Connecticut

DraftsmanDrawn by Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann German, 1754 - 1840

PrintmakerEngraved by F. Schmidt German, active1796

PublisherPublished by Carl Ernst Bohn German, active 1781 - 1816

Date1796

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

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 14 1/8 x 17 1/4in. (35.9 x 43.8cm)
Platemark (height x width): 15 1/8 x 18 3/4in. (38.4 x 47.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 19 1/2 x 26 3/8in. (49.5 x 67cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionPolitical and physical map of the state of Connecticut with Massachusetts to the north, Rhode Island to the east, part of Long Island and Long Island Sound to the south, and New York to the west. Names are given in German and sometimes in English. The boundaries of both towns and counties are indicated. Post roads and other roads are shown. Symbols indicate the location of Congregational, Presbyterian, and Baptist churches, courthouses, academies, gristmills, sawmills, fulling mills, oil mills, paper mills, powder mills, distilleries, iron works, potash works, and fortifications. Some rivers and lakes are identified. Hills and mountains are indicated with hachure marks. The map provides considerable detail for the islands and other features along the Connecticut coast of Long Island Sound.

Object number1956.92.0

InscribedOn recto, in cartouche, printed in black ink, "Erklarung der Zeichen." Symbols are identified in German and English. English is as follows: "City. Churches. Presbyterians. Baptists. Furnaces. Academies. Distilleries. Grist Mill [sic], Saw Mills, Oel [Oil} Mill, Iron Works, Paper Mill, Fulling Mill, Potash Works, Powder Mill, Fortifications, Hills, Mountains, Post Roads, Roads, Country Lanes, Town Lines."; lower right, in pencil, "15-- / 328"

On verso, upper right, in black ink, "94489"; in pencil, "15.355" "Connecticut / 1796 / 5/-"NotesCartographic Note: Scale is given in English and German miles

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