Connecticut

SurveyorSurveyed by Moses Warren Jr. (1762 - 1835)

SurveyorSurveyed by George Gillet (American, 1771 - 1853)

PublisherPublished by Asaph Willard (1786 - 1880)

DraftsmanDrawn by George Gillet (American, 1771 - 1853)

Date1842

MediumEngraving; black printer's ink on wove paper, on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 18 x 21 1/4in. (45.7 x 54cm)
Sheet (height x width): 21 1/4 x 26 1/8in. (54 x 66.4cm)
Mount (height x width): 21 1/4 x 26 1/8in. (54 x 66.4cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionMap of Connecticut, with Massachusetts to the north, Rhode Island to the east, the Long Island Sound and part of Long Island to the south, and New York to the west. Connecticut is divided into towns, marked by solid lines, and counties, marked by broken solid and dotted lines. Turnpikes are marked with solid parallel lines, and "common" roads with dotted lines. Places of public worship and courthouses are also marked, with small circles. The lines and symbols are explained in the "References" list below the map. Elevation is depicted with hachure marks.

Object number2012.312.64

NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 3 3/4" equals about 20 miles The enduring importance of Warren and Gillett's 1812 map, Connecticut, From Actual Surveys, is demonstrated by this reduced scale edition published thirty years later. The accuracy and thoroughness of Warren and Gillett's 1811 survey of the state provided the basis for many nineteenth-century maps.

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