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New Map of Connecticut

PublisherPublished by Samuel D. Tilden American, 1828 - 1893

PrintmakerLithographed by Bingham & Dodd 1860 - 1878

Date1876

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

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 20 3/4 x 27in. (52.7 x 68.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 21 5/8 x 27 3/4in. (54.9 x 70.5cm)
Mount (height x width): 21 5/8 x 27 3/4in. (54.9 x 70.5cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Edmund Arnold Merriam and Mrs. John Zellers

DescriptionPocket map of the state of Connecticut, with the border of Massachusetts to the north, the border of Rhode Island to the east, part of Long Island and the Long Island Sound to the south, and the border of New York to the west. The state is divided into counties, outlined in red, and towns, colored blue, green, yellow, pink or peach. Roads and railroad lines are shown. The railroad lines depicted include New York, New Haven and Hartford; Housatonic; Danbury and Norwalk; Shepaug; New Haven and Northampton; New Haven, Middletown and Willimantic; Hartford, Providence and Fishkill; Hartford and Erie; New London Northern; and Norwich and Worcester. The population of each county's towns is listed in tables on the left and right sides of the image.

Object number1960.142.1

MarkingsInside front cover, bottom right, printed in green ink on yellow sticker: "C.A. CARPENTER, JR. / BOOKBINDER / SHREWSBURY, MASS."InscribedFront cover, gold-tooled: "TILDEN'S / NEW MAP / OF / CONNECTICUT."

Inside front cover, top left, handwritten in blue ink: "66921"

Top, handwritten in pencil: "MAPS / Shelf / 66921"

Center, handwrittn in pencil, then crossed out in pencil: "912 / c752ti / 1876"

Recto of map, bottom center, printed in black ink: "NEW MAP / OF / CONNECTICUT / Published by / S.D. TILDEN / HARTFORD 1876. / Scale 4 1/2 Miles to an Inch. / Entered according to act of Congress in 1871 by S.D. Tilden in the Clerks Office of the U.S. District Court of Connecticut."

Bottom right, printed in black ink: "Bingham & Dodd, Steam Lith. Printers."NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1 inch equals 4 1/2 miles

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