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A Map of the Fire Land from actual Survey

SurveyorSurveyed by Almon Ruggles American, 1771 - 1840

PrintmakerEngraved by Amos Doolittle American, 1754 - 1832

Date1806?

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

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 18 x 12in. (45.7 x 30.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 19 1/8 x 14 3/8in. (48.6 x 36.5cm)
Mount (height x width): 20 x 15 1/4in. (50.8 x 38.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionMap of the Firelands in Ohio, with Lake Erie and Sandusky Bay to the north, the Vermillion River and Connecticut Land Company land to the east, and "lands subject to Indian claim" to the west. The townships of Danbury, Patterson, Perkins, Huron, Vermillion, Groton, Oxford, Avery, Eldredge, Jesup, Lyme, Ridgefield, Norwalk, Townsend, Wakeman, Sherman, Vredenburgh, Bronson, Canterbury, Clarksfield, Norwich, Greenfield, Fairfield, Fitchville, New London, Cannon, New Haven, Ripley, Greenwich, and Ruggles are all shown. Physical features depicted include rivers, the lake and bay, and marshes. Range numbers are shown along the right and bottom sides of the image.

Object number1990.182.0

MarkingsRecto, top left corner, printed in black ink on sticker: "MAPS / Box / 184"

Verso, center, stamped in blue ink: "CtHi"InscribedRecto, top right, printed in black ink: "A / Map / of the / FIRE LAND / From actual Survey / by / Almon Ruggles"

Bottom right, printed in black ink: "Engraved by A. Doolittle"

In some of the townships, names of who were presumably residents have been added to the map by hand.

Verso, top left, handwritten in pencil: "Maps / Flat / 45"

Center, handwritten in pencil: "90065"NotesCartographic Note: No scale

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