Collection Items

  • Map
    The world on Mercator's projection, Scale ca. 1:33,000,000. Hand colored. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Relief shown pictorially. "Published by John Melish & Saml. Harrison." Cartouche: H. Bridport, deld. [sic], G. Murray, sct. Includes text "To find the distance of one place from another" and statistical table. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 650/1; 700/1; 700/2
    • Contributor: Bridport, Hugh - Murray, George - Harrison, Samuel - Melish, John
    • Date: 1817-01-01
  • Map
    The world on Mercator's projection, Scale ca. 1:33,000,000. Hand colored. Mounted on cloth backing. Relief shown pictorially. LC copy 2 imperfect: Small pieces missing. Discolored, surface varnished. "Published by John Melish & Saml. Harrison." Cartouche: H. Bridport, deld. [sic], G. Murray, sct. Includes text "To find distance of one place from another" and statistical table. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault...
    • Contributor: Bridport, Hugh - Murray, George - Harrison, Samuel - Melish, John
    • Date: 1818-01-01
  • Map
    The world on Mercator's projection, Scale ca. 1:33,000,000. Hand colored. Mounted on cardboard and cloth backing. Relief shown pictorially. LC copy imperfect: Small pieces missing. Discolored and brittle. Cartouche: H. Bridport, deld. [sic], G. Murray, sct. Includes text "To find the distance of one place from another" and statistical table. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 650/1; 700/1; 700/2
    • Contributor: Bridport, Hugh - Murray, George - Harrison, Samuel - Melish, John
    • Date: 1820-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the United States of America : with the contiguous British and Spanish possessions Relief shown pictorially. First state. Includes inset of the West Indies. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy sectioned in thirds and mounted on cloth backing. Inscribed in red ink: Entered according to Act of Congress the [blank] day of June 1816 and published by John Melish. Some longitudes and latitude numbers are annotations. Vault
    • Contributor: Melish, John
    • Date: 1816-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the United States of America : with the contiguous British and Spanish possessions Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Washington. Fifth state. Includes inset of the West Indies. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy quartered and mounted on cloth backing. Vault
    • Contributor: Melish, John - Tanner, Henry Schenck - Vallance, J. (John)
    • Date: 1816-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the United States of America : with the contiguous British and Spanish possessions Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Washington. Seventh state. Includes inset of the West Indies. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Includes annotations in pencil. Vault
    • Contributor: Melish, John - Tanner, Henry Schenck - Vallance, J. (John)
    • Date: 1816-01-01
  • Map
    United States of America Also indicates regions inhabited by Native Americans. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: Washington, D.C. and London. Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West, 327 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill., G. Murray, sc. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined, margins trimmed, minor staining along lower margin. Piece cut from lower right margin. Acquisitions control no. 99-34
    • Contributor: Murray, George - Murray, Draper, Fairman & Co - Harrison, Samuel - Melish, John
    • Date: 1818-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the United States of America : with the contiguous British and Spanish possessions Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Washington. First state. Includes inset of the West Indies. LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
    • Contributor: Melish, John - Tanner, Henry Schenck - Vallance, J. (John)
    • Date: 1819-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the United States of America : with the contiguous British and Spanish possessions Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Washington. First state. Includes inset of the West Indies. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing, southeast section only, with break on fold line at center of map. Inscription in ink of "1" in copyright statement changed June 6 to June 16. Vault
    • Contributor: Melish, John - Tanner, Henry Schenck - Vallance, J. (John)
    • Date: 1820-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the United States of America : with the contiguous British & Spanish possessions
    Map of United States and adjacent British & Spanish possessions
    Also shows southern Canada, Mexico, parts of Central America, and the West Indies. Relief shown pictorially. "Entered according to Act of Congress the 16th day of June 1820." This is a variant edition printed between the documented 6th and 7th states. The 6th and 7th states of the map are described in: A la carte / compiled by Walter Ristow. 1972. p. 180. Prime...
    • Contributor: Melish, John - Tanner, Henry Schenck - Vallance, J. (John)
    • Date: 1820-01-01
  • Map
    Map of Pennsylvania : constructed from the county surveys authorized by the state and other original documents General state map showing counties, townships, roads, and settlements. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Also covers New Jersey (sans relief and townships). Prime meridian: Washington D.C. Originally printed on western/central/eastern sheets. LC copy imperfect: mounted on cloth backing to form 2 folding sheets, sheets quartered to fold to ca. 66 x 62 cm. LC also has separately cataloged hand-colored (later?) version...
    • Contributor: Tanner, Benjamin - Melish, John
    • Date: 1822-01-01
  • Map
    Map of Pennsylvania : constructed from the county surveys authorized by the state and other original documents General state map showing counties, townships, roads, and settlements. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Also covers New Jersey (sans relief and townships). Prime meridian: Washington D.C. In lower margin: Entered according to Act of Congress, the 7th day of June 1822, by John Melish, of the State of Pennsylvania. Originally printed on 3 sheets (western/central/eastern). Hand colored (watercolor) to emphasize state...
    • Contributor: Tanner, Benjamin - Melish, John - Kearny, Francis
    • Date: 1822-01-01
  • Map
    Map of Alabama constructed from the surveys in the General Land Office and other documents. Improved to 1819. Scale 1:950,400; 15 miles to an in. Prime meridian: Washington and London. Includes statistical and geographical notes. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
    • Contributor: Melish, John
    • Date: 1819-01-01
  • Map
    Map of Alabama Relief shown by contours and hachures. Prime meridian: Washington and London. "Entered according to Act of Congress the 29 day of Octor. 1818 by John Melish." Includes statistical and geographical notes. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Shellacked, fragile, liquid staining throughout, torn and repaired, and mounted on cloth. Annotated on verso: Alabama No....
    • Contributor: Melish, John
    • Date: 1820-01-01
  • Map
    Map of Mississippi : constructed from the surveys in the General Land Office and other documents Prime meridian: London and Washington. "Entered according to Act of Congress the 10th of September 1819." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Melish, John
    • Date: 1820-01-01
  • Map
    Map of Louisiana Prime meridian: London and Washington. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Stained throughout.
    • Contributor: Melish, John
    • Date: 1820-01-01
  • Map
    Ohio John Melish created this map of Ohio around 1812. The land office districts in Ohio, including the Virginia Military District, the Ohio Company and the Western Reserve lands are shown on the map. Also depicted is the border between the American Indian lands in the northwest part of the state and the land settled by white pioneers. This border was created by the Treaty...
    • Contributor: Melish, John - Vallance, J. (John)
    • Date: 1812-01-01
  • Map
    A map of the State of Ohio Partial cadastral map showing surveys within the inhabited part of the state and containing the ownership signature of Charles Shaler, Esq., the former U.S. District Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania during the period from 1853 to 1857. Prime meridians: Washington and London. "Entered according to Act of Congress, the 27th day of June 1814 by B. Hough & A. Bourne, of the...
    • Contributor: Tanner, Henry Schenck - Bourne, Alexander - Hough, Benjamin - Melish, John
    • Date: 1814-01-01
  • Map
    Map of Illinoise [sic]
    Map of Illinois
    Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Includes references to the township and range rectangular survey system. Prime meridians: Washington and London. Annotated on verso: No. 960. Title page of "Map of Illinois." Deposited 16 April 1818 by John Melish as proprietor. Mounted on cloth. Discolored with darkening along center fold.
    • Contributor: Melish, John
    • Date: 1818-01-01