A Map of the Connecticut Western Reserve
SurveyorSurveyed by
Seth Pease
(American, 1774 - 1819)
PrintmakerEngraved by
Amos Doolittle
(American, 1754 - 1832)
PublisherPublished by
Amos Doolittle
(American, 1754 - 1832)
Date1798
MediumEngraving; black printer's ink on laid paper lined with Japanese paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 19 x 16 7/8in. (48.3 x 42.9cm)
Platemark (height x width): 20 3/4 x 17 1/8in. (52.7 x 43.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 21 3/4 x 18 1/4in. (55.2 x 46.4cm)
Platemark (height x width): 20 3/4 x 17 1/8in. (52.7 x 43.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 21 3/4 x 18 1/4in. (55.2 x 46.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionMap of the Connecticut Western Reserve in what is now Ohio, from Lake Erie to the north, Venango Creek and Big Beaver River to the west, Tuscarawas Branch of the Muskingum River to the south, and the Cuyahoga River to the west. The land is divided into fourteen rows and twelve columns, all referred to as "ranges." Some of the resulting squares have names and some do not; additionally, some are divided further into numbered sections, divided with dotted lines.
Object number2012.312.95
NotesCartographic Note: No scaleOn View
Not on viewSamuel Augustus Mitchell
1835
Samuel Augustus Mitchell
1834