gain approval of and support for their ideas and inventions. The topics include mechanics, engineering,
trade, navigation, agriculture, medicine, natural history, education, mathematics, and astronomy. Several papers were submitted
as entries in APS-sponsored competitions, and many were published in the Society's Transactions.
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2 (1)The nitre caves of Kentucky.
Cartographer:
Samuel Brown.
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[1805]. |
Size: 37.6 x 22.9 cm.
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This map was accompanied by an article by Brown published as "A description of a cave on Crooked creek, with remarks and observations
on nitre and gun-powder." American Philosophical Society Transactions, vol. 6 (1809): pp. 235-247.
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2 (2)Plan of the nitre cave described by Dr. Samuel Brown.
Cartographer:
John James Du Four.
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1805. |
Size: 41.3 x 51.4 cm.
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The cartouche reads: "A Survey of the Great Salt Petre Cave on Crooked Creek Madison County, Ky. by John James Dufour. 1805."
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2 (3)[Imaginary river to illustrate the movement of Chapman's "new-invented Steam Boat"].
Cartographer:
Isaac A. Chapman.
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20 March 1810. |
Size: 19 x 30.5 cm.
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Chapman sent this communication to member James Mease to be presented to the Society for the possible award of a premium.
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2 (4)Sketch of course of Mississippi River up to Natchez & of the country bordering.
Cartographer:
William E. Hulings.
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1807. |
Size: 44.5 x 34.3 cm.
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The meridian of New Orleans is given. On the reverse is a note to John Vaughan from Hulings: "I have marked the situation
of Mr. [William] D [unbar] 's place on the second Creek, but am unable to do it with Geometrical precision."
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2 (5)An Eye-Draught of the Mammoth-Cave in Warren County, Kentucky.
Cartographer:
Frederick Ridgely.
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15 March 1811. |
Size: 40.6 x 25.4 cm.
Colored.
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The covering letter addressed to Benjamin Rush states that "the needle does not traverse" the cave, therefore the "Eye-Draught."
(Arch. III, l)
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2 (6)Plan for building a city.
Cartographer:
John J. Hawkins.
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19 September 1800. |
Size: 57 x 45.5 cm.
Colored.
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The APS Archives file contains a four page description of this plat, filed under Hawkins (Arch. III, l).
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3.Andrews, Emma B. Journal.
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This journal was kept by Mrs. Andrews during seventeen trips up the Nile River. One of her relatives was Theodore M. Davis,
who excavated in the Valley of the Kings. Three maps pertain to royal tombs. Note: page numbers are repeated several times
in each volume.
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3 (1)Plan of the tomb of Thotmes IV.
Cartographer:
Emma B. Andrews.
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3 February 1903. |
Vol. 2, p. 136.
Size: 8.3 x 8.9 cm.
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3 (2)[Part of the plan of the tomb of Thotmes I].
Cartographer:
Emma B. Andrews.
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4 February 1904. |
Vol. 2, p. 31.
Size: 6.3 x 8.9 cm.
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3 (3)[Sketch of the plan of the tomb of Queen Tyi].
Cartographer:
Emma B. Andrews.
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19 January 1907. |
Vol. 2, p. 20.
Size: 8.3 x 5 cm.
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(916.2: An2) |
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4.Barton, Benjamin Smith. Papers.
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Barton was an outstanding Philadelphia physician and naturalist. His major interests were medicine, American flora and fauna,
and the American Indian. He published widely in these fields.
Within the Barton Papers are drawings by William Bartram, an eminent naturalist, who was perhaps the best American draughtsman
of botanical specimens of his time. With his father, John, he toured parts of the southern colonies and published Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida . . . (Philadelphia: 1791). This map may have been made for inclusion in that work.
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4 (1)The Great Alachua-Savana, in East Florida, above 60 miles in circumference. Near 100 miles W. from St. Augustin, & 45 miles
W. from the River St. Juan.
Cartographer:
William Bartram.
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[ca. 1774]. |
Size: 40.6 x 32.4 cm.
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(B: B284.d) |
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5.Beck, Richard. Journal
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Beck was a tourist from England who described his visit to the United States in a journal which also contains sketches, maps,
and letters.
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5 (1)[Map tracing the Cunard ship's track from Ireland to New York City].
Cartographer:
Richard Beck.
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1880. |
Size: 46.3 x 26.7 cm.
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5 (2)Philadelphia center city street plan.
Cartographer:
Richard Beck.
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1880. |
Size: 20.3 x 16.5 cm.
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(917: B38) |
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6.Boas, Franz. Papers.
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Boas, known as the "father of modern anthropology," spent some time early in his career on Baffin Island where he studied
the natives and made geographical observations. He sailed on the polar research schooner Germania for Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island. He charted 250 miles of coastline and used Eskimo maps and descriptions; he also identified
two large lakes on the island. Some of these maps were published in Boas's The Central Eskimo in the Sixth annual report . . . of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of Ethnology (1888).
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6 (1)Chart of Niantilic harbour by William A. Mintzer, U.S. Navy, from observations by Lieut. Wilkins, U.S. Navy, navigating officer
of the U.S. St. Tigress on Polaris search.
Cartographer:
W. A. Mintzer and Lt. Wilkins.
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1874. |
Scale: ½ inch = 1 mile.
Size of paper: 25.9 x 20.6 cm.
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(178: 1874: M667nia Small) |
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6 (2)[Hudson Bay, Baffin Bay and Greenland area].
Cartographer:
Franz Boas.
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[ca. 1883]. |
Size of paper: 35.9 x 35.6 cm.
Colored.
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(B: B61p) |
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Printed map with travel routes marked in red and blue pencil.
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6 (3)[Sketch of area from Arsebemiling to Ipiakdiuak].
Cartographer:
Franz Boas.
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[ca. 1833]. |
Size: 30.8 x 30.5 cm.
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(B: B61p) |
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On the verso is a map of Niantilik harbor.
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6 (4)[Route from American Harbor to Kingawa and return].
Cartographer:
Franz Boas.
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[ca. 1883]. |
2 copies.
Size: 31.8 x 28.6 cm.
Colored.
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(B: B61p) |
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6 (5)[Map made by Boas tracing his trip to Baffin Island].
Cartographer:
Franz Boas.
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[ca. 1884]. |
Size: 34.6 x 37.1 cm.
Colored.
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(B: B61) |
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6 (6)[Baffinland].
Cartographer:
Franz Boas.
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[ca. 1884]. |
Size: 71.6 x 95.25 cm. (irregular).
Colored.
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(B: B61 Large) |
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All these maps were presented by Mrs. Helene Boas Yampolsky, 1961-62.
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7.Brown, David J. Papers.
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Brown was a Scottish geologist who was active during the latter half of the nineteenth century.
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7 (1)[Geological map of the plain of Cumberland, England, showing the Pennine fault and the Eden River].
Cartographer:
Joseph Lowthian.
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11 April 1867. |
Size: 39.4 x 25.4 cm.
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7 (2)Western Peebles-Shire showing the calcareous beds of the Wrae Hill, Glencotho and Kilbucho.
Cartographer:
Charles Lapworth.
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24 April 1871. |
Size: 14 x 19.7 cm.
Colored.
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7 (3)Catchment basin of Saint Mary's Loch [Scotland].
Cartographer:
Charles Lapworth.
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April 1871. |
Size: 20.3 x 23.5 cm.
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7 (4)[Geological map of the neighborhood of Galashiels, Scotland].
Cartographer:
David J. Brown.
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n.d. |
Size: 14 x 20.3 cm.
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7 (5)North Esk reservoir.
Cartographer:
David J. Brown.
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n.d. |
Size: 20.3 x 14 cm.
Colored.
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7 (6)[Moorfoot Hills, Scotland].
Cartographer:
David J. Brown.
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n.d. |
Size: 37.5 x 28.6 cm.
Colored.
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(B: B813) |
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8.Clark, William. Journals.
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William Clark and Meriwether Lewis made their epochal expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase territory from 1804 to
1806. Later, Clark served as an army officer who fought the Indians in the Old Northwest, an Indian agent, and then was made
governor of the Missouri Territory in 1813. He drew most of the maps for the Lewis and Clark expedition. More maps from the
expedition are described below under entry no. 28 (Lewis and Clark Expedition Journals).
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8 (1)[River basin].
Cartographer:
William Clark.
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1806. |
Size: 10.8 x 16.5 cm.
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(917.3: L58cl) |
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8 (2)[Fort Osage (draft)].
Cartographer:
William Clark.
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1808. |
Size: 10.2 x 16.5 cm.
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(917.3: L58c) |
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9.Clymer, George. Papers.
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Clymer was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, an outstanding Philadelphia merchant, and a land speculator.
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9 (1)J. C. Fisher's rear land.
Cartographer:
S. A. Law.
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28 May 1838. |
Size: 35.6 x 30.5 cm.
Colored.
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Annotated: "J. C. Fisher's Front Patent Lot all disposed of: And, of his Rear Division, on hand, only the Two Remnants, in Yellow Shade, of. . . 86 ¾ acres. 1 May 1838: 28 May 1838."
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9 (2)[Authorized donations from Meredith and Clymer Land].
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1839. |
Size: 28.6 x 25.7 cm.
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(B: C625) |
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Annotated: "The line of the North End of No. 22 - can make nothing of - from the orig[ina]l Survey & conclude cannot but be
a blunder! [The part of No. 5 and 22] called, say, a hundred acres, is the Reserved Piece or Parcel, appropriated for a Donation
...to the Town, for the purpose of encouraging Schooling, or litterary, Instruction: and which, as yet, has never been so
granted & conveyed."
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10.Couch, Jonathan. Papers.
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Couch was an English naturalist whose family had been long resident in Polperro.
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10 (1)Sketch of a portion of . . . the coast of Cornwall and Devonshire as they were to be fortified in 1588 against the landing
of any enemy.
Cartographer:
Jonathan Couch.
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Size: 33.3 x 20.9 cm.
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(B: C831) |
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Copied from an engraving made by T. Pine, 25 March 1740. As a local historian, Couch wrote a History of Polperro, published after his death. His comments on this map are specific, for Couch had to correct the geography.
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11.Darwin, Charles Robert. Papers.
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11 (1)[Area of ocean showing the limits of coral islands].
Cartographer:
Charles Robert Darwin.
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[19? December 1837]. |
Size: 23.5 x 18.4 cm.
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(B: D25.L) |
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This map is in a letter from Darwin to Charles Lyell of the above date.
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12.Day, Sherman. Ephraim Dyer IV Collection of the Sketches of Sherman Day.
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Day was the grandson of Signer Roger Sherman and the son of Jeremiah Day, president of Yale College. He travelled in Europe
and North America and wrote Historical collections of the state of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: 1843). This work was lavishly illustrated with woodcuts made by John Warner Barber from sketches by Sherman
Day. He travelled about the state and gathered stories and reminiscences from the older residents. Barber had written and
illustrated several volumes on histories of other states, and Day used them as the prototype for his Historical collections.
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12 (1)Fort Pitt in 1795 - copied from the large drawing at the Monongahela House.
Cartographer:
Sherman Day.
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1840. |
Size: 19.7 x 12.7 cm.
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(917.48: D33, #D) |
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12 (2)[Susquehanna Valley of central Pennsylvania].
Cartographer:
Sherman Day.
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1840. |
Size: 27.9 x 26 cm.
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(917.48: D33, #C) |
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13.Duhamel du Monceau, Henri-Louis. Papers.
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Duhamel du Monceau was an eighteenth-century French philosophe who wrote sixty memoirs. He is most famous as a botanist and
his botanical works dealt with the physiology and anatomy of plants.
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13 (1)Plan de la Rue St. Jean. . . .
Cartographer:
Robert Heroguel.
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8 April 1722. |
Size: 28.5 x 202 cm.
Colored.
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(B: D87, #30) |
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Plan for the building or rebuilding of the church of St. Jean.
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13 (2)Verdun.
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1761. |
Size: 55.5 x 85 cm.
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(B: D87 Extra-oversize) |
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13 (3)[L'Isle St. Louis, Paris].
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1776. |
Size: 17.8 x 23.7 cm.
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(B D87, #2) |
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14.Fougeroux de Bondaroy, Auguste Denis. Collection.
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Fougeroux de Bondaroy was a plant physiologist and archaeologist who traveled extensively in France and Italy. He studied
plant physiology under his uncle, Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau, and worked with him on the projected revision of his most
famous book, Traité des arbes et arbustes. Fougeroux de Bondaroy published Recherches sur les ruins d'Herculanéum (1769), Art du tunnelier, and Mémoires sur la formation des os (1763).
In this collection are two volumes which pertain to his tour to Rome and Naples in 1763; there is one map in each volume.
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14 (1)Port de Civita Vecchia.
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[1763]. |
Size: 29.2 x 20.9 cm.
Colored.
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14 (2)Environs de Naples.
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[1763]. |
Size: 47.3 x 21.6 cm.
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(B: F8245) |
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15.Franklin, Benjamin. Papers.
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Franklin, perhaps Philadelphia's most important citizen during the eighteenth century, was in England at the time his house
was erected in Philadelphia; he directed its construction and furnishing through the post. His involvement in the development
of the city of Philadelphia and its environs is evident in the numerous sketches and maps within his papers.
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15 (1)[State House Square (later Independence Square), Philadelphia].
Cartographer:
Benjamin Franklin.
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[ca. 1732?]. |
Size: 31.8 x 38.1 cm.
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(974.811: P53.1) |
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Endorsed on the verso: "B— F—."
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15 (2)Plan of a tract of land belonging to Lawrence Growden and Langhorne Biles. Situate in the county of Bucks as the same was
divided into lots.
Cartographer:
Nicholas Scull.
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11 November 1743. |
Size: 31.7x20.3 cm.
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(B: F85, vol. 66, fol. 21) |
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15 (3)[Plan of Franklin Court property in Philadelphia].
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[1765]. |
Size: 37.1 x 23.5 cm.
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(B: F85, vol. 69, fol. 106) |
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15 (4)[Plan of Franklin Court property in Philadelphia].
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[1765]. |
Size: 37.1 x 23.5 cm.
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(B: F85, vol. 69, fol. 106) |
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16.Franklin, William. Papers.
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William Franklin, like many others, invested in the vast territories which lay beyond the settled boundaries of New York and
Pennsylvania. The maps in this collection pertain to such speculation.
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16 (1)Plan of Franklin Township containing 31,723 a[cres], 1 rod 34 p[erches] of land divided among the Proprietors into twelve
lots; viz, the River-lots containing 1,860 a[cres] . . . each, and the back or rear lots 3,426 a[cres] each. Copied from Robert
Lettis Hooper, Jr., plan dated in November 1770.
Cartographer:
Robert Lettis Hooper, Jr.
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[1770?] |
Scale: 1 inch =100 chains.
Size: 24.1 x 35.6 cm.
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(B: F861.27) |
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16 (2)A Plott of a tract of 69,000 acres of land (granted Feby 3d 1770 by letters patent to Charles Reade and others) in the county
of Tryon, . . . New York.
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[ca. 1770?]. |
Size: 47 x 37.5 cm.
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(B: F861.27) |
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The land is situated along the Susquehanna River. Annotated: "NB All the Lots on which no Quantity is mentioned contain 1000
Acres each with the usual allowance for High-Ways."
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17.Gauld, George. A general description of the sea-coasts, harbours, lakes, rivers, &c. of the province of West Florida.
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Gauld was the British Admiralty surveyor of West Florida in 1769. One of his associates was Thomas Hutchins, British surveyor
and Assistant Engineer in the British Army in North America. Hutchins surveyed areas ranging from Florida to the Indiana region,
and published some of his maps.
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17 (1)A sketch of the Middle River & Yellow River in West Florida ...
Cartographer:
Thomas Hutchins.
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1772. |
Size: 26.3 x 22.5 cm.
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(917.59: G23) |
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18.Goodrich, B. G. Survey notebook and maps.
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Goodrich was a surveyor who flourished during the middle of the nineteenth century. He worked in Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
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18 (1)Draft of land sold by Richard Doney to Chauncy Demming.
Engraver:
B. G. Goodrich.
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April 12th, 1854. |
Size of paper: 30.5 x 20.1 cm.
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18 (2)Lot of lands which Hugh Connor purchased of Abrm Brink.
Cartographer:
B. G. Goodrich.
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15 May 1856. |
Size: 21 x 16 cm.
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18 (3)McMullen survey for Aldens.
Cartographer:
B. G. Goodrich.
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July 1857. |
Size: 23 x 20 cm.
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18 (4)Draft of Oliver Stevenson's land and mill pond in Mount Pleasant.
Cartographer:
B. G. Goodrich.
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May 1859. |
Size: 58 x 43 cm.
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18 (5)Harvey D. Williams tract. Scott Township.
Cartographer:
B. G. Goodrich.
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1 October 1859. |
Size: 31 x 20 cm.
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18 (6)Bate Saw Mill.
Cartographer:
B. G. Goodrich.
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28 February 1863. |
Size: 31.5 x 20 cm.
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18 (7)David C. Boyd road.
Cartographer:
B. G. Goodrich.
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Size: 31 x 19.5 cm.
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18 (8)John Mung's land.
Cartographer:
B. G. Goodrich.
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n.d. |
Size: 17 x 13 cm.
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18 (9)Joseph Bodie's home farm. Dyberry Township, Wayne Co., Pa.
Cartographer:
B. G. Goodrich.
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n.d. |
Size: 27.5 x 22 cm.
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18 (10)Land sold by D. W. Manning to Christian Hartung.
Cartographer:
B. G. Goodrich.
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n.d. |
Size: 32 x 20 cm.
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18 (11)Patterson Hartshorn land.
Cartographer:
B. G. Goodrich.
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Size: 43 x 35 cm.
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(526.92: G62) |
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19.Hare-Willing Family. Papers.
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Thomas Willing and Robert Hare were prominent Philadelphians of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Willing was president
of the Bank of North America and Hare was perhaps the most famous of all Philadelphia chemists.
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19 (1)[Hare Street in Philadelphia, between the Schuylkill River and Darby Road].
Cartographer:
C. Hare.
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21 June 1852. |
Size: 20.3 x 31.7 cm.
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(Ms. Coll. #6, vol. 18) |
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19 (2)[Sault Ste. Marie].
Cartographer:
Horace Binney Hare.
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15 July 1872. |
Size: 20.9 x 13.3 cm.
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(Ms. Coll. #6) |
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20.Henry, Mathew Schropp. English-Lenni Lenape dictionary.
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Henry was interested in the American Indian and corresponded with members of the Society on the subject. Also, he compiled
an English-Lenni Lenape, Lenni Lenape-English dictionary. He drew the following maps, and carefully cited the original maps
from which these were taken. He then inserted Indian place names, etc. on them.
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20 (1)[Chesapeake Bay area].
Cartographer:
Mathew S. Henry.
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Size: 37.5 x 47 cm.
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20 (2)[Delaware Bay].
Cartographer:
Mathew S. Henry.
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Size: 21.6 x 19.7 cm.
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20 (3)Delaware Bay and River.
Cartographer:
Mathew S. Henry.
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Size: 47.6 x 21.6 cm.
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20 (4)[Delaware River].
Cartographer:
Mathew S. Henry.
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Size: 22.9 x 19.7 cm.
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20 (5)Discoveries and expeditions of Sir Walter Raleigh in America.
Cartographer:
Mathew S. Henry.
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Size: 15.9 x 20.3 cm.
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20 (6)[Long Island, New York].
Cartographer:
Mathew S. Henry.
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n.d. |
Size: 25.4 x 40 cm.
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20 (7)[Lower Delaware River].
Cartographer:
Mathew S. Henry.
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n.d. |
Size: 19.7 x 19 cm.
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(497.33: H39) |
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20 (8)Northampton County [Pennsylvania], showing Lenni Lenape names.
Cartographer:
Mathew S. Henry.
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Size: 68.6 x 55.9 cm.
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(649.757: 1752: N86efd) |
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21.Horsfield, Timothy. Papers.
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Horsfield, a justice of the peace at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was active in fighting the Indians in 1756. He worked closely
with Benjamin Franklin and the government at Philadelphia.
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21 (1)[Delaware River between Philadelphia and New Jersey].
Cartographer:
Robert Longshow.
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July 1742. |
Size: 38.6 x 31.7 cm.
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(974.8: H78, vol. 1, no. 5) |
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22.Jefferson, Thomas. Papers.
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Jefferson was the third president of the American Philosophical Society (1797-1814).
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22 (1)[Land surrounding] R. Carter's Pat[ent] for 400 acres.
Cartographer:
Thomas Jefferson.
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17 October 1790. |
Size: 20.3 x 30.5 cm.
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(B: J35.7) |
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Annotation: "The line which divides Rob. Carter's 400 a[cre]s between Mr. [John] Wayles and Carter H. Harrison (who purchased
the moiety) was run by Col. Carrington from Carter & Shelton's corner red oak to Willis' Creek S. 65 W. 272 po."
Jefferson sold his share of this land, which came to him through his wife, Martha Skelton, to Nicholas Lewis, and the indenture
which conveyed the land is with the map.
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23.Kane, Elisha Kent. Papers.
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A massive collection of Kane family papers was presented to the Library by descendants in 1967. Part of this collection was
the corpus of the papers of Elisha Kent Kane, who made two voyages searching for the lost English Arctic explorer, Sir John
Franklin. Sir John was not found, but Kane became a great hero to the American public due to his part in these searches.
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23 (1)[Melville Bay and surrounding area].
Cartographer:
Elisha Kent Kane.
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[1853-55]. |
Size: 60.4 x 73 cm.
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(172.3: 1853-1855: G895exp Large) |
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23 (2)[Base of Sylva Mountain, observatory and brig].
Cartographer:
Elisha Kent Kane.
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[1853-1855]. |
Draft.
Size: 44.8 x 63.4 cm.
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(172.3: 1853-1855: G895exp Large) |
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23 (3)Sylva Mountain, position of brigg and observatory.
Cartographer:
Elisha Kent Kane.
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[1853-1855]. |
Size: 18.3 x 20.8 cm.
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(172.3: 1853-1855: G895exp Large) |
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23 (4)[Unidentified].
Cartographer:
Elisha Kent Kane.
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[1853-1855]. |
Size: 44.8 x 63.4 cm.
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(172.3: 1853-1855: G895exp Large) |
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23 (5)Bolivia and Paraguay.
Cartographer:
Elisha Kent Kane.
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n.d. |
Size: 21.6 x 22.2 cm.
Colored.
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(B: K132) |
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23 (6)Bon Secour Bay.
Cartographer:
Elisha Kent Kane.
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n.d. |
Size: 25.4 x 19.7 cm.
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(B: K132) |
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23 (7)British Isles.
Cartographer:
Elisha Kent Kane.
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n.d. |
Size: 19.7 x 22.9 cm.
Colored.
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(B: K132) |
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23 (8)Map of Baffin's Bay.
Cartographer:
Elisha Kent Kane.
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n.d. |
Size: 24.1 x 19.7 cm.
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(B: K132) |
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23 (9)[Northernmost penetration of the first Kane expedition].
Cartographer:
Elisha Kent Kane.
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n.d. |
Size: 32.4 x 50.5 cm.
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(B: K132) |
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23 (10)Mobile Bay, Alabama.
Cartographer:
Elisha Kent Kane.
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n.d. |
Size: 25.4 x 19.7 cm.
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(B: K132) |
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23 (11)Mobile Bay, Alabama.
Cartographer:
Elisha Kent Kane.
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n.d. |
Size: 25.4 x 19.7 cm.
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(B: K132) |
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23 (12)[Six unidentified maps].
Cartographer:
Elisha Kent Kane.
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n.d. |
Sizes: various sizes.
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(B: K132) |
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24.Leconte, John Lawrence. Papers.
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LeConte was a physician who never practiced medicine. He became a great American authority in the field of entomology.
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24 (1)[Unidentified surveyor's exercise].
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n.d. |
Size: 53.9 x 33 cm.
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(B: L493) |
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This map contains such notes as: "Beginning at a Small rock & Black Oak," "Iron bolt in a rock where a mark'd red oak stood
opposite the old Mill," "marked hickory near the side of the creek," etc., with the "Turn Pike" and the stream clearly marked.
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25.Lee, Richard Henry. Papers.
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Lee, of the famous Lee family of Virginia, was a statesman, patriot, member of the Continental Congresses, and an avid worker
for colonial rights. Lee was the mover of the resolution for independence for the United States and later was a signer of
the Declaration of Independence.
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25 (1)[Fortifications of Boston Neck by the British].
Cartographer:
John Trumbull (?).
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n.d. |
Size: 39.5 x 32.1 cm.
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(B: L51 Oversize) |
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26.Lesley, J. Peter. Papers.
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(B: L56) |
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Lesley (1819-1903), a native Pennsylvanian and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, was an outstanding geologist.
He worked on the First and Second Geological Surveys of Pennsylvania where he earned the approval of Henry Darwin Rogers.
Although ordained a minister, he retired and undertook the supervision of the Second Pennsylvania Geological Survey. He wrote
and published many papers on various scientific subjects and was an original member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of
Philadelphia. His interest in the American Philosophical Society was deep; he worked actively in his roles of Secretary and
Librarian of the Society.
There are ca. 300 maps in this collection, generally small, and in journals and field notebooks. Since they are so numerous
and small (pertaining to a discrete aspect of a geological problem), they are not separately listed in this guide.
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27.Lewis, Meriwether. Journal.
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Lewis was the leader of the famous Lewis and Clark expedition which explored the Missouri River, across the Rocky Mountains,
and the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean. After President Jefferson appointed him leader of the expedition, Lewis travelled
on the eastern seaboard to prepare for the trip. This journal of his trip down the Ohio River where he joined William Clark
contains some sketches and two small maps.
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27 (1)[Form of an island].
Cartographer:
Meriwether Lewis.
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20 November 1803. |
Size: 20.3 x 12 cm.
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27 (2)[Form of river islands].
Cartographer:
Meriwether Lewis.
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21 November 1803. |
Size: 20.3 x 12 cm.
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(917.3: L58p) |
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28.Lewis, Meriwether, and William Clark. Journals.
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The most famous of the United States exploring expeditions was the one led by Meriwether Lewis and his associate, William
Clark. Thomas Jefferson had long hoped to have an exploration made of the trans-Mississippi River West and projected this
trip to go up the Missouri River, across the Rocky Mountains, to the Pacific Ocean. When the Louisiana Purchase was made the
need for such a trip became even more important. The expedition left St. Louis in May 1804 and returned in September 1806.
The importance of this well-executed and well-planned expedition was enormous: it opened vast territories to the United States
and its influence on the West is incalculable.
The original journals of the expedition are in the Library.
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28 (1)[Mississippi River and St. Peters River confluence].
Cartographer:
William Clark.
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[1804-1805]. |
Size: 20.3 x 12 cm.
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(917.3: L58 Codex C, p. 255) |
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28 (2)Draught of the Falls and Portage. [Missouri River, Great Falls].
Cartographer:
Meriwether Lewis.
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July 1805. |
Size: 40.6 x 12 cm.
Colored.
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(917.3: L58 Codex E, pp. 132-33) |
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28 (3)No. 1. Great Falls of River.
Cartographer:
William Clark.
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October 1805. |
Size: 20.3 x 12.7 cm.
Colored.
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(917.3: L58 Codex H) |
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28 (4)[Columbia River].
Cartographer:
William Clark.
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18 October 1805. |
Size: 12 x 20.3 cm.
Colored.
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(917.3: L58 Codex H, p. 33) |
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28 (5)No. 3 [Columbia River, Great Rapids].
Cartographer:
William Clark.
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October 1805. |
Size: 20.3 x 12 cm.
Colored.
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(917.3: L58 Codex H, p. 4) |
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28 (6)No. 2. A Sketch of the Long and Short Narrows of the Columbia River.
Cartographer:
William Clark.
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October 1805. |
Size: 40.6 x 12 cm.
Colored.
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(917.3: L58 Codex H, pp. 2-3) |
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28 (7)[Cape Disappointment, Washington].
Cartographer:
William Clark.
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January 1806. |
Size: 20.3 x 12 cm.
Colored.
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(917.3: L58 Codex I, p. 152) |
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28 (8)Point Adams.
Cartographer:
Meriwether Lewis.
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[December 1805]. |
Size: 16.5 x 9.5 cm.
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(917.3: L58 Codex Ia, p. 7) |
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28 (9)[Mult-no-mah River and confluence].
Cartographer:
Meriwether Lewis.
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4 April 1806. |
Size: 20.3 x 12 cm.
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(917.3: L58 Codex K, p. 28) |
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28 (10)[Chopunnish Indian sketch map of Snake River].
Cartographer:
William Clark.
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[1806]. |
Size: 40.6 x 12 cm.
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(917.3: L58 Codex M, pp. 1-2) |
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28 (11)[Clark's River to the Missouri-Medicine confluence].
Cartographer:
William Clark.
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September 1808. |
Size: 40.6 x 12 cm.
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(917.3: L58 Codex N, pp. 149-150) |
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28 (12)[Multonomah River (fragment)].
Cartographer:
William Clark.
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n.d. |
Size: 35.6 x 9.5 cm.
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(917.3: L58 Vol. VIII) |
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28 (13)[Fort Osage (draft)].
Cartographer:
William Clark.
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[1808]. |
Size: 10.2 x 16.5 cm.
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(917.3: L58c) |
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28 (14)[River basin].
Cartographer:
William Clark.
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6-10 January 1806. |
Size: 10.8 x 16.5 cm.
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(917.3: L58.cl) |
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29.Lindsay, John, earl of Crawford. Military journals and papers.
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These maps are in four volumes of the papers of British soldier John Lindsay, earl of Crawford and Lindsay (1702-1749). A
Scotsman, he fought all over Europe. He was a captain in the British army and was permitted to join the Imperial army under
Prince Eugene. In 1738 he received the rank of general from the Czarina Anna and fought against the Turks. He returned to
the imperial forces and continued to fight until the Peace of London of 1748. Much of these manuscript volumes, other than
the maps, were reproduced by Richard Rolt, Memoirs of the life of the Right. Hon. John Lindsay, Earl oj Crawford and Lindsay (London: 1753) and an 1843 three-volume edition contains the same. Many of the maps are not reproduced in these volumes,
due doubtlessly to the expense involved.
The maps were drawn by Henry Kopp, secretary and draughtsman for Lord Crawford. They are inscribed to George II, king of England;
Lord Loudoun, etc. The volumes are titled: 1. Miscellaneous papers relating to the wars in Europe, 1681-1737; 2. Journal of
a campaign with the Russian army against Turkey, 1739; 3. Journal of a voyage from the Thames to Russia, and of campaigning
with the Russian army, 1738-1739.
The actual dates on which the maps were drawn is conjectural. These volumes were most probably prepared for Earl Crawford
between 1743 and 1747 so they could be better seen and studied in the family's muniment room.
The volumes were once the property of Benjamin Franklin and were purchased at the sale of his library in 1803.
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VOLUME 1.
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Account of some campaigns of the British Army from 1689 to 1712, and journal of a campaign under Prince Eugene on the Upper
Rhine.
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29 (1)Plan & situation du Rhin et de ses environs jusque'au [sic] Coblenz. . . .
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 175.9 x 85.7 cm.
Colored.
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(940: M68) |
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29 (2)Plan & situation du Camp . . . entre les Villages Sertzenich & Trierweiller.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 33.6 x 23.5 cm.
Colored.
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(940: M68) |
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29 (3)Plan & situation du Camp de l'Infant; Imper[ator]; et Auxil; près d'Ering. . . .
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 23.5 x 31.1 cm.
Colored.
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(940: M68) |
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29 (4)Plan & situation du Camp de Bicon.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 35.6 x 25.4 cm.
Colored.
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(940: M68) |
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29 (5)Plan & situation du Camp des Imper[ator]: le long de la Rivier Salme entre les villages Ribnich & Salmerohr.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 34.3 x 24.1 cm., with insert: 19 x 17.1 cm.
Colored.
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(940: M68) |
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29 (6)[De Vauban's design for fortification].
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 22.9 x 36.8 cm.
Colored.
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(940: M68) |
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29 (7)[Baron de Cochorn's design for fortification(?)].
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 22.9 x 36.8 cm.
Colored.
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(940: M68) |
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29 (8)[Imperial troops near Mayence].
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 38.7 x 27.3 cm.
Colored.
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(940: M68) |
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29 (9)Plan & situation du Camp de Bingen. . . .
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 39.4 x 26 cm.
Colored.
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(940: M68) |
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29 (10)Plan & situation du Camp des Imper[ator]: près de Bretzenheim sur La Nahe.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 35 x 24.8 cm.
Colored.
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(940: M68) |
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29 (11)Plan & situation du Camp des Imper[ator]: près de Durrenbach.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 35 x 23.5 cm.
Colored.
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(940: M68) |
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29 (12)Plan & situation du Camp des Camp des Allies près de Simmern.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 34.2 x 24.8 cm.
Colored.
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(940: M68) |
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29 (13)Plan & situation du Camp des Imper[ator]; près de Hirschfeld.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 35 x 22.9 cm.
Colored.
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(940: M68) |
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29 (14)Plan & situation du Camp près de Monsfeld.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 33 x 22.9 cm.
Colored.
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(940: M68) |
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29 (15)Plan & situation du Camp près de Muhlheim.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 35.6 x 25.4 cm.
Colored.
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(940: M68) |
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VOLUME 2.
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[Journal of a campaign with the Russian army against Turkey, 1737-1739].
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29 (16)[Battle formation outside Pelegrad].
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 26.7 x 19.7 cm.
Colored.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (17)Plan von der Ordre de Bataille wie solche bey Krozka den 30 Juny 1737 . . .
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 36.2 x 24.1 cm.
Colored.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (18)Lager bey Kollar.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 22.2 x 36.8 cm.
Colored.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (19)Lager zwischen Kirsna und Losanitz . . .
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 22.2 x 36.8 cm.
Colored.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (20)Lager bey Lipoda.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 22.2 x 36.8 cm.
Colored.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (21)Lager bey Lapova.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 22.9 x 35.6 cm.
Colored.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (22)[Battle formation (?) outside Pataschin].
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 26.7 x 19.7 cm.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (23)[Battle formation outside Jagodina].
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 26.7 x 19.7 cm.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (24)[Encampment].
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 25.4 x 19.7 cm.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (25)Lager bey Schapeljack.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 22.2 x 36.8 cm.
Colored.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (26)[Morara River near Zwornec]k.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 19 x 26.7 cm.
Colored.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (27)Lager bey Wresina.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[ 1743-47]. |
Size: 23.5 x 36.8 cm.
Colored.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (28)Gros Vizier Berg oder Konigsfeld . . .
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 25.4 x 19.7 cm.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (29)[Fort].
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 26.7 x 20.9 cm.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (30)[Town of Nissa (?)].
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 23.5 x 36.2 cm.
Colored.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (31)[Road].
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 36.8 x 47 cm.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (32)Lager bey Pesniza.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 22.9 x 36.2 cm.
Colored.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (33)Plan von der Palanka Krujowatz.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 22.9 x 36.8 cm.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (34)Lager bey Desternick.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 25.4 x 20.3 cm.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (35)Feld Lager bey Ozaizack . . . 1737.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 22.9 x 36.2 cm.
Colored.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (36)Feld Lager bey Lupit, 22 September 1737.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 27.3 x 19.7 cm.
Colored.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (37)Situation nebst der Palancka von Czazack.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 26.7 x 20.9 cm.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (38)Lager bey Sabatz.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 22.9 x 36.2 cm.
Colored.
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(947: J82) |
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29 (39)Plan der action zwischen Cornia and Carischa, 23 June - 4 July 1738.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 88.9 x 40.6 cm.
Colored.
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(947: J82) |
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Attached is: Plan von der Schantze zu Mehadia . . .
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VOLUME 3, PART 1.
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Journal of a voayage from the Thames to Russia and of campaign with the Russian army [spine title].
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29 (40)[Theatre of war between Russian Imperial army and the Turks and Tartars, 1736 and 1737 (Crimea)].
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 191.8 x 47.6 cm.
Colored, on printed map.
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(947: L64, pt. 1) |
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29 (41)Ordre de bataille de l'Armée Principate de sa Majesté Impériale de toutes les Russies.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 67.3 x 45.1 cm.
Colored.
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(947: L64, pt. 1) |
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29 (42)Plan of the operations of the Russian Army upon the banks of the Dneister . . . 1738.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 143.5 x 50.8 cm., with 8.9 cm.-high title piece.
Colored.
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(947: L64, pt. 1) |
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29 (43)[Town of Essek (?)].
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 72.4 x 52.1 cm.
Colored.
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(947: L64, pt. 1) |
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29 (44)Plan von Peterwardein.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 105.4 x 63.5 cm.
Colored.
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(947: L64, pt. 1) |
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29 (45)Order of battle of His Imperiale Majestys Army in Hungary commanded by . . . Konigseck.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 173.4 x 46.4 cm.
Colored.
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(947: L64, pt. 2) |
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29 (46)[Belgrade].
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 52 x 35.6 cm.
Colored.
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(947: L64, pt. 2) |
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29 (47)Demolition de Panzowa (Pancevo).
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 24.8 x 43.8 cm.
Colored.
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(947: L64, pt. 2) |
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29 (48)Plan van Temesewar.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 69.2 x 56.5 cm.
Colored.
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(947: L64, pt. 2) |
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29 (49)Plan und project von Temesewar.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 69.2 x 56.5 cm.
Colored.
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(947: L64, pt. 2) |
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29 (50)Plan von Banjalucka. . . .
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 74.3 x 22.9 cm.
Colored.
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(947: L64, pt. 2) |
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29 (51)Plan von der Haupt Festung Commoren.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 94.6 x 64.1 cm.
Colored.
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(947: L64, pt. 2) |
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29 (52)Plan der Festung Ratsche.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 38 x 26 cm.
Colored.
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(947: L64, pt. 2) |
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29 (53)Plan der Kay Vestung und Insul Orsova.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 216.5 x 66.7 cm.
Colored.
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(947: L64, pt. 2) |
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29 (54)Plan de redoute der Insul Orsova gegenuber.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 64.8 x 47 cm.
Colored.
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(947: L64, pt. 2) |
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29 (55)Vestung Bender.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 58.4 x 45.7 cm.
Colored.
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(947: L64, pt. 2) |
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29 (56)Plan de la vielle et nouvelle fortification de la ville d'Oczakov.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 71.8 x 49.5 cm.
Colored.
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(947: L64, pt. 2) |
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29 (57)Project pour fortifier la ville de Belgrade.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 89.5 x 62.9 cm.
Colored.
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(947: L64, pt. 2) |
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29 (58)Projet de Monsieur le General de Wutquinaw pour fortifier Belgrade.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 45.1 x 29.8 cm.
Colored.
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(947: L64, pt. 2) |
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29 (59)Profil von Belgrade.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 72.4 x 50.2 cm.
Colored.
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(947: L64, pt. 2) |
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29 (60)Plan of the battle of Krotska in the year 1739.
Cartographer:
Henry Kopp.
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[1743-47]. |
Size: 89.5 x 57.8 cm.
Colored.
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(947: L64, pt. 2) |
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30.Lyman, Benjamin Smith. Papers.
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(B: L982) |
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Lyman studied geology and mining engineering in France and in Germany. He worked with J. Peter Lesley in the Second Geological
Survey of Pennsylvania, and later worked on the Iowa Geological Survey. Lyman was surveyor of the coal fields of Cape Breton
Island and Nova Scotia and of the gold fields of California, and he worked on many other geological and topographical surveys
in the United States. He worked for several years in Japan, having been appointed general geologist and mining engineer for
the empire in 1873.
There are approximately forty maps in this huge collection, and most of them date from the time of Lyman's work in Japan.
The few maps that can be identified pertain to the Tootoomi oilfield, the Ani mines, and the Magama area.
Provenance:
Deposited by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1942.
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31.Malesherbes, Chretian Guillaume de Lamoignon de. Voyage en Angleterre, 3 April-27 May 1785.
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Malesherbes was a French statesman and politician who was interested in agriculture and botany. In a diary kept during a tour
of England in 1785 he wrote an eight-page description of the Blenheim Palace grounds, which includes this map.
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31 (1)[Blenheim Palace grounds].
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30 April 1785. |
Size: 24.8 x 18.4 cm.
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(B: M291, p. 108) |
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32.Individually Catalogued Manuscript Maps (Not in Collections)
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Although most of the Library's manuscript maps are parts of collections, there are almost one hundred individual manuscript
maps which were catalogued and filed with the Library's collection of printed maps.
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32 (1)Plot of adjusted survey [of] Moravian road: Authorized: Court of Quarter-Sessions, New Town [Pennsylvania], June 11, 1747.
Cartographer:
Thomas Craig, George Gray, and Robert Greeg.
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1747. |
Photograph, July 1963.
Size: 26 x 34.4 cm.
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(649: 1747: P376mor Small) |
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Annotated: "From the King's road near Bethlehem to the Mahoning Creek passing near the Healing Waters beyond the Blue Mountain."
See: John Robert Connelly, "Independent confirmation of the magnetic declination 1737-1738" (typescript, 2 pp., 1963).
Provenance:
Presented by John Robert Connelly, December 1964.
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32 (2)Northampton County [Pennsylvania].
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1752. |
Scale: 1 inch = 5 mi.
Size: 66 x 68 cm.
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(649.757: 1752: N816efd Large) |
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Note: This map is actually an 1854 copy of a 1752 map. Includes also the following counties: Lehigh, Schuylkill, Columbia,
Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Luzerne, Wyoming, Bradford, Susquehanna, and Wayne. See: A. D. Chidsey, Jr., The Penn patents in the forks of the Delaware. Easton, Pa.: John S. Correll: 1937 (929.4: H39).
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32 (3)[Middle Atlantic states, showing rivers and mountains and location of sea shells on the tops of the mountains].
Cartographer:
John Bartram.
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[1750s] |
Size: 31 x 38 cm.
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(650: [ca.1750s]: At61mvc Small) |
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As early as 1741, John Bartram sent some fossil sea shells to Sir Hans Sloan; other shells were sent to his London friend
Peter Collinson in 1742. He wrote to Collinson in 1743 or 1744 that he had observed such fossils everywhere, "even on the
top of the mountain that separates the waters of Susquehanna and St. Lawrence." (William Darlington, Memorials of John Bartram and Humphry Marshall [Philadelphia: 1849], p. 169.) Bartram was used to making rough maps of his travels and he made no pretense of being a competent
surveyor. He apologized to Collinson for a map which he said was "Clumsily done, —having neither proper instruments nor convenient
time," since he was drawing by the early light of dawn or by candlelight.
Franklin wrote his friend Jared Eliot on 16 July 1747 of Bartram's discoveries:
The great Apalachian Mountains, which run from York [Hudson] River back of these Colonies to the Bay of Mexico, show in many
Places near the highest Parts of them, Strata Sea Shells, in some Places the marks of them are in the solid Rocks. 'Tis certainly
the Wreck of a World we live on! We have Specimens of those Sea shell Rocks broken off near the Tops of those Mountains, brought and
deposited in our Library [the Library Company of Philadelphia] as Curiosities. If you have not seen the like, I'll send you
a Piece. (The Papers of Benjamin Franklin [New Haven: Yale University Press: 1961], vol. 3, p. 169.)
The endorsement on the back reads, in Franklin's hand: "Mr. Bartram's Map very curious."
Provenance:
Presented by Benjamin Franklin.
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32 (4)Pennsylvania.
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[ca. 1765]. |
Photostat in 4 pieces.
Size: 86.1 x 102.4 cm.
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(649: [ca.1765]: P376pmj Small) |
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32 (5)West Florida, part of E. Florida, Georgia, part of So. Carolina including . . . Chactaw, Chickasaw & Creek nations with [
] Pensacola through ye Creek nation 16 August & Charles Stuart . . . superintendent of Indian affairs.
Cartographer:
Bernard Romans and David Taitt.
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[ca. 1772]. |
30 sectional photostats.
Size: 120 x 90 cm.
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(636.5: [ca. 1772]: St97fLa Book map) |
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32 (6)Sketch of the action on the heights of Charles Town 17 June 1775, between his magestys troops under the command of M. General
Howe & a large body of American rebel's.
Cartographer:
Henry de Berniere and H. Dearborn.
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1775. |
Size: 34.7 x 51.2 cm.
Colored.
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(644: 1775: D325 chm Small) |
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Annotated: "The parts in red are corrections of the original by Maj. Gen. Dearborn."
The signature of J. V. N. Throop is on the map. Printed version is in the same folder.
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32 (7)[Maps of Lake Superior and the Canadian Lakes].
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[ca. 1775-1777]. |
Four maps on one folio sheet.
Size: 37 x 22.8 cm.
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(626.2: 1777: Su77mcp Small) |
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The sheet contains the following maps (No. 1 is not present):
"No. 2. From map of North America by Eman Brown, geog. to his majesty, 1775; in Jefferey's atlas of 1776."
"No. 3. Map of North America from d'Anville published by Sayer & others. London 1775; in Jefferey's atlas of 1776."
"No. 4. Map of the British empire by Samuel Dunn; published by Robert Sayer, 1774, London in Jefferey's atlas."
"No. 5. From a map of the British colonies in North America; engraved by William Faden, 1777."
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32 (8)A collection of plans &c. &c. &c. in the province of New Jersey.
Cartographer:
J. Hills, Grant, A. Sutherland, B. Morgan, A. Dennis, Rue, A. B. Dunhan, Taylor, Skinner, I. Williams, T. Milliadge and J.
Fisher.
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1777-1782 |
15 maps. Reproductions.
Sizes: Various.
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(648: 1777-1782: H55c Small) |
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Reprinted from the originals in the Library of Congress for the Portolan Press by the Meriden Gravure Company, 1976.
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32 (9)[Plan of Yorktown, Virginia, depicting the armies when Cornwallis surrendered].
Cartographer:
Sebastian Bauman.
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22-28 October 1781. |
3 pieces (preliminary drafts).
Sizes of paper: 44.3 x 56.8 cm; 31.7 x 43.5 cm; 30.5 x 43.7 cm.
Colored.
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(654: 1781: B321ytv Small) |
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The disposition of the troops and fleets are carefully delineated. This map was published in Philadelphia in 1782.
Provenance:
Presented by Richard Randolph, 7 October 1831.
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32 (10)Les deux parties française et espagnol de St. Domingue réduites en triangles, lieues marines carrées et carraux de cent pas
sur cent d'après la carte gravée sur une plus grande échelle . . . Madrid.
Cartographer:
Juan Lopez.
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1784. |
Scale: 50 Lieues marines de 2851½ toises chacune ou 4888 2/7 Pas.
Size: 32.6 x 37.9 cm.
Colored.
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(724: 1784: L885fed Small) |
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Annotated: "Explication des base, perpendiculaire et surface de chaque triangle: Calcul des deux parties de St. Domingue et
islots adjacents: Résultat en lieues marines carrées et en carrouse de cent pas carrés."
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32 (11)Mapa de las cerc de Mexico que comprehende todos sus lugares y rios, las lagunos de Tescuco, Chalco, Xochimiles, Ste. Christobal
Zumpago . . .
Cartographer:
Juan Lopez.
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1785. |
Scale: Leguas de une hora de camino a de 20 al grada.
Size: 37.2 x 40 cm.
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(707: 1785: L885mmr Small) |
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This map contains the names of the lagoons, rivers, mountains, towns, etc.
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32 (12)[Parts of Glynn and McIntosh counties, Georgia, showing the Alatamaha and Mud Rivers, Buttermilk Sound and Hampton Creek.
1786?].
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[1786?] |
Size of paper: 38 x 48.1 cm.
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(658.751: 1786?: G293arg Small) |
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32 (13)Maryland. Taken principally from Fry and Jefferson.
Cartographer:
Fry and Jefferson.
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1793. |
Scale: 69½ miles to a degree.
Size: 32.6 x 41.9 cm.
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(652: 1793: M365mfj Small) |
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This map contains far more settlements and better definition of streams than the 1751 map by Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson.
The inset shows Alleganey ridge.
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32 (14)The [state of] New Jersey according to the best authorities.
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1793. |
Scale: 1 degree = 69½ British miles.
Size: 59 x 21.5 cm.
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(648: 1793: N466suj Large) |
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A note in the folder reads: "Nota Bene. This map should be used with discretion for the following reasons. . . ." See also
information furnished by Lewis M. Haupt, 16 March 1917 (typescript with the maps).
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32 (15)Carta esférica de las costas de la Nueva Galicia, reconocida desde el surgidero de Mazatlan asta el Cava Corrientes.
Cartographer:
José Maria Narvaez.
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1795. |
Size: 50.8 x 35.5 cm.
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(706.2: 1795: N176ngm Small) |
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Narvaez was "Primer Pilato de la Marina Nacional."
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32 (16)[Map showing parts of the intendencias of Vera Cruz, Yucatan, Chiapas, Oaxaca, etc., reaching from the Gulf of Mexico to the
Gulf of Tehuantepec].
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[ca. 1795]. |
Scale: 2 cm. = 5 leagues.
Size: 38.3 x 43.4 cm.
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(707: ca.1795: M575tco Small) |
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Annotated: "Los grados de Longitud y Latitud se han Pueste seguin el calculo de Baron de Homboldt."
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32 (17)[Map showing the area between Guadalaxxara and Salamanca, Mexico].
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[ca. 1795]. |
Size: 40 x 43.5 cm.
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(706: [ca.1795]: M575gsm Small) |
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32 (18)[Mexico: showing parts of the states from Vera Cruz to Toluca, with the bishoprics of Oaxaca to the south and the archbishopric
of Mexico and the bishopric of Puebla to the west: also, "Partidos" of Antiqua, Zalape, Mizantla, Cordova, Cosamaluapan, Tehuacan,
Haujapa, Tepixi de la Seda, Tepeaca, Orizava, Los Llanos, Tezuitlan, Telela y Xonotla and Zacatlan].
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[ca. 1795]. |
Scale: Escala de [docc?] leguas.
Size: 44.6 x 63.5 cm.
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(708: [ca.1795]: M575vms Large) |
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32 (18-a)State of Massachusetts. Compiled from the best authorities.
Cartographer:
Samuel Lewis.
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[1795]. |
Scale: 1 degree = 69½ miles.
Size: 37 x 49.4 cm.
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(644: [1795]: L585smc Large) |
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The American Philosophical Society Transactions (vol. 6) state that Carey presented the "Materials from which Guthrie's Geography were compiled." This is one of those maps.
See: William Guthrie, The general atlas for Carey's edition of his geography improved. (Philadelphia: Carey: 1795). Wheat: 213
See: M. Carey, Carey's American atlas. Philadelphia: Carey, 1796, no. 5.
Provenance:
Provenance:Presented by Mathew Carey, 18 October 1805.
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32 (19)The state of Virginia from the best authorities. Engraved for Carey's edition of Guthrie's geography, improved.
Cartographer:
S. Lewis.
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[1795]. |
Scale: 1 degree = 69½ American miles.
Size: 34.4 x 53.1 cm.
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(654: [1795]: L585vcg Large) |
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Adapted from the map of Virginia in the general atlas for Carey's edition of Guthrie's geography improved (Philadelphia: Carey, 1795). See also: Notes on the state of Virginia, by Thomas Jefferson. 3rd American edition. (New York: M.L. & W.A. Davis, for Furman & Loudon: 1801).
The American Philosophical Society Transactions (vol. 6) state that Mathew Carey presented the "Materials from which Guthrie's Geography was compiled," on 18 October 1805.
This is part of that gift. Wheat: 568
Provenance:
Provenance:Presented by Mathew Carey, 18 October 1805.
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32 (20)The Waldo patent.
Cartographer:
Osgood Carleton.
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[ca. 1795]. |
Scale: 1 inch = 3 miles.
Size: 105.7 x 73.1 cm.
Colored.
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(641: [ca. 1795]: W149wpm Large) |
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32 (21)Map of the Tennassee government, formerly part of North Carolina. Taken chiefly from surveys by Gen. D. Smith & others.
Cartographer:
David Smith.
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[1795]. |
2 pieces.
Scale: 1 inch = 14 miles.
Size: 33.7 x 83.7 cm.
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(662: [1795]: Sm5.3 Small) |
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Knoxville and Nashville are shown, as well as public roads, Indian boundaries, Indian towns, etc. The width of the river is
in yards.
The American Philosophical Society Transactions (vol. 6) state that Mathew Carey presented the "Materials from which Guthrie's Geography was compiled," on 18 October 1805.
This is part of that gift.
Provenance:
Provenance:Presented by Mathew Carey, 18 October 1805.
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32 (21a)A map of the Tennasee government, formerly part of North Carolina, taken chiefly from surveys by Gen[era]l D. Smith & others.
Cartographer:
D. Smith.
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[1795]. |
Scale: 1 inch = 22 miles.
Size: 24.4 x 53.5 cm.
Colored.
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(662: [1795]: Sm5.1 Large) |
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See also an engraving of the above by "J.T. Scott, Sculp" that was "engraved for Carey's American edition of Guthrie's geography
improved." There are numerous manuscript notations on this printed map.
The American Philosophical Society Transactions (vol. 6) state that Mathew Carey presented the "Materials from which Guthrie's Geography was compiled," on 18 October 1805.
This is part of that gift. See: William Guthrie, The general atlas for Carey's edition of his geography improved. (Philadelphia: Carey, 1795). Wheat: 650
Provenance:
Provenance.Presented by Mathew Carey, 18 October 1805.
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32 (22)[Map of western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio showing the locations of early Indian paths & towns of the Christian Indian
missions . . . between 1772 & 1787 . . . by John G. E. Heckewelder in 1796.] Reproduced and copyrighted by the Western Reserve
Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio: 1968.
Cartographer:
John G. E. Heckewelder.
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1796 |
Size: 33.4 x 59.7 cm.
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(649: 1796: H365paoh Large) |
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Facsimile of an original manuscript.
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32 (23)The state of Pennsylvania. Reduced (with permission) from Reading Howell's large map.
Cartographer:
Reading Howell and Samuel Lewis.
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[ca. 1796]. |
Scale: 1 degree = 69½ American miles.
Size: 29.6 x 47.1 cm.
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(649: [ca.1796]: L585rhm Large) |
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The American Philosophical Society Transactions (vol. 6) state that Mathew Carey presented the "Materials from which Guthrie's Geography was compiled," on 18 October 1805.
This is part of that gift. Wheat: 448
Provenance:
Presented by Mathew Carey, 18 October 1805.
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32 (24)The state of Rhode Island; compiled from the surveys and observations of Caleb Harris.
Cartographer:
Caleb Harris and Harding Harris.
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[1796]. |
Scale: 1 inch = 4½ miles.
Size: 35.4 x 24.3 cm.
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(645: [1796]: H243ri Small) |
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The American Philosophical Society Transactions (vol. 6) state that Mathew Carey presented the "Materials from which Guthrie's Geography was compiled," on 18 October 1805.
This is part of that gift. Wheat: 250
Provenance:
Presented by Mathew Carey, 18 October 1805.
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32 (25)Carte de la partie Française de l'isle de St. Domingue.
Cartographer:
G. J. Bois St. Lys.
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[1800]. |
Scale: 5 cm. = 10 toises.
Size: 44 x 55.2 cm.
Colored.
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(725: [1800]: Sa27fsd Small) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
Information about G. J. Bois St. Lys and the significance of these maps may be found in James E. McClellan, Colonialism and science in the old regime: the case of Saint Domingue (forthcoming).
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32 (26)Carte de l'isle de Cuba, comprenant les jurisdictions de Philippine, de la Havane, des quatre Bourgs, de la ville de St. Marie
du Port au Prince, de Bayamo et de St. Yago do Cuba, desinée d'après celle de Dn Juan Lopez, . . . par G. J. Bois St. Lys.
Cartographer:
Juan Lopez and G. J. Bois St. Lys.
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1800. |
Scale: 20 lieues marines au dégré.
Size: 49.2 x 89.6 cm.
Colored.
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(723: 1800: S27phs Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (27)Carte de l'isle de la Gonave et de la côte depuis la baye de l'Artibonite jusqu'à celle des Baradaires dans l'isle de St.
Domingue.
Cartographer:
G. Bois St. Lys.
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1800. |
Size: 57.7 x 88.9 cm.
Colored.
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(725: 1800: Sa27arf Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (28)Carte de l'isle de Puerto Rico. Réduite d'après celle de Dn. Thos. Lopez . . . par Georges Jh. Bois St. Lys.
Cartographer:
Don Thomas Lopez and Georges Jh. Bois St. Lys.
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1800. |
Scale: Echelle de dix lieues Marines, de vingt au dégré.
Size of paper: 54.3 x 100 cm.
Colored.
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(728: 1800: Sa27cd Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (29)Carte de l'isle de St. Domingue.
Cartographer:
G. J. Bois St. Lys.
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1800. |
Scale: Lieues marines de vingt au dégré.
Size: 49.6 x 90.3 cm.
Colored.
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(724: 1800: S27std Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (29-a)[Chart of the coast of southern Florida, the Bahamas and Cuba].
Cartographer:
J. J. de Ferrer.
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[ca. 1800]. |
Size: 44.2 x 66.3 cm.
Colored.
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(659: [ca. 1800]: F373cfc Large) |
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32 (30)A map of part of Onondaga Lake, and its vicinity, in the state of New York. From actual survey.
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[ca. 1800]. |
Scale: 1 inch = 765⅙ yards.
Size: 27.5 x 40.5 cm.
Colored.
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(647: [ca. 1800]: On66ol Small) |
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32 (31)[Pennsylvania].
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[ca. 1800]. |
Scale: 1 inch = 15 miles.
Size: 30.6 x 51.8 cm.
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(649: [ca. 1800]: P376pen Large) |
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Annotated: "Explanation: County towns, villages, forges & mills, houses, roads & portages, roads to be opened & improved on
the straightest line practicable."
Northumberland and Allegany Counties occupy a disproportionately large area of the state.
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32 (32)Plan de la baye de Dame Marie dans l'isle de St. Domingue. Fait et réduit par G. J. Bois St. Lys ... pour M. E. Stevens.
Cartographer:
Georges Bois St. Lys.
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1800. |
Scale: 2.9 cm. = 100 toises.
Size: 53.3 x 64.7 cm.
Colored.
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(725: 1800: Sa27dmd Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (33)Plan de la baye de l'Acul dans la partie du nord de l'isle de Saint Domingue. Fait et réduit par G. J. Bois St. Lys ... pour
Mr E. Stevens, Consul G[ener]al.
Cartographer:
Georges Bois St. Lys.
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1800. |
Scale: 2.4 cm. = 300 toises.
Size: 53.3 x 63.9 cm.
Colored.
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(725: 1800: Sa27acu Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (34)Plan de la baye de Samana dans l'isle de St. Domingue. Fait par A. P. Advenier de Breuilly.
Cartographer:
A. P. Advenier de Breuilly.
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1800. |
Scale: Cinq lieues de trois milles chacune.
Size: 55.3 x 99 cm.
Colored.
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(725: 1800: Ad11brd Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (35)Plan de la baye des Irois dans l'isle de St. Domingue. Fait et réduit par G. J. Bois St. Lys ... pour M. E. Stevens, Consul
G[ener]al.
Cartographer:
Georges Bois St. Lys.
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1800. |
Scale: 2 cm. = 100 toises.
Size: 53.5 x 64.5 cm.
Colored.
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(725: 1800: Sa27iro Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (36)Plan de la baye d'Ocoa dans l'isle de St. Domingue. Fait par A. P. Advenier de Breuilly.
Cartographer:
A. P. Advenier de Breuilly.
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1800. |
Scale: 1.9 cm. = 400 toises.
Size: 59.4 x 95.3 cm.
Colored.
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(725: 1800: Ad11sdo Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (37)Plan de la baye et du bourg de Tiburon dans l'isle de St. Domingue.
Cartographer:
Georges Bois St. Lys.
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1800. |
Scale: 7 cm. = 500 toises.
Size: 39.7 x 56.5 cm.
Colored.
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(725: [ca.1800]: Sa27bbt Small) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (38)Plan de la baye, ville et forts de St. Yago dans l'isle de Cuba. Fait et réduit par G. J. Bois St. Lys.
Cartographer:
G. J. Bois St. Lys.
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1800. |
Scale: 2.2 cm. = 200 toises.
Size: 48.1 x 63.4 cm.
Colored.
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(723: 1800: S27dsy Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (39)Plan de la ville des Cayes dans l'isle de St. Domingue.
Cartographer:
G. J. Bois St. Lys.
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1800. |
Scale: 1.3 cm. = 50 toises.
Size: 41.7 x 50.1 cm.
Colored.
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(725: [1800]: Sa27pvc Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (40)Plan de la ville de Jeremie et de ses environs.
Cartographer:
G. J. Bois St. Lys.
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[1800]. |
Scale: 2.8 cm. = 50 toises.
Size: 46 x 47.3 cm.
Colored.
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(725: [1800]: Sa27pvj Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (41)Plan de la ville de St. Marc dans l'isle de St. Domingue.
Cartographer:
Georges Bois St. Lys.
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[ca. 1800]. |
Scale: 2.6 cm. = 560 toises.
Size: 43.7 x 60.1 cm.
Colored.
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(725: [ca.1800]: Sa27pvm Small) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (42)Plan de la ville de Santo Domingo. Réduit d'après celui de Dn. Lopez par G. J. Bois de St. Lys.
Cartographer:
Don Lopez and G. J. Bois St. Lys.
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1800. |
Scale: 1.8 cm. = 100 toises.
Size: 55.5 x 71.6 cm.
Colored.
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(726.971: 1800: Sa27pvs Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (43)Plan de la ville, des rades et des environs du Port au Prince dans l'isle de St. Domingue.
Cartographer:
Georges Bois St. Lys.
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[ca. 1800]. |
Scale: 5.5 cm. = 200 toises.
Size: 44.4 x 61.5 cm.
Colored.
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(725: [ca.1800]: Sa27ppd Small) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (44)Plan de la ville du Cap Français dans l'isle de St. Domingue.
Cartographer:
G. J. Bois St. Lys.
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[1800]. |
Scale: 1.8 cm. = 50 toises.
Size: 48.8 x 62 cm.
Colored.
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(725: [1800]: Sa27cfid Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (45)Plan de la ville et de la baye du Fort Dauphin dans l'isle St. Domingue.
Cartographer:
Georges Bois St. Lys.
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[1800]. |
Scale: 1 cm. = 100 toises.
Size: 41.5 x 60.3 cm.
Colored.
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(725: [1800]: Sa27fds Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (46)Plan de la ville et de la rade du Petit Goave dans l'isle de St. Domingue.
Cartographer:
Bois St. Lys.
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[1800]. |
Scale: 2.1 cm. = 100 toises.
Size: 39.5 x 59 cm.
Colored.
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(725: [1800]:S27rpg Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (47)Plan de la ville et des environs de Jacmel, dans l'isle de Saint Domingue assiégée par le Général en chef Toussaint l'Overture
et defendue par le G[énér]al André Rigaud revolté en 1800. Avec la position des troupes qui la bloquent et des batteries qui
ont été dressées contre elle. Dessiné pour Georges Bois St. Lys.
Cartographer:
Georges Bois St. Lys.
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1800. |
Scale: 1.9 cm. = 200 toises.
Size: 55 x 79.5 cm.
Colored.
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(725: 1800: Sa27jdt Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (48)Plan de la ville & de port de Samana dans l'isle de St. Domingue. Fait par A. P. Advenier de Breuilly.
Cartographer:
A. P. Advenier de Breuilly.
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1800. |
Scale: 1.7 cm. = 100 toises.
Size: 41.1 x 60.6 cm.
Colored.
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(725: 1800: Adllpsd Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (49)Plan de l'entrée de la baye de St. Yago dans l'isle de Cuba. Fait et réduit par G. J. Bois de St. Lys.
Cartographer:
G. J. Bois St. Lys.
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1800. |
Scale: 2.3 cm. = 50 toises.
Size: 49.8 x 63 cm.
Colored.
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(723: 1800: S27bsy Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (50)Plan du bourg de La Croix des Bouquets dans l'isle de St. Domingue.
Cartographer:
G. J. Bois St. Lys.
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[1800]. |
Scale: 1.8 cm. = 200 toises.
Size: 41 x 87 cm.
Colored.
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(725: [1800]: Sa27cdb Large) |
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Detail: Le Fort la Constitution servant de citadelle à la Croix de Bouquets.
This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (51)Plan du Port Français dans la partie du nord de Saint Domingue. Réduit et fait par G. J. Bois St. Lys pour Mr. E. Stevens.
Cartographer:
G. J. Bois St. Lys.
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1800. |
Scale: 3.4 cm. = 50 toises.
Size of paper: 53.3 x 64.9 cm.
Colored.
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(725: 1800: Sa25fra Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (52)Plan d'une partie de la Plaine du Cap Français et de la côte, depuis la baye de l'Acul, jusques et après le bourg de la Petite
Anse, dans l'isle de St. Domingue. Fait par Georges Bois St. Lys.
Cartographer:
Georges Bois St. Lys.
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1800. |
Scale: 2.5 cm. = 400 toises.
Size of paper: 57.3 x 87 cm.
Colored.
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(725: 1800: Sa27cf Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (53)Plan d'une partie de la plaine du fond de l'isle à Vache et de la côte, depuis de Grande Baye du Mesle, jusqu'à la pointe
de l'Abacou, dans l'isle de St. Domingue. Fait par A. P. Advenier de Breuilly.
Cartographer:
A. P. Advenier de Breuilly.
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1800. |
Scale: Une lieue marine de 2833 toises.
Size: 53.4 x 87.9 cm.
Colored.
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(725: 1800: Ad1 lpLv Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (54)Survey of the lands adjoining Monticello in Albemarle county, belonging to Nicholas Meriwether and Abraham Lewis, and later
to Meriwether Lewis.
Cartographer:
Thomas Jefferson.
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[ca. 1800]. |
Photograph.
Size: 39.1 x 29 cm.
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(654: [ca. 1800]: J354acv Small) |
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32 (55)Carte réduite des débouquemens de St. Domingue desinée d'après celle levée en 1785, par Mr. le Cte. de Chastenet Puysegur
. . . par Georges Bois St. Lys.
Cartographer:
Le comte de Chastenet Puysegur and Georges Bois St. Lys.
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1801. |
Size of paper: 58 x 97.7 cm.
Colored.
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(725: 1801: Sa27cpb Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (56)Plan de la baye des Gonaives dans l'isle de St. Domingue. Par Georges Bois St. Lys.
Cartographer:
Georges Bois St. Lys.
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1801. |
Scale: 1.8 cm. = 30 toises.
Size: 56.3 x 69.8 cm.
Colored.
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(725: 1801: Sa27bg Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (57)Plan de la baye du Fond la Grange dans l'isle de St. Domingue.
Cartographer:
Georges Bois St. Lys.
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1801. |
Scale: 3.6 cm. = 100 toises.
Size: 46.1 x 62.4 cm.
Colored.
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(725: 1801: Sa27fLg Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (58)Plan de la baye du Moustique dans la partie nord de l'isle de St. Domingue.
Cartographer:
G. J. Bois St. Lys.
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1801. |
Scale: 1.9 cm. = 50 toises.
Size: 43.7 x 62.5 cm.
Colored.
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(725: 1801: Sa27mou Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (59)Plan de la baye du Port à l'Ecu dans l'isle de St. Domingue.
Cartographer:
G. Bois St. Lys.
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1801. |
Scale: 2.6 cm. = 50 toises.
Size: 50.9 x 61.8 cm.
Colored.
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(725: 1801: Sa27pbe Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (60)Plan de la ville de Jacmel dans l'isle de St. Domingue.
Cartographer:
G. J. Bois St. Lys.
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1801. |
Scale: 2.8 cm. = 50 toises.
Size: 49.8 x 64.9 cm.
Colored.
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(725: 1801: Sa27uj Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (61)Plan de la ville et de la baye de St. Marc dans l'isle de St. Domingue.
Cartographer:
G. J. Bois St. Lys.
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1801. |
Scale: 3.2 cm. = 300 toises.
Size: 49.5 x 70.7 cm.
Colored.
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(725: 1801: Sa27vsm Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (62)Plan de l'anse à Chouchou dans la partie nord de l'isle de St. Domingue.
Cartographer:
G. Bois St. Lys.
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1801. |
Scale: 1.7 cm. = 50 toises.
Size of paper: 43.5 x 62 cm.
Colored.
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(725: 1801: Sa27std Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (63)Plan de Saint Jean de Puerto Rico. Réduit sur celui de Dn. Thos. Lopez par Georges Joseph Bois St. Lys.
Cartographer:
George Joseph Bois St. Lys. and Don Thomas Lopez.
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1801. |
Scale: 1.7 cm. = 100 toises.
Size: 51.2 x 71.3 cm.
Colored.
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(728: 1801: Sa27jpr Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (64)Plan du mouillage et rade de la Basse Terre dans l'isle de la Tortue.
Cartographer:
G. Bois St. Lys.
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1801. |
Scale: 2.3 cm. = 50 toises.
Size of paper: 49.5 x 62.1 cm.
Colored.
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(725: 1801: Sa27pm Large) |
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This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from
Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
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32 (65)Special map, representing Man of War Shoal, its distance and bearings from the island of St. Martins, conformable to the discovery
of Captain Foulke, Esqr., commanding the British frigate, the Proselite, in the month of May 1801.
Cartographer:
Samuel Fahlberg.
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1801. |
Size: 20.9 x 27.3 cm.
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(733.1: 1800: F143ssm Small) |
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Nicholas Collin delivered this map to the Society on 16 April 1802. Collin wrote that Fahlberg "presentes by me a special
map of a lately discovered dangerous shoal ... as an appendage to his map of it [St. Bartholomew], sometimes ago received
by the Society; and expresses a solicitious desire that it may be published for the benefit of the many American vessels that
trade to that part of the West Indies: believeing this execution the more necessary, as the very frigate in which the discovery
was made, though then commanded by another captain, ran aground on that shoal." The members desired Secretary John Vaughan
to write and see "if any account can be published" of this "Rock lately discovered south of S. Martins."
Provenance:
Presented by S. Fahlberg, 16 April 1802.
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32 (66)A sketch of the Muscle Shoals of the Tennessee River. Laid down from a Scale of two Computed Miles to the Inch. The Width
of the River being doubled.
Cartographer:
James Wilkinson.
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1802. |
Size: 58.6 x 45 cm.
Colored.
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(663: [1802]: M975sms Small) |
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Annotated: "N.B. The red dots mark the Canoe Track by which I descended. The black, note the deepest channel."
John Vaughan, secretary of the American Philosophical Society, was asked by the Members to get "some further account of it
for publication" from the donor. Brown replied on 10 June 1802 that the map "of the Muscle Shoals which you did me the favor
to present to the Society, was taken under the direction of Gen[era]l Wilkinson who transmitted it to a friend together with
a short description which unluckily was attached to a private confidential letter, from which his correspondent would not
even suffer me to make an extract. Gen[era]l Wilkinson will no doubt supply the deficiency on his arrival at Philadelphia."
Provenance:
Presented by Samuel Brown, April 1802.
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32 (67)[Pennsylvania and neighboring states].
Cartographer:
Frederick Pursh.
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1807. |
Size: 36 x 50 cm.
Colored.
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(640.2: [1807]: P376ns Small) |
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The endorsement on the back reads: "Found by me in a parcel of Plants collected by F. Pursh w[hi]ch made part of ye Lambert
Herbarium, & was bought by me in London at the Lambert sale in 1842. Edward Tuckerman."
In 1807 Pursh kept a "Journal of a botanical excursion in the Northeastern parts of Pennsylvania & in the state of New York."
The manuscript was found among the papers of his patron, Benjamin Smith Barton, in 1817. It has been published twice: first
in Philadelphia in 1869, and then in 1923 for the Onondaga Historical Association, Syracuse, New York, with notes by William
M. Beauchamp.
On 3 April 1868 Thomas P. James spoke of various properties of Pursh. He told how the map was drawn and used in the botanical
expedition, and he spoke of the history of the map. Asa Gray, the famous botanist, owned it, and wished to present it to the
American Philosophical Society and reunite it with the journal. "The Journal and map are now, after a separation of sixty
years, united."
Provenance:
Presented by Asa Gray, 3 April 1868.
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32 (68)Map of the country nine miles west of the city of Philadelphia, and between Darby Creek & Young's ford on the River Schuylkill.
Surveyed by order of Gen. Jonathan Williams . . .of the sub-committee of defence.
Cartographer:
William Strickland, Robert Brooke, and William Kneass.
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28 September 1814. |
Scale: 8 inches = 1 mile.
Size: 214 x 180 cm.
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(649.762: 1814: S87dcyf Large) |
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32 (69)Plan hidrografico de la laguna de Maracaybo.
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[ca. 1815]. |
Scale: 25 Millas Colombianos de 60 al grado.
Size: 61.6 x 40.6 cm.
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(753: [ca.l815]:M335Lam Large) |
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32 (70)Plano del puerto de Guaimas, situado en la costa de Sonora [Mexico] . . . levantado de orden del gobierno en 1819 . . . p[a]r
defensa del puerto y puntos adjacentes à la costa . . .
Cartographer:
Pedro Celestino Negrete.
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1821. |
Scale: Escale de une milla maritima.
Size: 41.9 x 45.2 cm.
Colored.
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(705.3: 1821: N316msg Small) |
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The bay contains soundings.
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32 (71)[Plano] de [Orizava] y Xalapa, en la parte que media des la sierra a la costa . . .
Cartographer:
Diego Garcias.
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1823. |
Scale: Escala de neuve legs. del reyno de n.e. de 5000 vars. cadavna.
Size: 35.9 x 53 cm.
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(703.4: 1823: G163xrp Small) |
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Annotated: "Copiado por Santiago Wilkinson en Mexico."
Projected route from Vera Cruz with distances to Orizaba, Xalapa, etc.
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32 (72)Chart of the northwest coast of the island of Cuba, between the meridians of Havana and the Cape St. Antonio.
Cartographer:
Juan J. Martinez.
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1830. |
Size: 47.7 x 60.9 cm.
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(723: 1830: M365cha Large) |
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32 (73)Chesapeake & Delaware canal.
Cartographer:
Henry S. Tanner.
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[ca. 1830]. |
3 pieces.
Scale: 1.3 cm. = 1,000 yards; 1.9 cm. - 1 mile.
Size: 19.6 x 37.8 cm.
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(651.4: [ca. 1830]: T158cdp Small) |
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Contains topographical view and vertical section.
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32 (74)Lac Supérieur & autres lieux ou sont les missions des péres de la compagnie de Iesus comprises sous le nom d'Ovtaovacs; Mont
Ste. Marie.
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1831. |
Scale: 50 lieues.
Size: 54 x 42.5 cm.
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(626.2: 1831: Su77cd Small) |
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Annotated: "Facsimile d'une carte attachée à un des volumes des lettres edifiantes pour le Canada dont les Jesuites publierent
plus de 40 volumes de 1611 à 1678." (Relations des Jesuites en la Nouvelle France. Paris: Cramoisy: 1632-1673.)
A note reads: "rough fac smilie-this and the Scutcheon above are Well drawned and Engraven."
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32 (75)Situate in the counties of Schuylkill and Northampton showing a route for a rail road commencing at the five locks at the
Schuylkill canal below Pottsville and ending at the mouth of Lizzard Creek where the same falls into the Lehigh River, being
in length 22 miles and 102 perches, intended to constitute a part of the general rail road now in contemplation between Philadelphia
and Pottsville. Surveyed at the request of William Audenried, Esqr. during the month of June 1831.
Cartographer:
John Dreher.
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1831. |
Size of paper: 46.4 x 187.4 cm.
Colored.
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(649: 1831: D812sur Large) |
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32 (76)No item.
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32 (77)[Susquehanna, Schuylkill and little Schuylkill rivers, in Pennsylvania].
Cartographer:
Christian Brobst.
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[ca. 1835]. |
Scale: 0.5 inch = 1 mile.
Size of paper: 48.8 x 77.7 cm.
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(649: [ca.1835]: B781msc Large) |
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Annotated: "A copy of a Christian Brobst traycing [and] Cattawissa," and, "W[illia]m J. Duane has the original."
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32 (78)Middle Atlantic states
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[ca. 1852]. |
Scale: 1.5 cm. = 60 miles.
Size: 14.4 x 23.5 cm.
Colored.
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(640.2: [ca.1852]: At61mas Small) |
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The route of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad is shown from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.
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32 (79)Charts pertaining to the Second U.S. Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, under the command of Elisha Kent
Kane.
Cartographer:
Elisha Kent Kane.
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1853-1855. |
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(172.3:1853-55: G895exp Large) |
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A member of the American Philosophical Society, Kane spoke on 16 November 1855 of various geographical features of the Arctic
regions he had seen and displayed his map of the area. He spoke of the progress of the expedition and the difficulties encountered.
On 7 December 1855 he exhibited two charts showing his corrections and the new features described on them. These may be the
charts Kane displayed and spoke about. See: American Philosophical Society Proceedings, vol. 7 (1885): pp. 154, 162.
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1.[Melville Bay and surrounding area].
Cartographer:
Elisha Kent Kane.
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1853-1855. |
Size: 60.4 x 73 cm.
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2.[Unidentified].
Cartographer:
Elisha Kent Kane.
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1853-1855. |
Size: 44.8 x 63.4 cm.
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3.[Base of Sylva Mountain, observatory and brig].
Cartographer:
Elisha Kent Kane.
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1853-1855. |
Draft.
Size: 36 x 40.5 cm.
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4.Sylva Mountain, position of observatory and brigg.
Cartographer:
Elisha Kent Kane.
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1853-1855. |
Size: 18.3 x 20.8 cm.
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There is also a printed copy of Number 4.
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32 (80)Wythe County, Virginia. Profile, showing geological strata from Big Walker Mountain to Peak Mountain.
Cartographer:
J. Peter Lesley.
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[ca. 1854]. |
Size: ca. 172.5 x 308 cm.
Colored.
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(654: [ca.1854]: L565geo Large) |
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32 (81)Cumberland & Frobisher Sts. from a drawing by an Eskimo in 1856 given to Capt. Salter of the Clara of Peterhead.
Cartographer:
[Franz Boas].
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1856. |
Size of paper: 51 x 43.8 cm.
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(617: 1856: C911cfs Small) |
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See the description of the Boas map in No. 6, above.
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32 (82)Map of the military reservation [on the Columbia River] at Fort Vancouver, W[ashington] T[erritory]. Surveyed under the direction
of Capt. Geo. Thorn ... by Lts. J. B. Wheeler and J. Dixon ... By order of Brig. Gen. W. S. Harney, 1859.
Cartographer:
George Thom, J. B. Wheeler, J. Dixon, and W. S. Harney.
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1859. |
Photographs.8 pieces total.
Scale: 10 inches = 1 mile.
Size: ca. 34 x 25.8 cm.
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(697: 1859: Un38fvc Large) |
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Originals in General Land Office Records, Abandoned Military Reservation Series, Fort Vancouver, Washington. Box 100, National
Archives, Washington, D.C.
Includes photograph of so-called "Covington Map." (Original in Hudson's Bay Company Archives, London, 1846.)
Includes also photographs from other sources.
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32 (83)Profile showing the comparative levels of the bituminous coal fields and oil district of West Virginia, Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
Cartographer:
P. W. Sheafer.
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March 1865. |
On linen.
Scales: 5 miles per inch horizontal, and 500 feet per inch vertical.
Size of linen: 31 x 112 cm.
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(649: 1865: S37wvop Large) |
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32 (84)Section of the lake, river and canal navigation from Lake Superior to the Gulf of the St. Lawrence.
Cartographer:
T. E. Blackwell.
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[ca. 1869]. |
Scales: Horizontal: 1 inch = 60 miles; Vertical: 1 inch = 400 feet.
Size: 23 x 85.4 cm.
Colored.
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(670: [ca. 1869]: B561Lsg Large) |
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With this is a water color painting of "Sketch from the Mountain of Montreal shewing part of the plain extending south east
& southwards to the Green Mountain Range in eastern townships of Canada and Vermont & the Adirondack Mountain regions of New
York. To illustrate Mr. Blackwell's paper on the basin of the St. Lawrence." See: American Philosophical Society Transactions, Series 2, vol. 13 (1869).
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32 (85)Chart of Niantilic harbor by William A. Mintzer, U.S. Navy, from observations by Lieut. Wilkins, U.S. Navy, navigating officer
of the U.S. St. Tigress on Polaris search.
Cartographer:
W. A. Mintzer and Lt. Wilkins.
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1874. |
Scale: ½ inch = 1 mile.
Size of paper: 25.9 x 20.6 cm.
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(178: 1874: M667nia Small) |
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Niantilic Harbor is on Baffin Bay, Cumberland Sound. The Polaris had disappeared, and the Tigress and another ship were sent to locate it. The readings for this map are: North lat. 64° 56' - West long. 66° 21'. Also in
folder is a map showing "Padloaping. Nettiling Fjord and Nettiling."
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32 (86)[United States coast bordering the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico].
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[ca. 1885]. |
8 maps in 13 pieces.
Size: ca. 96 x 60 cm.
Colored.
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(635: [ca.l885]: Un38atL Large) |
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32 (87)Geological map of the northern part of the Indian territory.
Cartographer:
N. F. Drake.
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1896-1897. |
Scale: 1 inch = 4 miles.
Size: 110 x 89.9 cm.
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(667: 1897: D782ind Large) |
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See: N. F. Drake, "A geologial reconnaissance of the coal fields of the Indian territory." American Philosophical Society
Proceedings, vol. 36 (1897): pp. 326-419.
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32 (88)[Arctic regions].
Cartographer:
James B. Sword and Fridtjof Nansen.
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1897. |
Size: 156.5 x 160.3 cm.
Colored.
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(170: 1897: N166arm Large) |
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This is an enlargement of a portion of a map. See: Fridtjof Nansen, Farthest north (New York: Harper: 1897), vol. 1.
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32 (89)Philadelphia as William Penn knew it, 1684. Commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the first arrival, October 24, 1682,
of William Penn in America, 1682-1932. Prepared for the program committee [of the 250th anniversary], Albert Cook Myers, chairman.
Cartographer:
William Wilson Pollard and Albert Cook Myers.
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1932. |
Scale: 1¾ inches = 600 feet.
Size: 42.5 x 26.6 cm.
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(649.962: 1932: P766wpp Small) |
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32 (90)Plan of ground and site of the residence of Benjamin Franklin. Federal Project "C," Public Law 795, 80th Congress. Approved
June 28, 1948.
Cartographer:
Fred J. Gorman.
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1948. |
Plate II.
Scale: 1 inch = 20 feet.
Size: 39 x 30.7 cm.
Colored.
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(649.962: 1948: G656rbf Large) |
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32 (91)Albemarle sound, North Carolina.
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n.d. |
Size of paper: 38.6 x 48.7 cm.
Colored.
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(656: n.d.: AL21asm Small) |
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Roanoke Island is shown, as is Edenton, Hallifax (sic), and the Virginia line.
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32 (92)[Delaware Bay and River].
Cartographer:
Joshua Fisher?
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n.d. |
Size: 41.5 x 23 cm.
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(640.2: n.d.: F533bdr Small) |
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This appears to have been adapted directly from the map published in London by Laurie & Whittle in 1794.
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32 (93)A chart of the world, upon Mercator's projection, with the new discoveries. [Also, the eastern and western hemispheres].
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n.d. |
3 pieces.
Sizes: 39 x 45.6 cm; and 36 x 36 cm.
Colored.
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(100: n.d.: C382wmd Small) |
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These are printed maps with heavy manuscript markings indicating air (?) currents and observations drawn and crudely colored.
Antarctica is also drawn on each map.
The maps were printed in London by "Jas Wyld," and "J. Wyld & Son, Charing Cross East 1836." (One map has no publication date
on it.)
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32 (94)[Geological map of part of Switzerland?].
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n.d. |
Size: 12.5 x 18.9 cm.
Colored.
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(237: n.d.: Swgeo Small) |
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32 (95)[Central Pennsylvania, showing Danville, Catawissa, and other cities].
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n.d. |
In pencil.
Size: 32.9 x 47.6 cm.
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(649.964: n.d.: C432kpc Small) |
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This is on the reverse of C. G. Childs. Plan of Keim's addition to Port Clinton.
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32 (96)[Sections of Old Philadelphia during the 17th, 18th & 19th centuries].
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n.d. |
6 sheets.Photostats.
Size: each sheet ca. 45.2 x 55.5 cm.
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(649.962: n.d.: P376hist Small) |
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Photostats of manuscript maps at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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32 (97)[Shwemyo district, central Burma. Lat. 20B0 3', long. 96B0 14"].
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n.d. |
In Burmese.
Size: 47 x 60 cm.
Colored.
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(457: n.d.: B922shw Small) |
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Four lines in Burmese in the lower left-hand corner are the key to the colors used in the map. Note on back in Burmese identifies
location as Shwemyo district. See letters from E. W. Burlingame and Cecil Hobbs to the American Philosophical Society, June
1914 and 27 January 1961.
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32 (98)Tabula novae Franciae. 1660. Copy.
Cartographer:
François Du Creux [Creuxius]?
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n.d. |
Size: 34.6 x 44.3 cm.
Colored.
Insert: Chorographia regionis Huronum. Hodie desertae.
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(611: n.d.: C162tnf Small) |
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Copied from Francois Du Creux, Historiae Canadensis seu novae Franciae libri decem ad annum usque Christi 1656 (Paris: 1664). This was printed in the Champlain Society Publications, vols. 30-31, translated by Percy J. Robinson (Toronto: 1951).
A note by P. J. Robinson states that this map deserves study and is of special value on account of the inset map of the Huron
country, the improved outline of the lakes, especially Lake Ontario, and Georgian Bay, the marking of the trails to the Hudson
Bay and of the new route discovered by the Groseilliers and Radisson from Lake Nipigon.
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33.Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection
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This collection is precisely what the title indicates: a miscellany. It consists of individual manuscripts which do not fit
into any established collection.
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33 (1)[Survey of lots at Sassafras and Fourth Streets, Philadelphia].
Cartographer:
Nicholas Scull.
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16 August 1743. |
Size: 19 x 31.8 cm.
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Scull made this survey by order of the Orphans Court, Philadelphia, dividing the "three Messuages or Tenements and Lots of
Land once the property of Thomas Bristol Case, deceased." The division was made to settle the claims of Case's five children.
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33 (2)[Survey of the property of Samuel Carpenter].
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9 March 1743. |
Size: 45.7 x 61 cm.
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Survey of property on Chestnut Street between Sixth and Seventh Streets in Philadelphia. The lots are identified and the buildings
are marked.
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33 (3)Survey of land.
Cartographer:
John Harris.
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17 July 1745. |
Size: 19 x 20.3 cm.
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Draught of 405 as. & allowance situate in Antrim Town[shi]p Lanc[aste]r County, formerly granted to Jeremiah and Joseph Harris
(sons of Jn. Harris) by two Warrts. from ye [?] each dated ye 4th 7ber 1738, who not complying with the Conditions of the sd. Warrts. nor either of them the same became void. And by Wart
of ye 3d 7ber 1742 the same Land was surveyed for ye sd. Jno. Harris And returned for his use into the Survy's Office the 17th July A.D. 1745.
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33 (4)[Kittanning, near Shippensburgh, Pennsylvania].
Cartographer:
John Armstrong.
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[ca. 1755]. |
2 pieces.
Size of paper: 31.8 x 19.7 cm.; and, 33.6 x 42.5 cm.
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Proposal for attack on Kittanning, an Indian town, by Armstrong, based upon a report by "John Baker Soldier at Fort Shierley,
who last Winter made his escape from the Indians at the Kittanning." The attack was made in 1756; Kittanning was taken and
burned.
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33 (5)[Survey of lands for Michael Snyder, J. M. Moyer, and Jacob Shallus].
Cartographer:
John Scull.
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30 April 1765; 30 January and 4 December 1766. |
Size: 21.6 x 34.3 cm.
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Annotated: "A.B. two Pieces surveyed to Snyder (who is now contented) in pursuance of his Warrent dated 30th April 1765 for
50.00.
"C. Sur[veyed] to Moyer in pursuance of his Application No. 1318, dated 30 Jan[uar]y 1766, altho' not the very Spot mentioned
in his Description;-
"Note. Mr. Miller wrote me a Letter, in which he mentions the Opinion of Mr. Tilghman, concerning the above Lands & that the
Secretary desir'd him to write(?) to me that it was his Opinion, which allows Moyer his g[ ]ns, & Snyder the Land in two Pieces
adj[oinin]g his old [tenet?].
"D. surveyed for Jacob Shallus, in pursuance of his Application No. 2132, 4 Decr. 1766 for 50.00, being the Remainder of the
Vacancy."
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33 (6)[Little and Big Beaver Creeks].
Cartographer:
Benjamin Smith Barton.
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1 October 1785. |
12 pieces.
Size: 12.1 x 19.1 cm.
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Barton, while practicing surveying, kept a notebook labelled "No. 3. Geographycal Notes October 1st 1785. Waters of Little
Beaver Creek. No. 4. Waters of Big Beaver." There are twelve pages of sketches of maps of the drainage of these creeks in
this volume, but there are few notes which would help identify them, so they are not listed separately here.
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33 (7)[Richmond and Norfolk Canals].
Cartographer:
Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
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18 December 1803. |
2 pieces.
Size: 19.1 x 22.9 cm.
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Annotated: "Sketch of canals executed or proposed near Norfolk - the latter by B. H. Latrobe." These maps have been reproduced
and described in Darwin H. Stapleton, ed., The engineering drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe (New Haven: Yale University Press: 1980).
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33 (8)[Survey of land in the County of Lincoln on the Ohio].
Engraver:
George Rogers Clark.
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20 January 1820. |
Size: 30.5 x 27.3 cm.
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Annotated: "Surveyed for land for Brig. Gen. George Rogers Clark 37,000 Acres of Land by virtue of 25 Treasury Warrants."
The land was near the Tennessee and Ohio Rivers.
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33 (9)[Site of Fort Allen, Pennsylvania].
Cartographer:
John A. McConomy.
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24 November 1947. |
Size: 22.9 x 20.3 cm.
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Identifies Old Fort Allen, built by Benjamin Franklin, at Gnadenhuetten in 1756. McConomy says his identification is the "probable
site" on Franklin and Allen Streets, near the Lehigh River in the "n.w. corner Weissport Borough." This map accompanies a
sketch of the fort and an article on the fort by Rev. John A. McConomy.
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33 (10)Copper mine, on the land of John Shannon ... of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
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n.d. |
Scale: 50 fathoms =17 cm.
Size: 39.4 x 31.8 cm.
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(Misc. Mss. Collection) |
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This map shows eight shafts which were sunk and five are described as being on the vein, e.g., "No. 2 A Pit sunk 12 feet deep
the vein 4 feet wide some five stones of Copper ore a great prospect." Also, the "road leading from Perkiomen to the White
Horse tavern" is shown.
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34.Muhlenberg, Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst. Botanical notebook.
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Muhlenberg was a Lutheran clergyman whose avocation was botany. He was well known on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean for
his botanical work. He lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and studied the flora there, keeping several volumes of notes. The
maps in this notebook, part of a large collection of Muhlenberg's writings on botany and natural history, seem to be plots
for gardens he maintained.
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34 (1)[Plots for gardens?].
Cartographer:
G. H. E. Muhlenberg.
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n.d. |
4 pieces.
Size: 17.8 x 10.8 cm.
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(580: M89bot) |
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35.Murphy, Robert Cushman. Papers.
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Murphy was the world's foremost authority on sea birds; he was curator and later chairman of ornithology at the American Museum
of Natural History. The maps that follow appear in his journals and travel diaries.
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35 (1)Chincha Islands.
Cartographer:
R. C. Murphy.
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14 October 1919. |
Size: 14 x 21.6 cm.
Colored.
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(B: M957, vol. 12) |
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35 (2)South Island, Chincha.
Cartographer:
R. C. Murphy.
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14 October 1919. |
Size: 14 x 21.6 cm.
Colored.
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(B: M957, vol. 12) |
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35 (3)Bay of Pisco and waters about Paracas Peninsula.
Cartographer:
R. C. Murphy.
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4 November 1919. |
Size: 14 x 21.6 cm.
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(B: M957, vol. 12) |
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35 (4)Santa Rosita Island and Isla Viegas.
Cartographer:
R. C. Murphy.
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16 November 1919. |
Size: 14 x 21.6 cm.
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(B: M957, vol. 12) |
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35 (5)Peruvian coastline.
Cartographer:
R. C. Murphy.
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1919-1920. |
Size: 5.1 x 18.4 cm.
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(B: M957, vol. 12) |
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35 (6)San Gallan Island.
Cartographer:
R. C. Murphy.
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1919. |
Size: 14 x 21.6 cm.
Colored.
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(B: M957, vol. 12) |
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35 (7)Chincha Islands, Middle Island.
Cartographer:
R. C. Murphy.
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1 January 1920. |
Size: 14 x 21.6 cm.
Colored..
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(B: M957, vol. 12) |
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35 (8)Islas de Guanape.
Cartographer:
R. C. Murphy.
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1 January 1920. |
Size: 14 x 21.6 cm.
Colored.
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(B: M957, vol. 12) |
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35 (9)Isla de Lobos de Afuera.
Cartographer:
R. C. Murphy.
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1920. |
Size: 14 x 21.6 cm.
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(B: M957, vol. 12) |
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35 (10)Islas de Macabi.
Cartographer:
R. C. Murphy.
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1920. |
Size: 14 x 21.6 cm.
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(B: M957, vol. 12) |
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35 (11)Islas de Lobos de Tierra.
Cartographer:
R. C. Murphy.
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1920. |
Size: 14 x 21.6 cm.
Colored.
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(B: M957, vol. 12) |
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35 (12)[Choco, Columbia].
Cartographer:
R. C. Murphy.
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1937. |
Size: 16.5 x 17.1 cm.
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(B: M957, vol. 29) |
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35 (13)Map of Panama and Colombia Indian tribes.
Cartographer:
R. C. Murphy.
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1937. |
Size: 12.7 x 15.2 cm.
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(B: M957, vol. 38) |
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35 (14)Hollins Island, Long Island.
Cartographer:
R. C. Murphy.
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24 August 1940. |
2 pieces.
Size: 8.3 x 15.2 cm.
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(B: M957, vol. 1) |
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35 (15)Malpelo Island.
Cartographer:
R. C. Murphy.
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30 March 1941. |
2 pieces.
Size: 28 x 21.6 cm.
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(B: M957, vol. 15) |
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35 (16)[R. C. Murphy's New Zealand travel route].
Cartographer:
Murray McCaskill.
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8 March 1948. |
Size: 17.1 x 19.1 cm.
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(B: M957, vol. 16) |
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35 (17)Mauna Loa, Hawaii; and Island of Hawaii.
Cartographer:
R. C. Murphy.
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30 January 1949. |
Size: 21.6 x 28 cm.
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(B: M957, vol. 17) |
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35 (18)Northeastern end of Bermuda.
Cartographer:
R. C. Murphy.
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1951. |
Size: 16.5 x 25.4 cm.
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(B: M957, vol. 19) |
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35 (19)Coastal valley north of Lima, Peru. By R. C. Murphy.
Cartographer:
R. C. Murphy.
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12 December 1953. |
Size: 10.2 x 17.8 cm.
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(B: M957, vol. 13) |
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35 (20)Riverhead tract, Long Island.
Cartographer:
R. C. Murphy.
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16 September 1955. |
Size: 18.4 x 21 cm.
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(B: M957, vol. 6) |
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36.Newman, John. A short account of the situation, soil, production &c. of the State of Tennessee; 1797.
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Newman was a North Carolina physician who sent this map and a paper on Tennessee to the American Philosophical Society.
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36 (1)Plan of settlements near the Natches [Trace, Tennessee], particularly Mr. William Dunbars.
Cartographer:
John Newman?
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1797. |
Size: 23.5 x 37.5 cm.
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(917.68: N46) |
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Annotated: "Rec'd from C. Ross, Augt 1803."
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37.Parsons, Elsie Clews. Papers.
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(572: P25.1) |
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Parsons received the Ph.D. from Barnard College in 1899. During her career as an anthropologist, sociologist, and folklorist,
she became fascinated with the culture of the Pueblo peoples and visited, studied and wrote extensively about them. She served
as the president of the American Anthropological Association and published a number of books, including: American Indian life (1922), Hopi and Zuni ceremonialism (1933), and Pueblo Indian religion (1939); she also edited Pueblo Indian journal (1925) and Alexander M. Stephen's Hopi journal (1936).
There are 42 maps in this collection, chiefly of Picuris Pueblo and of Hopi materials. Some of the maps are diagrams of dwellings
and dance areas. Most of the maps have no title and were made in her notebooks.
The initial accession of Parsons material came to the Library in 1949; more recent accessions, not yet catalogued, may contain
additional maps.
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38.Peale, Charles Willson. Papers.
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Peale is known as "the artist of the American Revolution." He not only painted during that period, but he also was a soldier
in the Revolution. He was best known for his museum in Philadelphia, which contained natural history artifacts as well as
a gallery of portraits of the major American figures of the Revolution.
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38 (1)[New York, showing British and American troop positions].
Cartographer:
Charles Willson Peale.
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[ca. 1776]. |
Size: 33.7 x 41.6 cm.
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(B: P31.50) |
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38 (2)[Ground plan of City Hall, New York City].
Cartographer:
Charles Willson Peale.
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7 June 1817. |
Size: 12.7 x 10.2 cm.
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(B: P31, vol. 22) |
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39.Pike, Zebulon Montgomery. Collection of biographical materials.
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Pike was an American explorer and army officer. In 1805 he led an exploring party to search for the source of the Mississippi
River; he later explored the headwaters of the Arkansas and Red Rivers, and the Spanish settlements as far as the site of
Pueblo, Colorado. He was a brigadier general during the War of 1812 and was killed while leading his troops during the successful
assault on York [Toronto], Canada.
This collection consists of materials collected by W. Eugene Hollon for his biography of Pike, The lost pathfinder (1949).
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39 (1)Map of Fort Bellefontaine.
Cartographer:
Edwin Mills.
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1946. |
Size: 21.6 x 35.4 cm.
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(B: P63) |
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Fort Bellefontaine was the first United States Army post west of the Mississippi River. It was established by General James
Wilkinson in 1804.
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40.Russell, Richard Joel. Papers.
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(B: R91) |
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Russell was one of the most eminent geographers and geologists of the United States. He studied the river deltas of America
(chiefly the Mississippi River), Spain, France, and Turkey. He also studied the coastal morphology of the Gulf of Mexico;
stream patterns; arid areas of the United States; and he worked on a climatic map of California.
The approximately 150 maps in this collection are in various notebooks which give a general indication of the area and sometimes
a date. The maps generally are quite small and were sketched on the site of the topographical or geological study then underway.
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41.Sanderson, Ivan Terence. Papers.
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Sanderson was a naturalist who travelled extensively, collected animals, and published a number of books. Two of the following
maps were made by Winifred Duncan for the publication Your Mexico.
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41 (1)Map D: Mexico N.W. [Area from Mexico City to Guanajuato to Manzanilla].
Cartographer:
Winifred Duncan.
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n.d. |
Size: 21.6 x 28 cm.
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41 (2)Mazanilla.
Cartographer:
Winifred Duncan.
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n.d. |
Size: 21.6 x 28 cm.
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41 (3)[Patos Island, between Trinidad and Venezuela].
Cartographer:
Ivan T. Sanderson.
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n.d. |
Size: 20.3 x 25.4 cm.
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(B: Sa3) |
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42.Sellers, George Escol. Papers.
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A descendant of Charles Willson Peale and the paper-maker Nathan Sellers, George Escol Sellers (1808-1899) was a mechanic
and inventor who spent much of his life in the paper-making trade. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he also lived in Upper
Darby Township, Pa., Cincinnati, southern Illinois, and Chattanooga.
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42 (1)[Coalfields along Ohio River near Caseyville (Kentucky?)]
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n.d. |
Size of paper: 67 x 35.2 cm.
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(B: P31, 30-P) |
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43.Sellers Family Papers
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The members of the Sellers family, related to the Peale family through the marriage of Sophonisba Peale to Coleman Sellers,
were important manufacturers of wire, iron goods, and paper in the Philadelphia area during the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries.
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43 (1)[150 acres of land off Darby Creek, Tinecum Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania].
Cartographer:
John Sellers.
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21 April 1788. |
Size: 41 x 33 cm.
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43 (2)[Lands of N. and D. Sellers and George Sellers, showing the grist mill, West Chester Road, Marshall Road, Garrett Road, etc.;
Philadelphia and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania].
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[ca. 1804]. |
Size: 30 x 39 cm.
Colored.
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43 (3)Draft of land of N[athan] Sellers in 3 fields of 7 acres each taking only as near the lines as can be cultivated with the
plow.
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29 May 1822. |
Size of paper: 20.3 x 33 cm.
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43 (4)Rough draft of George Sellers's land. 235¾ acres and 8 p., Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
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December 1822. |
Size: 39 x 39.5 cm.
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43 (5)Roads in the west side of Schuylkill [River, near Darby, Springfield, West Chester, Joseph Gibbons tavern, etc]
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n.d. |
Size: 77.5 x 42.5 cm.
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43 (6)[John Sellers's property located on Cobbs Creek and West Chester Pike (Red Lion Road); Delaware County, Pennsylvania].
Cartographer:
John Sellers.
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n.d. |
Size: 36 x 30.5 cm.
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(B: P31, 50) |
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44.Seybert, Adam. Commonplace book.
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Seybert was a Philadelphia scientist, physician, and Pennsylvania congressman. He was well known as a chemist and a mineralogist.
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44 (1)Quebec and its environs with the operation of the siege made by order of Admiral Saunders.
Cartographer:
Adam Seybert.
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n.d. |
Size: 19.1 x 15.9 cm.
Colored.
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(B: Se95) |
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Legend: "Battle of the Plains of Abraham 13th Septr. 1759. A boom laid across the mouth of the River St. Charles. Battle of
Montmorency July 13th 1795. P.L. Point Levy. Encampment of the British Troops 30th June 1759 under ..."
This map is pasted in a commonplace book on p. 167 amid Seybert's comments on navies and armies.
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45.Shippen Family Collection
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The Shippen family was one of the most industrious and illustrious of Philadelphia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
They were active in government, the military, and in their various businesses: land acquisition and speculation, housebuilding,
etc. The activities of Joseph Shippen, Jr., while with the army under Col. Burd during the French and Indian war, are well
documented in this collection.
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45 (1)A draught of the west branch of Susquehanna & part of the Ohio River.
Cartographer:
Joseph Shippen, Jr.
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26 January 1757. |
2 pieces.
Size of paper: 31.1 x 48.3 cm.
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45 (2)Draught of part of the River Susquehanna by Joseph Shippen.
Cartographer:
Joseph Shippen, Jr.
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January 1758. |
Size of paper: 38.7 x 47 cm.
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45 (3)Rough draught of the Monongahela River from Fort Burd to the confluence of Muddy & Cheat Rivers, taken by J. Shippen, Jr.
Cartographer:
Joseph Shippen, Jr.
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November 1759 |
2 pieces.
Size of paper: 64.8 x 21 cm.
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45 (4)[Plan of the English fort at Pittsburgh].
Cartographer:
Joseph Shippen, Jr.
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[ca. 1763]. |
Size of paper: 30.8 x 38.7 cm.
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45 (5)Draught of the west branch of Susquehanna, taken from Capt. Patterson.
Cartographer:
Col. Patterson.
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1 April 1769. |
Size of paper: 21 x 30.5 cm.
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(B: Sh62) |
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46.Shippen Family. Real property surveys.
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The following is a listing of maps of various pieces of property in the Southwark section of the City of Philadelphia which
once belonged to members of the Shippen family. The maps were taken, in part, from the Philadelphia City records: other maps
are up-to-the-minute surveys done when the property was sold or subdivided. Basically, the maps are of the early part of the
nineteenth century and many are undated. The names of the purchasers are sometimes listed.
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46 (1)Plan of subdivision recorded with release of Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, Philadelphia, Second Street to Delaware River.
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1 August 1741. |
Size: 27.5 x 36.5 cm.
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46 (2)[Partition of land belonging to Duche, Knowles, Parham and Cox].
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16 August 1744. |
Size: 30.5 x 48 cm.
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46 (3)[Partition of land of Arkton(?) and wife, and Samuel Wheeler].
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3 September 1750. |
Size: 30.5 x 48.5 cm.
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46 (4)Partition of the Shippen estate on South S[treet].
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11 October 1756. |
Size: 33 x 49.5 cm.
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46 (5)[Lot of Dr. William Shippen on east side of Shippen's Lane].
Cartographer:
William Scull.
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18 August 1762. |
Size: 20.5 x 33.5 cm.
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46 (6)[Land on the Delaware River fronting League Island].
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22 July 1769. |
Size: 30 x 40 cm.
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46 (7)Mary Garrigue's estate [on Queen Street].
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1773. |
Size: 35.4 x 52.5 cm.
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46 (8)Partition of N. Pryors estate.
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11 March 1774. |
Size: 20.4 x 34.2 cm.
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46 (9)Plan of 64 acres . . . called Solitude, the property of Samuel and Israel Morris.
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1788. |
Size: 38.5 x 84 cm.
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46 (10)Road to be opened from Grays Ferry.
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3 November 1792. |
Size: 38.4 x 31.3 cm.
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46 (11)[Survey of the property of John Duche].
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14 November 1794. |
Size: 22.4 x 19.4 cm.
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46 (12)[Lands of Bankson estate, May Road, Turner's Lane, and Moyamensing Road].
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5 November 1795. |
Size: 30.5 x 48.5 cm.
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46 (13)Hardie's property, Pass[yunk] Road and Oak Street.
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1799. |
Size: 25.6 x 21.3 cm.
Colored.
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46 (14)[Lot covering square in Philadelphia between Fourth and Fifth Streets and Shippen Street].
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4 August 1802. |
Size: 40 x 34 cm.
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46 (15)Plots on Shippens Lane: Plots on Catharine Street.
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6 October 1815. |
Size: 31 x 47cm.
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On the reverse is: Drafts of plots, n.d.
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46 (16)[Lots on south side of Cedar Street with names of Edward, William, and Joseph Shippen as owners].
Cartographer:
D.(?) Groves.
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[ca. 1816]. |
Size: 25 x 38.5 cm.
Colored.
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46 (17)The lots on the south side of Cedar Street [with names of Edward, William, and Joseph Shippen as owners].
Cartographer:
D.(?) Groves.
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1816. |
Size: 19 x 53 cm.
Colored.
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46 (18)Survey of "late Dr. Shippen's estate."
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28 April 1825. |
Size: 20 x 24.8 cm.
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46 (19)[Tracts fronting on the Delaware River].
Cartographer:
D. Coombs.
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17-21 May 1831. |
Size: 42.3 x 36.3 cm.
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(649.962: Various dates: Sh6m Small) |
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In addition, there are forty undated surveys pertaining to the same section of Philadelphia. The names of the owners, purchasers,
estates, etc. are: Anthony Duche, Edward S. Burd, John Flower, William G. Flower, John Graeme, — Hulbert, John Inglis, Lawrence
McCall, John McGoffin, — Marriott, — Mifflin, Francis Moore, A. Noble, and — Penrose.
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47.Smith, Erwin Frink. Papers.
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Smith (1854-1927) was a plant pathologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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47 (1)Map of my trip in Ronald [Michigan] ...
Cartographer:
Erwin Frink Smith.
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16-20 August 1877. |
Size: 19.7 x 70 cm.
Colored.
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(B: Sm53, Box 1) |
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48.Speck, Frank Gouldsmith. Papers.
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Speck was an eminent ethnologist whose special interest was the Indians of the Eastern Woodlands. A student of Franz Boas,
Speck spent his entire career at the University of Pennsylvania. Many of the maps in this collection were annotated by Speck
with ethnographic data on hunting territories, tribal boundaries, etc.
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48 (1)Chart showing distribution of Montagnais-Naskapi bands of the lower St. Lawrence River.
Cartographer:
F. G. Speck
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n.d. |
Size: 49.5 x 61.3 cm.
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48 (2)Distribution of the Catawba and related Siouan tribes, and certain related life forms in the southeast functioning in Catawba
culture.
Cartographer:
F. G. Speck.
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n.d. |
Size of paper: 48.3 x 28 cm.
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48 (3)Family hunting territories of the Penobscot.
Cartographer:
F. G. Speck.
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n.d. |
Size: 24.1 x 34 cm.
Colored.
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48 (4)[Hudson Bay area. Montagnais-Naskapi territories].
Cartographer:
F. G. Speck
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n.d. |
Size: 21.3 x 28 cm.
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48 (5)Index to published maps of Indian hunting territories [Montagnais-Naskapi].
Cartographer:
F. G. Speck.
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n.d. |
Size: 88.9 x 90.5 cm.
Colored.
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48 (6)Malecite hunting grounds.
Cartographer:
F. G. Speck.
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n.d. |
Size: 43.5 x 45.4 cm.On linen.
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48 (7)[James Bay area].
Cartographer:
F. G. Speck.
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n.d. |
2 pieces.
Size: 21.3 x 28 cm.
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48 (8)Map of Attislopi(?), Labrador. Montagnais-Naskapi.
Cartographer:
F. G. Speck.
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n.d. |
Size: 41.3 x 69.2 cm.On linen.
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48 (9)Map of Maine showing family hunting territories of the Penobscot.
Cartographer:
F. G. Speck.
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n.d. |
Size: 41.6 x 52.4 cm.
Colored.
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48 (10)Map of river flowing into Lake St. John, Labrador.
Cartographer:
F. G. Speck.
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n.d. |
Size: 21.6 x 19 cm.
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48 (11)Map showing approximate distribution of Eskimo ... in the Labrador peninsula . . . and on the coasts in the 17th and 18th
centuries . . ., and approximate recorded distribution of Montagnais-Naskapi groups.
Cartographer:
F. G. Speck.
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n.d. |
Size: 22.5 x 24.1 cm.
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48 (12)Map showing approximate location, since about 1850, of local groups or bands of Montagnais-Naskapi and Eskimo.
Cartographer:
F. G. Speck.
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n.d. |
Size: 22.5 x 24.8 cm.
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48 (13)Map showing direction of journeys of Hero-Transformer.
Cartographer:
F. G. Speck.
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n.d. |
Size: 26.4 x 34 cm.
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48 (14)Map showing the family hunting territories of the Mistassini Indians, the Montagnais of Lake St. John and the St. Lawrence
and the tribal territories of some of the neighboring bands of Cree.
Cartographer:
F. G. Speck.
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n.d. |
Size: 57.2 x 58 cm.
Colored.
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48 (15)Montagnais-Naskapi bands in Labrador near Ungava Bay.
Cartographer:
F. G. Speck.
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n.d. |
Size: 42.5 x 42.5 cm.
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48 (16)Rappahannock territory.
Cartographer:
F. G. Speck.
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n.d. |
Size: 21.6 x 23.2 cm.
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(572.97: Sp3) |
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49.U.S. Work Projects Administration. Reports.
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(913.748: Un3) |
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From 1941 through 1948 the Work Projects Administration funded the excavations of American Indian tumuli in Pennsylvania and
southern New York. Sketches were made and maps were drawn of the localities and excavations. Twenty-nine sites were excavated
and written up for the American Philosophical Society by Edward Snow Carpenter, as described in Carpenter's report, "The ancient
mounds of Pennsylvania" (913.748:C223).
There are ca. 50 maps in this collection.
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50.Varley, Cromwell J. Journal of astronomical observations.
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Varley was a brother of the more noted astronomer, John Varley.
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50 (1)Mars as he was once seen this month [surrounded by Delphinus, Antinous, Andromeda and Hercules].
Cartographer:
Cromwell J. Varley.
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23 September 1845. |
Size of paper: 17.8 x 11.4 cm.
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50 (2)[Nebulosity].
Cartographer:
Cromwell J. Varley.
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31 March 1846. |
Size of paper: 17.8 x 11.4 cm.
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50 (3)[Saturn and constellations]
Cartographer:
Cromwell J. Varley.
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n.d. |
Size of paper: 17.8 x 11.4 cm.
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(522.1942: V42) |
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51.Vaughan, Benjamin. Papers.
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Vaughan was the son of Samuel Vaughan, the first Benefactor mentioned in the American Philosophical Society's minutes, and
brother of John Vaughan, the first active Librarian of the Society. A friend of Benjamin Franklin, he helped edit Franklin's
autobiography while visiting him in France. He moved to Maine, where he was active in the development of the state and in
philanthropic works.
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51 (1)Draft of the town of Winthrop, Maine, by Jno. Jones, surveyor.
Cartographer:
John Jones.
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19 May 1797. |
Size of paper: 32.7 x 24.8 cm.
Colored.
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(B: V46p) |
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52.Warner, John. Papers.
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(B: W243d) |
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This amateur mathematician and naturalist (d. 1873) resided in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He published on engineering subjects
and organic morphology. He lived abroad from 1862 to 1868, visiting England, France, Italy, the Levant, Egypt, Greece, Constantinople,
the Balkans, and Germany. Warner's pocket diaries from these travels include 23 maps.
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