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A map of part of the N. W. Territory of the United States : compiled from actual surveys, and the best information

Title: A map of part of the N. W. Territory of the United States : compiled from actual surveys, and the best information / by Samuel Lewis, 1796 ; W. Barker, sculp.
Author: Lewis, Samuel, 1753 or 1754-1822
Publication: [Philadelphia?] : [publisher not identified], [1796]

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person.	Cartographic	Supervised use	Map Div. 15-5058	Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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Description

1 map; 48 x 63 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US002.1.01

Subjects

Ohio
Ohio > Maps > Early works to 1800
Northwest, Old > Maps > Early works to 1800
Land grants > Ohio > Maps > Early works to 1800
Maps
United States > Northwest, Old
Early maps

Genre/Form

Maps.
Early maps.

Note

Relief shown pictorially.
Identifies individual land grants in area that would become Ohio.
Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Longitude coordinates expressed here as measured from Greenwich.
Note printed near top center of map indicates map meant to be colored: The plots coloured green are ceded by Treaty of 1795 to the United States.
Appears in some editions of Carey, Mathew. Carey's general atlas and Carey's American atlas.

Indexed In (note)

Wheat, J.C. Maps and charts published in America before 1800
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 15-5058

OCLC

918619062

Author

Lewis, Samuel, 1753 or 1754-1822, compiler.

Title

A map of part of the N. W. Territory of the United States : compiled from actual surveys, and the best information / by Samuel Lewis, 1796 ; W. Barker, sculp.

Imprint

[Philadelphia?] : [publisher not identified], [1796]

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:1,085,000 (W 88°10ʹ--W 79°50ʹ/N 43°00ʹ--N 38°30ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

Wheat, J.C. Maps and charts published in America before 1800, entry 678

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 10, page 176, column a, row 1

Source

US002.1.01

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Norman B. Leventhal Map Center copy image

Place of Publication

United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Added Author

Barker, W. (William), active 1795-1803, engraver.

Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 15-5058 [Filed with United States]

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