Vermont
PrintmakerEngraved by
Moody M. Peabody
(American, 1787 - 1856)
PublisherPublished by
Zadock Thompson
(American, 1796 - 1856)
Datebefore 1824
MediumEngraving; black printer's ink on wove paper in paper covers
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 3/4 x 5 5/8in. (22.2 x 14.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 1/2 x 6 1/2in. (24.1 x 16.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan
Object number1956.96.1
DescriptionPocket map of Vermont, with Canada to the north, New Hampshire to the east, Massachusetts to the south, and New York to the west. The state is divided into counties and towns. Physical features depicted include elevation, conveyed with clusters of peaks, rivers, and lakes. The decorative cartouche features an eagle over a mountain range, holding a banner with the state motto, "Freedom and Unity," in its talons.
Label TextIn 1788, when the New Haven, Connecticut engraver Amos Doolittle was engaged to engrave the first map of the State of Vermont, Vermont had no native engraver capable of doing the work. By the 1820s, when Zadock Thompson produced his Gazetteer of Vermont, the book could be printed, published, and provided with an engraved map, all without going out of state. The book was published in Montpelier, the state capital. Moody M. Peabody, who engraved the map, was also active in the small Vermont towns of Quechee and Reading as well as, possibly, in Utica, New York.
NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1 inch equals 20 milesStatus
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