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MAP #: 364M8

CARTOGRAPHER : MITCHELL JR., S. AUGUSTUS [PUBLISHER]

DATE: 1864

SHORT TITLE : COUNTY MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, MARYLAND

REMAINING TITLE & ID : AND DELAWARE. (TOP RIGHT CORNER). "21." (BOTTOM RIGHT MARGIN, ORIENTED WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE NUMBERS TO THE LEFT). "ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1860 BY S. AUGUSTUS MITCHELL, JR. IN THE CLERKS OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE U.S. FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA." (BELOW BOTTOM DECORATIVE BORDER, ON THE LEFT). SCALE OF 40 MILES (BOTTOM CENTER). INSET OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA (6.7 X 9.8 CM., HAS A MAP # OF "22." IN BOTTOM LEFT OF INSET, BOTTOM LEFT CORNER, WITH THE TITLE ACROSS THE FACE OF THE INSET). INSET OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE (4.0 X 5.5 CM., WITH ROUNDED TOP, BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, HAS A MAP # OF "23." IN TOP CENTER OF INSET). THERE ARE NO SCALES FOR THE INSETS. THE REVERSE SIDE IS BLANK. A DECORATIVE BORDER 1.7 CM. WIDE SURROUNDS THE MAP, CONSISTING OF LEAVES, VINES, FLOWERS AND INTERTWINED WIDE RIBBON AT THE CORNERS. THE MAP EXTENDS THROUGH THE LONGITUDE BORDER AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM AND THROUGH THE LATITUDE BORDER ON THE LEFT. LONGITUDE FROM GREENWICH (TOP BORDER) AND FROM WASHINGTON (BOTTOM BORDER). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : R1864 (1860)
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : PHILADELPHIA
PUBLISHER : S. AUGUSTUS MITCHELL JR.
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 25.4 X 30.5 CM. (EXCLUDING THE DECORATIVE BORDER)
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 2,000,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : 40 MILES = 3.1 CM.
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : G1019 .M6 1864
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-112
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : G018-DGH
REGION CATEGORY : GENERAL MAP OF INTEREST TO A MD/CHESAPEAKE COLLECTION (3)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : PENNSYLVANIA MAP PRIMARILY (14)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : GEOGRAPHICALLY FUNCTIONAL (8)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : WASHINGTON & GREENWICH (8)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 360M5, 362M5, 363M5, 365M7.
BEST INFO SOURCE : RISTOW, PHILLIPS ATLASES AND LIBRARY OF CONGRESS REPROS WERE THE BEST FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THIS COLORED COUNTY MAP FOCUSES ON PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY. MARYLAND AND DELAWARE ARE ALSO SHOWN, BUT ARE RELATIVELY SMALL IN SIZE. A BETTER, LARGER SCALE REPRESENTATION OF MARYLAND IS GAMBLE'S COUNTY MAP OF MARYLAND AND DELAWARE, WHICH APPEARED IN THE SAME ATLAS, S. AUGUSTUS MITCHELL JR'S NEW GENERAL ATLAS... THE MAP DESCRIBED HEREIN WAS # 21 IN THAT ATLAS AND HAS INSETS OF PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE, NUMBERED 22 AND 23 RESPECTIVELY. THIS MAP IS SIMILAR TO THE ONES THAT APPEARED IN MITCHELL'S NEW GENERAL ATLAS... FROM 1860 AND CONTINUED BY THIS NAME UNTIL AROUND 1882, EXCEPT FOR THE CHANGES NOTED IN THE EDITION AND STATE SECTION. THIS MAP FIRST APPEARED IN MITCHELL'S NEW GENERAL ATLAS..., 43 MAPS, FOL., PHILADELPHIA: S.A. MITCHELL JR., 1860, AS MAP # 18, WITH THE INSET PLAN OF PHILADELPHIA AS MAP # 19 AND THE PLAN OF BALTIMORE AS MAP # 20. MITCHELL'S SON, S. AUGUSTUS MITCHELL JR. BY 1860 HAD REPLACED HIS RETIRED FATHER AS HEAD OF THEIR PUBLISHING BUSINESS, PUBLISHING MITCHELL'S NEW GENERAL ATLAS. ITS REPRODUCTION WAS BY LITHOGRAPHY AND THE COLORING WAS MANUALLY APPLIED. RISTOW INDICATES THAT EDITIONS OF THIS ATLAS WERE ISSUED ANNUALLY WITH AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF MAP PLATES UNTIL 1887. MITCHELL WAS LISTED AS PUBLISHER UNTIL 1879, ALTHOUGH THE 1870 ISSUE WAS COPUBLISHED BY J. W. WILSON OF NEW YORK CITY. THE EDITIONS FROM 1880 TO 1887 WERE PUBLISHED BY BRADLEY & CO. OR WM. M. BRADLEY & BRO. OF PHILADELPHIA. THE LAST EDITION OF MITCHELL'S NEW GENERAL ATLAS WAS DATED 1893 WITH A DIFFERENT TITLE OF MITCHELL'S FAMILY ATLAS OF THE WORLD, SUBSCRIPTION EDITION.

THE MAP IS IN FULL COLOR FOR THE STATES SPECIFIED IN THE TITLE, WITH EACH COUNTY SEPARATELY COLORED. MAJOR ROADS AND CANALS ARE SHOWN. LONGITUDE IS WEST FROM GREENWICH IN THE TOP BORDER AND FROM WASHINGTON IN THE BOTTOM BORDER. WATER AREAS ARE DEPICTED BY SHORE-CONFORMING PARALLEL LINES. NO SOUNDINGS OR OTHER HYDROGRAPHIC DATA ARE INDICATED. MAJOR ROADS, RAILROADS AND CANALS ARE SHOWN. WATER AREAS ARE DEPICTED BY SHORE-CONFORMING PARALLEL LINES. NO SOUNDINGS OR HYDROGRAPHIC DATA ARE INCLUDED. THIS MAP MAY HAVE BEEN DRAWN AND ENGRAVED BY W. WILLIAMS. PHILLIPS NOTES THAT THE MAPS IN THE 1860 ATLAS WERE SO DRAWN AND ENGRAVED. KARPINSKI, HOWEVER, SAYS THAT ONLY SOME OF THEM WERE DONE BY WILLIAMS. THIS 1864 ISSUE HAD A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DECORATIVE BORDER THAN THE PRIOR ISSUES. BY THE TIME THE 1864 ISSUE WAS RELEASED, THE MAP HAD BECOME CROWDED AND SHOWED SIGNS OF MANY DIFFERENT ENGRAVERS WORK.

DATA IS FROM RISTOW, PHILLIPS ATLASES, FROM OBSERVATION OF THE COPIES OF THIS MAP FROM 1860-1865 FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

EDITION & STATE INFO : THIS MAP APPEARED IN MITCHELL'S NEW GENERAL ATLAS WITH THIS NAME UNTIL ABOUT THE 1882 EDITION. NOT ALL ISSUES HAVE BEEN EXAMINED. HOWEVER, THOSE FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND FROM THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION FROM 1860 THROUGH 1865 HAVE. CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO TOWNS AND ROADS WERE MADE IN MOST ISSUES.

1860 ISSUE - MAP # IS "18.", DATED 1860. PHILADELPHIA INSET # "19." BALTIMORE INSET IS # "20." SEE MAP # 360M5.

1862 ISSUE - MAP # "19.". DATED 1860. PHILADELPHIA INSET # "21.". BALTIMORE INSET # "20." A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL PLACE NAMES ARE LOCATED IN CENTRAL MARYLAND, e.g. COCKEYSVILLE, PHOENIX, HEREFORD, COOPERS, UNIONVILLE, POBLES, DARNESTOWN, BLADENBURG, QUEEN ANNE, FT. CAMPBELL, ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, PERRYMAN AND, ON THE EASTERN SHORE, QUEENSTOWN. SEE MAP # 362M5.

1863 ISSUE - MAP "19." DATED 1860. PHILADELPHIA INSET # "20."(LEFT BOTTOM CORNER). BALTIMORE INSET # "21." "KEARNEY V." IS ADDED NW OF HARPER'S FERRY AND THREE NAMES ARE ADDED JUST SOUTH OF WILLIAMSPORT, MD. SEE MAP # 363M5.

1864 ISSUE - MAP # "21." DATED 1860. PHILADELPHIA INSET #"22," (LEFT BOTTOM CORNER). BALTIMORE INSET # "23." NO CHANGES OCCURRED IN MARYLAND NOMENCLATURE, BUT A DIFFERENT DECORATIVE BORDER WAS SUBSTITUTED. PRIOR BORDERS SHOWED 4 VINE STEMS POINTING OUTWARD IN EACH CORNER THROUGH WIDE RIBBON. THIS ISSUE HAS NO SUCH STEMS. THIS IS THE MAP DESCRIBED HEREIN.

1865 ISSUE - MAP # "21." DATED 1860. PHILADELPHIA INSET (BOTTOM LEFT CORNER). CITY OF BALTIMORE INSET (BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER). INSETS ARE UNNUMBERED. THE ROAD FROM ORANGEVILLE TO COLUMBUS IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PENNSYLVANIA, PREVIOUSLY SHOWN AS A DOTTED LINE, IS NOW A SOLID LINE. THE ROAD EAST FROM SALEM, N.J. IS NOW ALSO A SOLID LINE, AS IS THE ROAD FROM THE NORTH INTO CAPE MAY. THE MARYLAND PORTION APPEARS UNCHANGED. THE DECORATIVE BORDER IS AS IN THE 1864 ISSUE. SEE MAP # 365M7.

ADDITIONAL STATES WERE ISSUED UP UNTIL AROUND 1882, BUT LATER STATES HAVE NOT BEEN EXAMINED.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A GOOD COLORED COPY OF THIS MAP. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF G018-DGH AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-112.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : PHILLIPS, PHILIP LEE, A LIST OF GEOGRAPHICAL ATLASES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, AMSTERDAM: THEATRVM ORBIS TERRARVM, LTD, A 1971 REPRINT OF A 1909 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PUBLICATION, I, # 831, MAP 18; # 846, MAP 21; # 848, MAP 21; # 850; # 859; # 870; # 880; # 888; # 890; # 892; # 895; # 906; # 920; # 983; III, # 3558; # 3563; KARPINSKI, LOUIS C., MAPS OF FAMOUS CARTOGRAPHERS DEPICTING NORTH AMERICA, AMSTERDAM: MERIDIAN PUBLISHING CO., 1977, 293; RISTOW, WALTER W., AMERICAN MAPS AND MAPMAKERS COMMERCIAL CARTOGRAPHY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, DETROIT: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1985, 313.

February 23, 1993


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