Map of Manchester, Connecticut
SurveyorSurveyed by
Eli Bissell
(American, 1786 - 1866)
PrinterPrinted by
Kelloggs & Comstock
(American, 1848 - 1850)
Date1849
MediumLithography; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 7/8 x 12in. (30.2 x 30.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 13 1/2 x 13 1/2in. (34.3 x 34.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2012.312.24
DescriptionMap of Manchester, Connecticut, from the town line of South Windsor to the north, Vernon and Bolton to the east, Glastonbury (spelled "Glastenbury" on the map) to the south, and East Hartford to the west. The town is divided into districts: the Oakland District, North West District, North District, East District, West District, South East District, South West District, South District and Birch Mountain District. Roads worth noting include the Providence Turnpike, Tolland Turnpike, and the south road to Hartford. The Hockanum River runs southwest through town toward East Hartford. The Hartford and Providence Railroad runs east-west through town. Residences are marked with circles and the owner's name. Cemeteries, schoolhouses, mills, churches, and Wyllys Copper Mine are depicted, as well.
Label TextThis map by Eli Bissell is the earliest published map of Manchester, Connecticut. The first settlers arrived in the 1670s, when the area was still part of Hartford; it later became part of East Hartford when that town was organized in 1746. Manchester itself was named in 1823, after Manchester, England, famous for textile manufacturing. Textile manufacturing would also be Manchester's chief industry. The Cheney brothers estalished their first silk mill on Hop Brook in Manchester in 1838. By 1849, when they commissioned this map, the business was flourishing and Manchester was well on its way to becoming Connecticut's Silk City.
NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 4 inches equals one mileStatus
Not on view
Kellogg & Bulkeley
1910-1915
Kellogg & Bulkeley
1915-1920
