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MAP #: 358C5 CARTOGRAPHER : COLTON, J. H. & CO. [PUBLISHER]

DATE: 1858

SHORT TITLE : MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA & SOUTH CAROLINA

REMAINING TITLE & ID : (TOP LEFT CORNER). "SCALE OF STATUTE MILES" (BELOW TITLE). "ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1858 BY J.H. COLTON & CO. IN THE CLERKS OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK."(LEFT BOTTOM MARGIN). EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS (CENTER BOTTOM). INSETS OF THE "DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA" (BOTTOM LEFT CORNER), "VICINITY OF CHARLESTON" AND "VICINITY OF BALTIMORE, MD." (BOTTOM RIGHT- ALL INSETS WITH SCALE OF 10 MILES = 1 INCH). ELABORATE BORDER CONTAINS FLOWERS AND LEAVES. LONGITUDE FROM GREENWICH (TOP BORDER) AND FROM WASHINGTON (BOTTOM BORDER). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1858
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : NEW YORK
PUBLISHER : J.H. COLTON & CO.
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 32.5 X 27.0 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 3,650,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : 57.63 MILES = 1 INCH
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-4
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : G018-DHG
REGION CATEGORY : GENERAL MAP OF SOME INTEREST TO A MD/CHESAPEAKE COLLECTION (3)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) :
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : COMPOUND FUNCTIONAL (7)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : GREENWICH & LONDON (8)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : -
BEST INFO SOURCE : NONE YET FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THIS PRE-CIVIL WAR MAP SHOWS THE AREA FROM CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA TO NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA AND HAS INSETS OF WASHINGTON, D.C., CHARLESTON AND BALTIMORE. THE MAP IS DIVIDED INTO COUNTIES FOR THE STATES IN THE TITLE. THE MOUNTAINS ARE SHOWN IN RELIEF. THE SCALE OF THE MAP IS TOO SMALL TO HAVE BEEN VERY USEFUL IN FOLLOWING THE WAR.

THE "ENTERED" STATEMENT INDICATES THAT IT WAS PUBLISHED BY J. H. COLTON & CO. IN 1858. WE CANNOT FIND A LISTING IN PHILLIPS THAT CONTAINS A REFERENCE TO THIS MAP AND HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO IDENTIFY ITS SOURCE. THE DECORATIVE BORDER WITH FLOWERS AND LEAVES IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN THE INTERTWINED STRAPWORK BORDER IN COLTON'S GENERAL ATLAS. J. H. COLTON & CO. PUBLISHED SCHOOL ATLASES IN 1856 AND 1859 CALLED COLTON AND FITCH'S INTRODUCTORY SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY. THE MAPS WERE DONE BY G. W. COLTON. THAT COMPANY ALSO PUBLISHED J. H. COLTON'S SCHOOL ATLAS DESIGNED TO ACCOMPANY COLTON'S AMERICAN SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY, NEW YORK: 1860. GEORGIA BARNHILL, CURATOR OF GRAPHIC ARTS FOR THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY OF WORCESTER, MASS. ON 11/7/91 CHECKED THEIR EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF SCHOOL GEOGRAPHIES BY COLTON AND COULD NOT FIND THE MAP. SHE CONCLUDED THAT IT WAS PROBABLY ISSUED SEPARATELY IN A SMALL BINDING, SINCE COLTON PUBLISHED MANY MAPS IN THAT FORMAT.

EDITION & STATE INFO : NO INFORMATION HAS YET BEEN FOUND.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A COPY COLORED FOR THE STATES IN THE TITLE BY COUNTIES. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF G018-DHG AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-4.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : KARPINSKI, LOUIS C., MAPS OF FAMOUS CARTOGRAPHERS DEPICTING NORTH AMERICA, AMSTERDAM: MERIDIAN PUBLISHING CO., 1977, # 448, # 451 (REFERS TO COLTON'S SCHOOL ATLASES OF THE PERIOD); PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE WITH GEORGIA BARNHILL OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY DATED 11/7/91. November 28, 1991


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