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Connecticut, From Actual Survey

SurveyorSurveyed by Moses Warren Jr. 1762 - 1835

SurveyorSurveyed by George Gillet American, 1771 - 1853

PrintmakerEngraved by Abner Reed American, 1771 - 1866

PublisherPublished by Hudson & Goodwin American, founded 1787

Date1813

MediumEngraving; black printer's ink and watercolor on paper, lined with paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 36 1/8 x 43 1/8in. (91.8 x 109.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 36 1/2 x 43 1/2in. (92.7 x 110.5cm)
Mount (height x width): 36 1/2 x 43 1/2in. (92.7 x 110.5cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionMap of the state 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 State to the west. Counties are outlined in broken solid and dotted lines and towns in solid lines. Elevation is depicted with hachure marks. Churches, courthouses, academies, town houses, factories and mills of various kinds, distilleries, glass works, furnaces, iron works, buoys, spindles and lighthouses are represented with symbols which are listed in the Explanation. Natural features shown include rocks off the coast, shoals, mountains and ore beds. Below the Explanation, located on the left side of the sheet, is a list of Connecticut governors from 1665-1813.

Object number2012.312.206

MarkingsRecto, bottom right corner, printed in black ink on sticker: "MAP / Drawer / 84a"InscribedRecto, bottom right, printed in black ink: To His Excellency / Roger Griswold, Esq. / And to the Honourable / The Legislature of / The State of Connecticut / This MAP is / Respectfully Inscribed / By the Publishers. / Hartford, February 1812."

Bottom right, printed in black ink: "CONNECTICUT, / From Actual Survey, / Made in 1811; / By, and under the Direction of, / MOSES WARREN and GEORGE GILLET; / And by them Compiled. / PUBLISHED under the AUTHORITY of / The GENERAL ASSEMBLY, / BY / HUDSON & GOODWIN. / ENGRAVED BY ABNER REED, E. WINDSOR. / ENTERED according to Act of CONGRESS, the 29th day of May, 1813--By HUDSON & GOODWIN, of the STATE of CONNECTICUT."

Bottom left, printed in black ink: "Longitude W. from Greenwich--according to the late accurate calculations of Professor Day, Yale College."

NotesCartographic Note: Scale: About 3/8 inches equals 1 mile

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