Connecticut

PublisherPublished by Joseph Scott American, active 1795 - 1805

Date1795

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

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 1/8 x 7 3/8in. (15.6 x 18.7cm)
Platemark (width only ): 7 5/8in. (19.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 6 5/8 x 8 3/4in. (16.8 x 22.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of William C. Conklin

DescriptionMap of the state of Connecticut, with the border of Massachusetts to the north, Rhode Island to the east, Long Island and the Long Island Sound to the south, and New York to the west. Connecticut is divided into counties, marked with dotted lines and labeled. Town centers are denoted with little drawings that probably represent town halls or meeting places. The Connecticut, Five Mile, Sagatuck (Saugatuck), Sasco, Stratford (Housatonic), Naugatic (Naugatuck), Shepaug, Windsor, Hammonasset, Quinnabaug, and New Thames (Thames) Rivers are depicted. Several lakes or ponds are shown but not labeled.

Object number1971.71.3

MarkingsVerso, center, stamped in blue ink: "CtHi"InscribedRecto, top right, handwritten in pencil: ""P4521[illegible]" / 1795"

Bottom right, printed in black ink: "CONNECTICUT"

Verso, top left, handwritten in pencil: "2 [circled]"

Center, handwritten in pencil: "82333"

Bottom left, handwritten in pencil: "Map Box / 145"

Bottom right, handwritten in black ink: "82333"

NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 3/8 inches equals 5 miles

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