Collection Items
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MapMap of the country about the Mississippi. Not drawn to scale. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen and ink. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Shows area from Lake Erie to the mouth of the Ohio River. Also mounted on sheet, in same handwriting as map, 2 sheets, one of questions, one of information relating to the map. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 775 Available also through the Library of...
- Contributor: Chegeree
- Date: 1755-01-01
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MapDescripcion de la costa de Tierra Firme desde el Rio de la Empalizada hasta Cavo de Clara. Por las latitudes y longitudes de Dn. Bartolome de Rosa. Scale ca. 1:3,300,000. Title on verso: Florida & Cuba, 140. Manuscript, pen-and-ink, on tracing paper. Soundings shown in fathoms. Prime meridian: Ferro. Shows Cuba, Bahama Islands, northern Yucatan Peninsula, and the coast of the United States from "Cape Clara" to the mouth of the Mississippi River. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 763 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a...
- Contributor: Cierto, Balentin
- Date: 1757-01-01
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MapRough sketch of the country from Lake Champlain and the River Sorell extending to the eastward as far as the River St. Francois and the Cohos on the Connecticut, shewing the march ... Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Relief shown by hachures. Includes table of distances. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 175 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1; 651/2; 651/3
- Contributor: Tinling, William - Carleton, Thomas
- Date: 1780-01-01
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MapA Map of the western parts of the province of Pennsylvania, Virginia, &c. Scale ca. 1:1,270,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink, pencil and watercolor. Has watermark. Imperfect: Eastern portion and southwest corner wanting. Relief shown pictorially. "To the Honourable House of Representatives of the Province of Pennsylvania this map is most humbly inscribed by their most obedient and humble servant." Shows area from the Wabash River on the west to the Scioto River on the east, and from Lake Huron...
- Contributor: Patten, John
- Date: 1753-01-01
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Map[A trader's map of the Ohio country before 1753. Scale ca. 1:1,270,000. Title from C. A. Hanna's The wilderness trail, 1910-1911. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 772 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1; 651/2
- Contributor: Patten, John
- Date: 1753-01-01
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MapRiver of Ohio. Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. "No. 23." Includes latitude readings at spots along the river and notes on the width of tributaries. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 782 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; 651
- Contributor: Gordon, Harry
- Date: 1766-01-01
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Map[Map of the Ohio River from Fort Pitt. Scale ca. 1:700,000. Title from Peter Force's catalog of manuscript maps. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. In pencil: Montresor, 1776. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Shows river course from New Martinsville, W.Va. to Pittsburgh. Includes notes on the width of tributaries. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 788 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Montrésor, John
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapDescripcion hidografica, que comprehende la America septentrional, desde la Punta, y Rio de Sn. Juan, hasta Filadelfia, con sus yslas, bajos y sondas adjacentes: Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Manuscript; pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Depths shown by soundings. Includes text and 3 profiles. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Campo, Jošef Del
- Date: 1780-01-01
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MapMarche de l'armée française de Providence à la Rivière du Nord. Scale ca. 1:200,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink (black and red) and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 830 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Accompanied by manuscript text: Itinéraire du march que l'armée dois faire poursuivre de la Providence à la Rivière du Nord. 11 p. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1; 651/2; 651/3; 651/4
- Date: 1781-01-01
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Map[Côte de York-town à Boston: Marches de l'armée. Scale ca. 1:650,000. Title from manuscript label on verso as originally mounted. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Key map of the route of march of Comte de Rochambeau's army from Providence, R.I., to Yorktown, Va., and the return march to Boston. The yellow line from Providence to Head of Elk and Annapolis, Md., and down Chesapeake Bay to...
- Date: 1782-01-01
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MapA map of the sources of the Chaudière, Penobscot, and Kennebec rivers, Scale ca. 1:390,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth backing with reinforced edges. Relief shown pictorially. Shows campsite locations for the author's expedition from Quebec into Maine. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 838 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Montrésor, John
- Date: 1761-01-01
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MapA Plan of the late Province of Main as far as Kennebeck River. Scale ca. 1:200,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Imperfect: Margin deteriorated and a section of the upper left corner missing. In 2 sections, mounted on cloth backing. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Shows internal boundaries. Accompanied by positive photocopy of verso, taken prior to mounting, showing "Backers Town." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 836 Available also through the Library of Congress Web...
- Date: 1778-01-01
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Map[Penobscot River and Bay, with the operations of the English fleet, under Sir George Collyer, against the division of Massachusetts troops acting against Fort Castine, August 1779; with full soundings up to ... Scale ca. 1:46,000. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 840 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 650/1; 651/2
- Date: 1779-01-01
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MapSurvey of the River St. Johns from Fort Frederick in the Bay of Fundy to the River Medauesqua with the Lake Temesecuala and the Grand Portage from thence to the River St. ... Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Date: 1750-01-01
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MapSketch of St. Jo[hn's] Harbour, and part of the river. Scale ca. 1:150,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Imperfect: Deteriorating along upper edge of border. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Date: 1760-01-01
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MapA sketch of St. John's Harbour and part of the river; Scale ca. 1:150,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 440; 651
- Contributor: Holland, Samuel - Morris, Charles
- Date: 1761-01-01
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MapMap of the River St. John in the Province of Nova Scotia, exhibiting the grant to officers &c. in 1765, with other patents. Scale ca. 1:185,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Shows townships. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 440; 650/1; 651/2; 650/3
- Contributor: Johnson, Guy - Morris, Charles
- Date: 1765-01-01
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MapPart of Oxford and Cumberland counties, Me. Scale ca. 1:220,000. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Land grants and No. 4 township dated 1771. Shows townships, land grants, and landownership of Cumberland County and parts of Oxford, York, and Androscoggin counties. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 835 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1; 650/2; 650/3
- Contributor: Greenleaf, S.
- Date: 1771-01-01
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MapThe above plan is a discription of a new township containing the quantity of seven and a half mile of land & water, granted by the General Court to the proprietors of ... Scale ca. 1:43,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. "A true copy compared, A. Oliver, sect." Includes text. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 833 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100
- Contributor: Noyes, Joseph
- Date: 1765-01-01
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MapThe above plan is a discription of a new township called Royalsborough in the county of Cumberland, bounded southeasterly on the headline of Brunswick, southwesterly on Northyarmouth, northwesterly on proprietors land, northeasterly ... Scale ca. 1:30,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Shows township lots and owners. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 834 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Noyes, Joseph
- Date: 1766-01-01
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MapPlan of Fort Pownal at Penobscot built 1759. Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. "No. 21." Watermark: J. Whatman. Includes 3 profile views. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 837 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440
- Date: 1759-01-01
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MapAn accurate map of His Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire in New England & all the adjacent country northward to the River St. Lawrence, & eastward to Penobscot Bay, containing the principal places ... Scale 1:633,600; 10 miles to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Prime meridian: London. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "Fort William Henry taken & demolished by the French A:D: 1757." Includes inscription to "His Excellency Benning Wentworth, Eqr., His Majesty's Governor," numerous historical and descriptive notes and inset "A general map of the River St. Lawrence above Montreal, to Lake Ontario, & the country westward...
- Contributor: Langdon, Samuel
- Date: 1757-01-01
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MapPlan du port de Portsmouth levé à vue. Scale ca. 1:38,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications and premier anchorage areas for ships. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 875 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; 650/1; 650/2; 651/3
- Date: 1782-01-01
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MapPortsmouth, New Hampshire. Scale ca. 1:61,000. Title from verso. Alternate title from Philip Lee Phillips A list of maps of America: Croquis de la rade de Portsmouth; position de la flotte française. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right. Shows Portsmouth harbor, including fortifications on shore and position of the French ships "Pluton," "Auguste," and "Bourgogne." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 876 Available...
- Date: 1782-01-01
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MapBernard. Scale ca. 1:127,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermark. Inscription above the plan: His Excellency Benning Wentworth, Esqr., a tract as marked in the plan B.W. to contain five hundred acres which is to be accounted two shares. Granted by B. Wentworth in 1761 ... Note below plan: There is no B.W. marked in the plan of Bernard on the charter records of the state of...
- Date: 1809-01-01