Harvard College Farms in the Pequot Country as laid out in 1658
DraftsmanDrawn by
Erwin Raisz
(Hungarian-American, 1893 - 1968)
Dateafter 1931
MediumPhotostat; black ink, marker and crayon on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 x 10 3/4in. (20.3 x 27.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 12 x 15 1/4in. (30.5 x 38.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of C.E.H. Whitlock
Object number1969.68.0
DescriptionCopy of a map depicting the location of Harvard College's farms in New London County, Connecticut, and Washington County, Rhode Island. There are four numbered farms and two unnumbered ones, all of them depicted in green and labeled with the number of acres they contain. The map also shows the location of a Stonington-area meeting house in 1667, a fort fight in 1637, George Denison's house, and the Cheseborough house. Physical features depicted include elevation, conveyed through hachure marks; the Shonock River, Lambs Brook and other waterways; and what appears to be marshland.
Label TextHarvard College was founded in 1636 and named for its first donor, John Harvard, who left the fledgling institution his library and half his estate. Early gifts to the college were sometimes in the form of property rather than cash. Erwin Raisz probably drew this map showing farms in Stonington, Connecticut and Westerly, Rhode Island sometime after he began teaching cartographty at Harvard in 1931.
NotesCartographic Note: Scale: about 13/16 inch equals 1 mileConstituent Note: The New Haven bookseller C. E. H. Whitlock gave the map to the Connecticut Historical Society in 1969, but there seems to be no reason to think that he played any role in its production.
Status
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