Map of Connecticut From actual Survey
PublisherPublished by
Brown and Parsons
(American, 1838 - 1851)
PrintmakerEngraved by
Daggett & Ely
(American, 1831 - 1836)
Date1851
MediumEngraving; black printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper, in cardboard covers
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 19 1/8 x 21 1/4in. (48.6 x 54cm)
Sheet (height x width): 19 7/8 x 22in. (50.5 x 55.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Carder estate
Object number1989.174.0
DescriptionPocket map of Connecticut, with part of Massachusetts to the north, part of Rhode Island to the east, part of Long Island and the Long Island Sound to the south, and part of New York to the west. The state is divided into counties, outlined in red, and towns, colored green, pink, blue or yellow. Houses of worship and courthouses are marked with circles. Turnpikes, local roads, and railroads are all depicted. The References list includes a symbol for canals but there do not appear to be any on the map. The New York and New Haven; Housatonic; Naugatuck; New Haven, Hartford and Springfield; New Haven and Northampton; New Haven and New London; New London, Willimantic and Palmer; and the Norwich and Worcester Railroads are all shown. To the left is a list of the governors of Connecticut from 1665-1850. Tothe right is a profile of the Farmington Canal. At the bottom of the sheet are inset maps of New Haven, Hartford, and the New England states. Physical features include elevation, conveyed through hachure marks; rivers; and lakes.
Label TextBrown and Parsons were booksellers and stationers in Hartford, Connecticut, who sometimes also published books and maps. Their maps were generally pocket maps. These maps, chiefly meant for the use of travelers and tourists, came folded into their own cardboard covers, rather like little books. This format meant that they could be conveniently carried in ones pocket. Like modern road maps, they had to be unfolded to be used. Brown and Parson did not commission Daggett & Ely to engrave the plate from which this pocket map of Connecticut. They re-used a plate that had been first published by Anthony Finley in 1826 and subsequently republished by S. Augustus Mitchell.
NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1 1/8 inch equals 6 milesDate Note: This map probably dates from 1851, since Cromwell appears as a separate town, and it was incorporated in that year. Brown & Parsons were not in business in 1852.
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