A Plan of the Connecticut Western Reserve
MakerMade by
Unknown
SurveyorPossibly surveyed by
Seth Pease
American, 1774 - 1819
DraftsmanPossibly drawn by
Seth Pease
American, 1774 - 1819
Dateabout 1796
MediumDrawing; black ink and watercolor on laid paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 20 x 17 7/8in. (50.8 x 45.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 29 7/8 x 21 1/2in. (75.9 x 54.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 29 7/8 x 21 1/2in. (75.9 x 54.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionManuscript map of the Connecticut Western Reserve in present-day Ohio, from Lake Erie to the north and the Cuyahoga River to the west. The land is divided into fourteen rows and eleven columns, both called "ranges," and the resulting squares, probably townships, contain numbers that probably refer to land measurements, as well as the owner's name, if known. Some of the squares are further divided into lots. Various unnamed rivers appear on the map, as well as broken solid and dotted lines that might represent paths or roads.
Object number2006.114.0
InscribedRecto, top left, handwritten in black ink: "A PLAN of the / CONNECTICUT / WESTERN RESERVE"Verso, top, handwritten in pencil: "Western Reserve"
Top left, handwritten in pencil: "Map of Western / Reserve"
Bottom, handwritten in pencil: "Western / Reserve"NotesCartographic Note: No scale
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Samuel Augustus Mitchell
1834