Massachusetts (eastern part, i.e., the District of Maine)

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Map of Massachusetts and Maine and the surrounding area at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing towns, Canadian provinces, bodies of water, and other geologic features. The map includes three inset maps in the lower-left corner showing the district of Maine, with markings for geographic features as well as towns. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,534,400] (40 miles to the inch).

Physical Description

1 map : some hand col. ; 42 x 61 cm.

Creation Information

Carleton, Osgood; Doolittle, Amos; Mitchell, John & Jay, John 1938.

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  • Carleton, Osgood Osgood Carleton of Massachusetts made the larger of the two inset-maps.

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  • Doolittle, Amos Amos Doolittle of Connecticul engraved the larger of the two inset-maps.

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  • Geological Survey (U.S.)
    Publisher Info: Reprinted 1938, by U.S. Geological Survey
    Place of Publication: [Washington, D.C.]

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  • Main Title: Massachusetts (eastern part, i.e., the District of Maine)
  • Added Title: Massachusetts at the time of ratification of the Constitution, from original maps in the Library of Congress at Washington, including one based upon a Mitchell map owned and used by John Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States.
  • Added Title: Mr. Jay's Map. Extract from a Map of the British & French Dominions in North America by Jno. [John] Mitchell.

Description

Map of Massachusetts and Maine and the surrounding area at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing towns, Canadian provinces, bodies of water, and other geologic features. The map includes three inset maps in the lower-left corner showing the district of Maine, with markings for geographic features as well as towns. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,534,400] (40 miles to the inch).

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1 map : some hand col. ; 42 x 61 cm.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: HSU-0307002083920
  • Accession or Local Control No: 8.A.5
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth493658

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Abilene Library Consortium

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Jesse Wallace Williams Map Collection

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  • 1938

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  • Sept. 13, 2014, 4:30 p.m.

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  • Jan. 9, 2015, 9:38 a.m.

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Carleton, Osgood; Doolittle, Amos; Mitchell, John & Jay, John. Massachusetts (eastern part, i.e., the District of Maine), map, 1938; [Washington, D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth493658/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.

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