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MAP #: 361J5

CARTOGRAPHER : JOHNSON & BROWNING [PUBLISHER]

DATE: 1861

SHORT TITLE : JOHNSON'S DELAWARE AND MARYLAND

REMAINING TITLE & ID : BY JOHNSON & BROWNING. (LEFT SIDE, BELOW CENTER). INSET VIEW OF "THE CAPITOL." (BELOW TITLE). INSET VIEW OF "HARPER'S FERRY." (ABOVE TITLE). INSET VIEWS (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ACROSS TOP OF MAP, INSIDE NEAT LINE) OF THE "GENERAL POST OFFICE.", "TREASURY BUILDINGS.", AND THE "PATENT OFFICE." "31." (BOTTOM RIGHT MARGIN, ORIENTED WITH BOTTOM OF NUMBERS TO THE LEFT). SCALE OF 25 MILES (BOTTOM CENTER, TO RIGHT OF EXPLANATIONS). "EXPLANATIONS." OF SYMBOLS (BOTTOM CENTER). EXPLANATION OF BOUNDARY BETWEEN PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE AND MARYLAND (BELOW SCALE). MAP EXTENDS THROUGH DECORATIVE BORDER ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND THROUGH THE LATITUDE BORDER ON THE LEFT. DECORATIVE STRAPWORK BORDER MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 1 CM. WIDE SURROUNDS THE MAP. THE REVERSE SIDE IS BLANK. LONGITUDE FROM WASHINGTON (BOTTOM BORDER). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : R1861?(1855)
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : RICHMOND
PUBLISHER : JOHNSON & BROWNING
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 28.9 X 39.4 CM.(PLUS DECORATIVE BORDER AND E-W PROJECTION)
SIZE - OTHER DATA :
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 970,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : 25 MILES = 4 CM.
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-489
# 2 : MSA SC1399-278 (1855 STATE)
# 3 : MSA SC1399-228 (1855 STATE)
# 4 : MSA SC1399-450 (1860 STATE)
# 5 : MSA SC1399-106 (1863 STATE BY JOHNSON & WARD)
# 6 : MSA SC1399-277 (1865 STATE)
# 7 : MSA SC1399-451 (1868 STATE)
# 8 : MSA SC1399-487 (1868 EDITION)
# 9 : MSA SC1399-429 (1873 STATE)
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : G016-DTI
# 2 : N018-DIG (1855 STATE)
# 3 : BB023-DHN (1855 STATE)
# 4 : GS017-DHF (1860 STATE)
# 5 : BB023-2I (1863 STATE BY JOHNSON & WARD)
# 6 : N018-DIG (1865 STATE)
# 7 : G016-DUH (1868 STATE)
# 8 : G016-DUE (1868 EDITION)
# 9 : N017-DIF (1873 STATE)
REGION CATEGORY : MAP ON WHICH THE MD/CHESAPEAKE AREA IS ONE MAIN FOCUS (1)
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) : WASHINGTON (5)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 355C2, 355C3, 356C5, 361J5, 363C5, 363J5, 365J5, 368J6, 368J7 373G7.
BEST INFO SOURCE : PHILLIPS ATLASES IS THE BEST FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : IN ITS VARIOUS STATES AND EDITIONS, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY PUBLISHED MAPS OF MARYLAND IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. IT IS A LATER STATE OF THE MAP, WHICH FIRST APPEARED IN 1855, PUBLISHED BY J.H. COLTON & Co. AND LATER BY JOHNSON & BROWNING, JOHNSON AND WARD, A.J. JOHNSON AND O.W. GRAY. THE MAP COVERS ONLY THE STATES OF DELAWARE AND MARYLAND, WITH SURROUNDING AREAS FILLED IN WITH INSET PICTURES. OTHER THAN ADDED AND CHANGED INSETS, THIS MAP APPEARS SIMILAR TO THE COLTON MAPS OF 1855 (SEE MAPS # 355C2 AND 355C3). IT SHOWS ROADS, RAILROADS, COUNTIES AND COUNTY SEATS, CITIES AND TOWNS. NO SOUNDINGS OR OTHER HYDROGRAPHIC DATA IS SHOWN. THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND DELAWARE BAY AND RIVER AND THE CLOSE OCEAN AREAS ARE SHOWN BY COAST CONFORMING PARALLEL LINES. THE REVERSE SIDE IS BLANK. THE MAP IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN MADE BY ENGRAVING A STEEL PLATE AND THEN TRANSFERRING TO A LITHOGRAPHIC STONE FOR REPRODUCTION.

THIS MAP COULD NOT BE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED IN PHILLIPS. JOHNSON & BROWNING SUCCEEDED J.H. COLTON & Co. IN 1860 AND MANY OF THE PLATES IN THE FAMILY ATLAS, PUBLISHED FROM 1860 TO 1885, WERE FROM COLTON'S GENERAL ATLAS. THIS PARTICULAR MAP APPEARED IN SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT FORM AT LEAST AS EARLY AS 1855. THE 1862 EDITION OF THE FAMILY ATLAS IN PHILLIPS SHOWS THAT THIS MAP HAS THE INSET OF D.C. SINCE JOHNSON AND WARD SUCCEEDED TO THE BUSINESS OF JOHNSON & BROWNING IN 1862, A c1861 DATE SEEMS REASONABLE FOR THE MAP.

DATA IS FROM PHILLIPS AND FROM OBSERVATION OF THE VARIOUS STATES OF THE MAP IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

EDITION & STATE INFO : WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL STATES/EDITIONS OF THE MAP. WE NEED PHOTOS OF THE ITEMS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. A NUMBER OF OTHER EDITIONS AND/OR STATES ARE LISTED IN PHILLIPS, BUT WE HAVEN'T YET SEEN THEM.

ONE STATE - (1855?) - ENTITLED DELAWARE AND MARYLAND PUBLISHED BY J.H. COLTON & CO. No. 172 WILLIAM ST. NEW YORK, THIS MAP HAS NO SCROLLWORK OUTSIDE THE HEAVY NEAT LINE AND THE PAGE NUMBER IS "24". SEE MAP # 355C2.

ANOTHER STATE - (1855?) - HAS THE SAME TITLE AS THE PRIOR STATE BUT WITH "No. 22" AS THE PAGE NUMBER. THIS STATE HAS CIRCULAR SCROLLWORK INSTEAD OF A HEAVY NEAT LINE. SEE MAP # 355C3.

ANOTHER STATE - (1856) - THIS MAP IS SIMILAR TO THE PRIOR STATE BUT WITH "NO. 22" OMITTED. THERE WAS NO PAGE NUMBER, SINCE THIS WAS ISSUED AS A SEPARATE BETWEEN TITLED MAP BOARDS. THE DATE 1856 IS IN THE TITLE. THE MAP BOARD IS RED AND MEASURES 12.7 X 8.7 CM. THE TITLE "MAP OF DELAWARE & MARYLAND J.H. COLTON" IS IN GOLD LEAF ON THE COVER. THIS VERSION OF THE MAP IS ON THIN PAPER. A COPY IS IN THE COLLECTION OF DR. LAURENCE CLAGGETT OF EASTON, MD. SEE MAP # 356C5.

ANOTHER STATE - (1860?) - THIS IS ENTITLED "COLTON'S DELAWARE AND MARYLAND PUBLISHED BY JOHNSON & BROWNING, 172 WILLIAM St. NEW YORK." IT HAS A PAGE "No. 22". THERE IS AN INSET OF D.C. IN THE BOTTOM LEFT AND AN ENTERED DATE OF 1855. SEE MAP # 360J5.

ANOTHER STATE - (c1861) - THIS IS ENTITLED "JOHNSON'S DELAWARE AND MARYLAND BY JOHNSON & BROWNING." IT HAS A PAGE NUMBER OF "31." IN ADDITION TO VIEWS OF THE POST OFFICE, TREASURY AND PATENT BUILDINGS ACROSS THE TOP, IT SHOWS HARPER'S FERRY ABOVE THE TITLE AND THE CAPITOL BUILDING BELOW THE TITLE. THE PUBLISHER'S STATEMENT IS OMITTED. THERE IS NO LONGITUDE NOW SPECIFIED ON THE TOP BORDER. THIS IS THE MAP DESCRIBED HEREIN.

ANOTHER STATE - (1863) - THIS IS ENTITLED "COLTON'S DELAWARE AND MARYLAND PUBLISHED BY J.H. COLTON -- No. 172 WILLIAM St. NEW YORK 1863" THERE IS AN INSET OF D.C., BUT NO PAGE NUMBER. THE ENTERED DATE IS 1855. SEE MAP # 363C5.

ANOTHER STATE - (1863) - THE TITLE IS "JOHNSON'S DELAWARE AND MARYLAND BY JOHNSON AND WARD." THE VIEWS CONTINUE ACROSS THE TOP, BUT THE VIEW OF HARPER'S FERRY IS GONE AND THE CAPITOL IS REPLACED BY AN INSET OF D.C. THE PAGE NUMBER IS "35." SEE MAP # 363J5.

ANOTHER STATE - (1865?) - THIS IS ENTITLED "JOHNSON'S DELAWARE AND MARYLAND BY JOHNSON AND WARD". IT HAS A PAGE NUMBER OF "38." PICTURES OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, THE TREASURY BUILDINGS AND THE PATENT OFFICE REMAIN ACROSS THE TOP. THE PUBLISHER'S STATEMENT IS STILL MISSING. ON THE REVERSE SIDE IS AN "APPENDIX TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX". SEE MAP # 365J5.

ANOTHER STATE - (1868?) - TITLE IS "JOHNSON'S DELAWARE AND MARYLAND A.J. JOHNSON, NEW YORK." THERE IS NO PAGE NUMBER. THE ENTERED DATE IS 1855. THERE IS AN INSET OF D.C. SEE MAP # 368J6.

ANOTHER STATE - (1873) - TITLE IS "GRAYS ATLAS MAP OF DELAWARE AND MARYLAND". THERE IS AN INSET OF D.C. THE PAGE NUMBER IS "98". THERE IS NO PUBLISHER'S STATEMENT. ON THE REVERSE SIDE IS MAP # 97 ENTITLED "GRAYS ATLAS MAP OF NEW JERSEY". SEE MAP # 373G7.

ANOTHER EDITION - (1868?) - TITLE IS "JOHNSON'S DELAWARE AND MARYLAND PUBLISHED BY A.J. JOHNSON, NEW YORK." PAGE NUMBER IS "45". THE PUBLISHER'S STATEMENT CARRIES A 1868 DATE. INSET OF D.C. IS ENLARGED. THE ELECTION DISTRICTS ARE SHOWN FOR EACH COUNTY. SEE MAP # 368J7.

DATA IS FROM OBSERVATION OF COPIES OF THIS MAP IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION OR IN OTHER COLLECTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE WRITER.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS THE JOHNSON & BROWNING c1861 ISSUE, WITH SOME MARGINAL BROWNING AND TEARS, WITH AN ACQ. # OF G016-DTI AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399- 489. THE COLLECTION HAS A COLORED COPY IN GOOD CONDITION OF A SIMILAR MAP PUBLISHED BY J.H. COLTON & CO. DATED 1855 WITH DECORATIVE BORDER AND A PAGE NUMBER OF "22". THIS MAP HAS SOME SLIGHT BROWNING. A SMALL CORNER OF THE BOTTOM RIGHT MARGIN IN MISSING, NOT AFFECTING THE PRINTING. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF N018-DIG AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-278. THE COLLECTION HAS A COLORED COPY MOUNTED ON A NON ACID-FREE BOARD OF A SIMILAR MAP, ALSO OF 1855, WITH NO SCROLLWORK AND WITH A PAGE NUMBER OF "24". IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF BB023-DHN AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-228. THE MAP HAS SOME BROWNING. THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A FAIR COLORED COPY OF THE JOHNSON & BROWNING 1860 ISSUE WITH BROWNING AND SOME WATERSTAINS. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF GS017-DHF AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-450. THE COLLECTION'S COPY OF THE 1863 ISSUE OF JOHNSON AND WARD IS IN COLOR AND IS A CLEAN COPY, WITH AN ACQ. # OF BB023-2I AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-106. THE COLLECTION HAS AN 8 X 10" PHOTOGRAPH OF THE J.H. COLTON MAP OF 1863 FROM THE MARYLAND HALL OF RECORDS PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION. IT HAS A COLORED COPY OF THE JOHNSON AND WARD 1865 ISSUE WITH SOME BROWNING, PRIMARILY IN THE MARGINS, WITH AN ACQ. # OF N018-NIG AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-277. IT HAS A COLORED A.J. JOHNSON MAP OF 1868, ENTERED IN 1855, WITH SOME BROWNING AND MARGIN SECTIONS MISSING. THE MAP HAS AN ACQ. # OF G016-DUH AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-451. THE COLLECTION HAS A GOOD COPY OF THE 1873 ISSUE OF GRAYS ATLAS MAP OF DELAWARE AND MARYLAND, WITH SOME MARGINAL TEARS AND BROWNING. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF N017-DIF AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-429. THE COLLECTION ALSO HAS A DIFFERENT EDITION, DATED 1868, PUBLISHED BY A.J. JOHNSON IN COLOR, WITH THE TOP MARGIN MISSING, INCLUDING THE DECORATIVE BORDER. OTHERWISE IT IS A CLEAN COPY. THE ACQ. # IS G016-DUE AND THE MDHR # IS MSA SC1399-487.

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, # 816 (1856), 827 (1858), 837 (1862), 840 (1863), 843 (1864), 856 (1870), 858 (1870), 866 (1873), 875 (1876), 877 (1876), 878 (1876), 879 (1876), 886 (1878), 904 (1882), 911 (1882),913 (1882-3), 1390 (1873), 1391 (1875), 1393 (1876), 1394 (1876),1398 (1877),4343 (1862), 4345 (1865), 4346 (1866), 4349 (1868), 6116 (1855), 6125 (1856), 6129 (1857), 6140 (1860), 6148 (1864), 6155 (1866), 6162 (1869), 6179 (1872), 6195 (1877), 6196 (1878), 6224 (1885), AND 6229 (1886); OLD PRINT SHOP CATALOG VOL XLIII, NO. 2, 33, ITEM 13; KARPINSKI, LOUIS C., MAPS OF FAMOUS CARTOGRAPHERS DEPICTING NORTH AMERICA, AMSTERDAM: MERIDAN PUBLISHING CO., 1977, 293, 296; LONG, JOHN H., HANDBOOK OF MARYLAND BOUNDARIES, A SUPPLEMENT TO THE U.S. HISTORICAL COUNTY BOUNDARY DATA FILE, CHICAGO: THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY, 1978, 38; RISTOW, WALTER W., AMERICAN MAPS AND MAPMAKERS, COMMERCIAL CARTOGRAPHY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, DETROIT: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1985, 318-326.

December 19, 1991


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