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Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1991.195.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
New Map of Connecticut
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1991.195.0 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

New Map of Connecticut

Publisher (American, 1828 - 1893)
Printmaker (1860 - 1878)
Date1882
MediumLithography; black printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper, mounted on paper, in cardboard covers
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 20 1/4 x 26 1/2in. (51.4 x 67.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 20 1/4 x 26 1/2in. (51.4 x 67.3cm)
Mount (height x width): 20 1/4 x 26 1/2in. (51.4 x 67.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionPocket map of Connecticut, with the border of Massachusetts to the north, Rhode Island to the east, part of Long Island and the Long Island Sound to the south, and New York to the west. County divisions are shown in broken solid and dotted lines and outlined in bright pink, while towns are outlined in broken solid lines and colored blue, green, pink, yellow, or peach. Roads are shown. The New York, New Haven and Hartford; Portchester and Ridgefield; Housatonic; Naugatuck; New Haven and Northampton; Boston and New York Air Line; Connecticut Western; Hartford, Providence and Fishkill; Connecticut Valley; New London Northern; and Norwich and Worcester Railroad lines are all shown. Physical features depicted include rivers and lakes/ponds. In Long Island Sound, the "BOUNDARY LINE ESTABLISHED 1880" is prominently featured. Lists of towns with their populations in 1860, 1870, and 1880 are at left and right of the map.
Object number1991.195.0
NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1 inch equals 4 1/2 miles
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