Connecticut

SurveyorSurveyed by Moses Warren Jr. 1762 - 1835

SurveyorSurveyed by George Gillet American, 1771 - 1853

DraftsmanDrawn by George Gillet American, 1771 - 1853

MakerEngraved by Asaph Willard 1786 - 1880

PublisherPublished by Hudson & Co. American, active 1819 - 1820

Date1820

MediumEngraving; black printer's ink and watercolor on laid paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 17 3/4 x 21 1/4in. (45.1 x 54cm)
Platemark (width): 23 7/8in. (60.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 20 1/4 x 24 3/4in. (51.4 x 62.9cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionMap of Connecticut, with Massachusetts to the north, Rhode Island to the east, the Long Island Sound and Long Island to the south, and New York to the west. Connecticut is divided into towns, marked by solid lines, and counties, marked by broken solid and dotted lines. Each of the counties is outlined in pink, yellow, green, orange or blue, and washed in a lighter shade of the same color. Turnpikes are marked with solid parallel lines, and "common" roads with dotted lines. Places of public worship and courthouses are also marked, with small circles. The lines and symbols are explained in the "References" list below the map. Elevation is depicted with hachure marks.

Object number2012.312.58

MarkingsRecto, top right corner, printed in black ink on sticker: "MAPS / Box / 200"

Verso, bottom right, printed in black ink on sticker: "Rack. / Connecticut 1820. / Gillet, Geo[rge] / Map for the use of / Travellers. / Print [handwritten in black ink] / Drw 2[illegible] [handwritten in black ink]"InscribedRecto, bottom right, printed in black ink: "CONNECTICUT / THIS MAP, for the use of TRAVELLERS / Is correctly reduced from the Actual Surveys of / WARREN & GILLET, / With the addition of the lines of new Towns, new turnpike roads &c &c. / PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS / By HUDSON & Co. / 1820 / ENGRAVED BY A. WILLARD."

Bottom left, printed in black ink: "Reduced & delineated by Geo. Gillet Surveyor Gen."

Verso, top right, handwritten in pencil: "Map / Folio / #19"

Right side, handwritten in pencil: "Map of Conn."NotesCartographic Note: About 3 3/4" equals 20 miles

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