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MAP #: 370M6

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

DATE: 1870

SHORT TITLE : PLAN OF BALTIMORE.

REMAINING TITLE & ID : (IN TOP DECORATIVE BORDER, ABOVE MAP). "29." (BOTTOM RIGHT MARGIN, WITH NUMBERS ORIENTED TO THE LEFT). "ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1870 BY S. AUGUSTUS MITCHELL JR. IN THE CLERKS OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE U.S. FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSLVANIA." (LEFT BOTTOM MARGIN). DECORATIVE BORDER SHOWS INTERTWINED VINES WITH LEAVES AND GRAPES (1.7 CM WIDE). LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE (NOT SHOWN).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : R1870 (1860)
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : PHILADELPHIA
PUBLISHER : S. AUGUSTUS MITCHELL, JR. AND J.W. WILLSON
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 20.3 X 24.6 CM. (PLUS DECORATIVE BORDERS)
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : NO SCALE GIVEN
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-107
# 2 : MSA SC1399-153 (1860 ISSUE)
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : BB023-2L
# 2 : BB023-3 (1860 ISSUE)
REGION CATEGORY : DETAILED MAP OF PART OF THE MD/CHESAPEAKE AREA (2)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : BALTIMORE MAP (10)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : NO
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE.
CARTOUCHE : SIMPLE LINE FRAME (2)
BORDER : PLAIN (2)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : NONE
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 360M6.
BEST INFO SOURCE : PHILLIPS ATLASES LISTS MANY STATES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND RISTOW IS EXCELLENT ON THE PUBLISHING FIRM AND THE ATLAS IN WHICH THE MAP APPEARS.
DESCRIPTION : THIS MAP WAS FIRST INCLUDED IN MITCHELL'S NEW GENERAL ATLAS, CONTAINING MAPS OF THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD, PLANS OF CITIES, ETC..., FOLIO, PHILADELPHIA: S.A. MITCHELL, JR., 1860 AS MAP # 22. PHILLIPS INDICATES THAT THE MAPS FOR THIS ATLAS WERE DRAWN AND ENGRAVED BY W. WILLIAMS. S. AUGUSTUS MITCHELL RETIRED FROM THE DIRECTION OF HIS PUBLISHING BUSINESS BY 1860 AND HIS SON MITCHELL JR. ASSUMED THE LEADERSHIP. THE MITCHELL'S NEW GENERAL ATLAS WAS PUBLISHED IN 1860 TO REPLACE THE NEW UNIVERSAL ATLAS. THE MAPS IN THE NEW GENERAL ATLAS ALL HAVE DECORATIVE BORDERS AND THEIR REPRODUCTION WAS BY LITHOGRAPHY. ANY COLOR ON THE MAPS WAS APPLIED MANUALLY. EDITIONS OF THE NEW GENERAL ATLAS WERE ISSUED ANNUALLY TO 1887, BUT THE 1870 EDITION INCLUDES J. W. WILLSON OF NEW YORK CITY AS COPUBLISHER. THE EDITIONS FROM 1880 TO 1887 WERE PUBLISHED BY THE PHILADELPHIA FIRMS OF BRADLEY & COMPANY OR WM. M. BRADLEY & BRO. THE FINAL EDITION WAS DATED 1893 AND IT WAS PUBLISHED AND RETITLED MITCHELL'S FAMILY ATLAS OF THE WORLD, SUBSCRIPTION EDITION BY THE PHILADELPHIA FIRM OF A.R. KELLER COMPANY.

A REVIEW OF ISSUES FROM 1860 TO 1893 INDICATES THAT THE ONLY CHANGES OTHER THAN THE COPYRIGHT DATES, PLATE NUMBERS AND DECORATIVE BORDERS OCCURRED IN THE 1865 STATE, WHEN SOME STREET NAMES AND RAILROADS WERE ALTERED. THE MAPS IN THIS SERIES ALSO SHOW PROMINENT BUILDINGS, THE ELECTION DISTRICTS, AND THE LOCATION AND SHAPE OF THE PIERS IN THE HARBOR. THE 1870 ISSUE HAS ALL THE CHANGES NOTED IN THE 1865 ISSUE EXCEPT THAT THE PLATE # IS 29 RATHER THAN 25.

DATA IS FROM RISTOW, PHILLIPS ATLASES, AND FROM OBSERVATION OF PHOTOCOPIES OF ALL THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ISSUES IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

EDITION & STATE INFO : A COMPLETE REVIEW OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HOLDINGS WAS MADE SPANNING ATLASES FROM 1860 TO 1893. NUMEROUS CHANGES ON THE MAP ITSELF OCCURED ONLY IN THE 1865 ISSUE. THOSE BEFORE THIS SHOW "MIDDLE BRANCH OF PATAPSCO R.", WITH SEVERAL BRANCHES. THOSE AFTER READ "MIDDLE BRANCH", WITH BRANCHES THEREOF FILLED IN. CHANGES AND ADDITIONS IN STREET NAMES, WHARF NAMES AND RAILROAD ROUTES ARE MADE. OTHERWISE, ONLY DATES, PLATE NUMBERS AND BORDERS ARE CHANGED.

ISSUE 1 - (1860) - THIS STATE HAS A PLATE # OF "22." IT IS COPYRIGHT DATED 1860. THE DECORATIVE BORDER SHOWS WIDE RIBBONS IN EACH CORNER AND LEAVES AND FLOWERS ON THE SIDES, SOME 1.7 CM. WIDE. PHILLIPS # 831. SEE MAP # 360M6.

ISSUE 2 - (1860) - SAME AS ISSUE 1.

ISSUE 3 - (1862) - PLATE # IS ALTERED TO "23.". PHILLIPS # 3558.

ISSUE 4 - (1863) - SAME AS ISSUE 3. PHILLIPS # 6145.

ISSUE 5 - (1864) - PLATE # IS ALTERED TO "25". THE BORDER IS CHANGED AND NOW INCLUDES LARGE ROUND FLOWERS AND POINSETTIA TYPE BLOOMS ON SIDES. PHILLIPS # 6150.

ISSUE 6 - (1865) - IN THIS STATE, "MIDDLE BRANCH OF PATAPSCO R." BECOMES "MIDDLE BRANCH". THE EXTENSION OF THE MIDDLE BRANCH OF THE PATAPSCO TO THE NORTHWEST IS SHOWN AS FILLED IN AND STREETS ARE SHOWN OVER THE FILLED IN AREA. SEVERAL STREETS WEST OF EUTAW HAVE "W" INSERTED BEFORE THEIR NAMES, INCLUDING PRATT, BALTIMORE, FAYETTE, LEXINGTON, SARATOGA AND LOMBARD. IN DISTRICT 3, LOMBARD STREET BECOMES "E. LOMBARD". SEVERAL NEW STREET NAMES ARE ADDED, SUCH AS WATSON, LLOYD, GOUGH, CHESNUT, EXETER, NORTH, MARION AND OTHERS. ADDITIONAL DOCKS AND WHARVES ARE NAMED SUCH AS ABRAHAM, RAMSAY, CITY WHARVES, ETC. RAILROAD LINES ARE EXTENDED, NEAR LOCUST PT. AND IN THE 16TH DISTRICT, NEAR CAMDEN STREET AND DOVER STREET. THE PLATE NUMBER IS CHANGED TO "25." PHILLIPS # 846.

ISSUE 7 - (1866) - SAME AS ISSUE 6. PHILLIPS # 848.

ISSUE 8 - (1867) - COPYRIGHT DATED 1866. PLATE # IS CHANGED TO "28.". PHILLIPS # 850.

ISSUE 9 - (1868) - COPYRIGHT DATED 1867, AND THE DECORATIVE BORDER IS CHANGED TO ONE FEATURING INTERTWINED VINES WITH LEAVES AND GRAPES. THE CORNERS ARE A TANGLE OF VINES AND LEAVES. OTHERWISE, IT IS THE SAME AS ISSUE 8. PHILLIPS # 3563.

ISSUE 10 - (1869) - COPYRIGHT DATED 1867. PLATE # IS CHANGED TO "29.". PHILLIPS # 6164.

ISSUE 11 - (1870) - SAME AS ISSUE 10. PHILLIPS # 859. THIS IS THE MAP DESCRIBED HEREIN.

ISSUE 12 - (1873?)- THIS ISSUE IS NOT IN THE ATLAS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. IT HAS THE IMPRINT "ENTERED...1872...IN THE OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS AT WASHINGTON." PLATE # IS CHANGED TO "25".

ISSUE 13 - (1873) - COPYRIGHT DATED 1872. PLATE # IS CHANGED BACK TO "29.". PHILLIPS # 870.

ISSUE 14 - (1874) - ALTHOUGH CATALOGED, THIS ATLAS WAS NOT FOUND IN LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. PHILLIPS # 6187.

ISSUE 15 - (1875) - COPYRIGHT DATED 1875. PLATE # IS CHANGED TO "43". PHILLIPS # 6191.

ISSUE 16 - (1876) - COPYRIGHT DATED 1876. PLATE # IS CHANGED TO "47". PHILLIPS # 880.

ISSUE 17 - (1878) - COPYRIGHT DATED 1878. PHILLIPS # 888.

ISSUE 18 - (1879) - COPYRIGHT DATED 1879. PHILLIPS # 890.

ISSUE 19 - (1880) - COPYRIGHT DATED 1880. PHILLIPS # 892.

ISSUE 20 - (1881) - SAME AS ISSUE 19. PHILLIPS # 895.

ISSUE 21 - (1882) - COPYRIGHT DATED 1882. PLATE # IS CHANGED TO "45.". PHILLIPS # 906.

ISSUE 22 - (1884) - SAME AS ISSUE # 21. PHILLIPS # NOT GIVEN.

ISSUE 23 - (1887) - THE IMPRINT READS "COPYRIGHT 1887 BY Wm. M. BRADLEY & BROS." (BOTTOM LEFT MARGIN). PLATE # STILL IS "45". THE ORNATE BORDER IS REPLACED BY A PLAIN BORDER. PHILLIPS # 920.

ISSUE 24 - (1893) - SAME AS ISSUE 23. PHILLIPS # 983.

DATA IS PRIMARILY FROM COMPARISON OF THE PHOTOCOPIES OF THE ISSUES FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A COPY OF THE 1860 ISSSUE IN CONTEMPORARY COLOR. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF BB023-3 AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-153. THE COLLECTION HAS A COPY OF THE 1870 ISSUE DESCRIBED HEREIN, ALSO IN COLOR, WITH AN ACQ. # OF BB023-2L AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-107. IN ADDITION, THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS PHOTOCOPIES OF THE OTHER ISSUES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COLLECTION NOTED ABOVE.

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, # 831, 846, 848, 850, 859, 870, 880, 888, 890, 892, 895, 906, 3558, 3563, 6145, 6150, 6164, 6187, 6191; RISTOW, WALTER W., AMERICAN MAPS AND MAPMAKERS COMMERCIAL CARTOGRAPHY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, DETROIT: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1985, 313.

January 26, 1992


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