Museum purchase, 1961.107.1 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Colton's Tourist Guide Map of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, with Parts of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York

PublisherPublished by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. American, founded 1865

PublisherCopyrighted by Joseph Hutchins Colton American, 1800 - 1893

Date1866

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

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 29 1/2 x 30 3/4in. (74.9 x 78.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 31 x 32 1/8in. (78.7 x 81.6cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionPocket map of the northeastern United States, from the northern parts of Vermont and New Hampshire and western Maine to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Long Island to the south, and the eastern part of New York to the west. The states are outlined in thick pink lines and are divided into counties, also outlined in pink. They are further divided into towns, colored pink, green, blue, or yellow. The railroad lines depicted include New York and New Haven; Danbury and Norwalk; Housatonic; Naugatuck; New York and Boston Air Line; New Haven, Hartford and Springfield; New London, Willimantic and Palmer; Stonington; Norwich and WorcesterConnecticut; and Hartford, Providence and Fishkill. Roads are also shown. Physical features include elevation, conveyed through hachure marks; rivers; and lakes. In the top right is an inset map of Canada East, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. In the bottom right corner are statistical tables for the populations of Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts for 1850 and 1860.

Object number1961.107.1

InscribedFront cover, gold tooled: "Railroad / & TOWNSHIP MAP OF / MASSACHUSETTS / RHODE ISLAND & / CONNECTICUT / J.H. COLTON"

Inside cover, top, handwritten in black ink: "68384"

Top, printed in black ink: "MAPS, ATLASES, GUIDES, BOOKS, ETC., / PUBLISHED BY / J.H. COLTON AND CO., 172 William St., New York."

Recto of map, right side, printed in black ink: "COLTON'S / Tourists Guide Map of / MASSACHUSETTS, / RHODE ISLAND / AND / CONNECTICUT / WITH PARTS OF / MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT & NEW YORK. / PUBLISHED BY G.W. AND C.B. COLTON. / No. 172 William Street / NEW YORK / 1866"

Bottom center, printed in black ink: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1860, by J.H. Colton, in the Clerks Office of the District Court, for the Southern District of New York."

Bottom right, printed in black ink: "PRINTED BY LANG & LAING 117 FULTON ST. N.Y."NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1 inch equals about 8 miles