Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2012.312.222.15 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical S…

Michigan

PrinterPrinted by Mather, Case, Tiffany & Burnham American, active 1841

Date1841

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

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 27 5/8 x 23 3/8in. (70.2 x 59.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 29 1/8 x 24 3/4in. (74 x 62.9cm)
Mount (height x width): 29 1/2 x 25 1/4in. (74.9 x 64.1cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionMap of the state of what is now Michigan and Lake Michigan, with parts of what is now Wisconsin, Lake Superior, Lake Huron and Lake Erie. The boundary lines are marked with broken solid lines and pink watercolor. None of the places on the map are labeled; instead, there are numbers and letters, some marked with circles, that correspond with information in the key, published separately from the map. Natural features include elevation, depicted with shading, and rivers.

Object number2012.312.222.15

InscribedRecto, top right, printed in black ink: "No. 17. / Mitchell's Series / OF OUTLINE MAPS FOR / THE USE OF / ACADEMIES & SCHOOLS. / Published by / MATHER, CASE, TIFFANY & BURNHAM, / Hartford."

Bottom left, printed in black ink: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1841 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Clerk's office of the district court of the eastern district of Pennsylvania."NotesCartographic Note: No scale

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