Colton's Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island
PublisherPublished by
G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.
(American, founded 1865)
Date1870
MediumLithography; black printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 17 1/4 x 26 1/4in. (43.8 x 66.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 17 1/2 x 28in. (44.5 x 71.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1982.129.5
DescriptionMap of the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, with parts of Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; the Atlantic Ocean to the east; the Long Island Sound, the north shore of Long Island, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south; and part of New York State to the west. The land is divided into counties, labeled and outlined with broken solid lines; and towns, labeled and outlined with solid black lines. Cities are denoted with open circles. Physical features depicted include mountains, conveyed through hachure marks; rivers, which are labeled; and lakes, some of which are labeled. Railroads shown include the New York and New Haven; New Haven, Hartford and Springfield; Danbury and Norwalk; New York and Boston Air Line; Housatonic; Shepaug; Naugatuck; New London, Willimantic and Palmer; and Norwich and Worcester Railroads.
On the verso, under the heading, "The United States of America," are descriptions of the states of Maryland, Massachusetts, Louisiana and Maine.
On the verso, under the heading, "The United States of America," are descriptions of the states of Maryland, Massachusetts, Louisiana and Maine.
Label TextJ. H. Colton & Co. began publishing maps in New York City as early as 1831. The firm began publishing atlases in 1855; George Woolworth Colton began working with his father about this time. In 1865, G. W. Colton and his brother Charles B. Colton took over the family business, and continued revising and reissuing maps and atlases into the 1890s. This large and attractive map of southern New England originally appeared as a double-page spread in an atlas published in 1870 by G. W. & C. B. Colton.
NotesCartographic Note: Scale: About 9/16 inches equals 5 milesStatus
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