Connecticut

SurveyorSurveyed by Moses Warren Jr. 1762 - 1835

SurveyorSurveyed by George Gillet American, 1771 - 1853

PublisherPublished by Asaph Willard 1786 - 1880

DraftsmanDrawn by George Gillet American, 1771 - 1853

Date1842

MediumEngraving; black printer's ink on wove paper, on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 18 x 21 1/4in. (45.7 x 54cm)
Sheet (height x width): 21 1/4 x 26 1/8in. (54 x 66.4cm)
Mount (height x width): 21 1/4 x 26 1/8in. (54 x 66.4cm)

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 part of 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. 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 number2012.312.64

MarkingsRecto, top left corner, printed in black ink on sticker: "MAPS / Box 164"InscribedRecto, bottom right, printed in black ink: "Connecticut / From the actual Surveys of / WARREN & GILLET / With the addition of new towns turnpike roads &C by / GEORGE GILLET ESQR. / 1842. / PUBLISHED BY A. WILLARD HARTFORD CON."

Bottom left, printed in black ink: "Reduced & delineated by Geo. Gillet Surveyor Gen."NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 3 3/4" equals about 20 miles

The enduring importance of Warren and Gillett's 1812 map, Connecticut, From Actual Surveys, is demonstrated by this reduced scale edition published thirty years later. The accuracy and thoroughness of Warren and Gillett's 1811 survey of the state provided the basis for many nineteenth-century maps.

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