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New Map of Connecticut

PublisherPublished by Samuel D. Tilden American, 1828 - 1893

PrintmakerLithographed by Bingham & Dodd 1860 - 1878

Date1871

MediumLithography; black printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper, lined with linen, in cardboard covers

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 21 1/4 x 27 7/8in. (54 x 70.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 22 1/8 x 29 1/8in. (56.2 x 74cm)
Mount (height x width): 22 1/8 x 29 1/8in. (56.2 x 74cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of the Colonial Dames

DescriptionPocket map of Connecticut, with the border of Massachusetts to the north, Rhode Island to the east, part of Long Island and the Long Island sound to the south, and New York to the west. The state is divided into counties, outlined in red, and towns, colored pink, green, blue, yellow and peach. Population centers are marked with clusters of black squares. Roads are shown. Railroad lines depicted include the Portchester and Ridgefield; New York, New Haven and Hartford; Housatonic; Danbury and Norwalk; Saugatuck Valley (projected); Shepaug Valley; Boston, Hartford and Erie; New Haven, Middletown and Willimantic/Air Line; Hartford, Providence and Fishkill; New Haven and Northampton; New London Northern; and Norwich and Worcester. The populations of the towns in each county for 1860 and 1870 is listed in statistical tables around main image.

Object number1948.20.1

MarkingsInside cover, top left, handwritten in black ink on sticker: "MRS / CHASE / 56723"InscribedRecto, bottom center, printed in black ink: "NEW MAP / OF / CONNECTICUT / Published by / S.D. TILDEN. / HARTFORD 1871 / Scale 4 1/2 Miles to an Inch. / Entered according to act of Congress in 1871 by S.D. Tilden in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court of Connecticut."

Bottom right, printed in black ink: "Bingham & Dodd, Steam Lith. Printers"

Verso, left side, handwritten in pencil: "Maps / 56723"NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1 inch equals 4 1/2 miles

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