Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1991.195.0 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Societ…

New Map of Connecticut

PublisherPublished by Samuel D. Tilden American, 1828 - 1893

PrintmakerLithographed by Bingham & Dodd 1860 - 1878

Date1882

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

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 20 1/4 x 26 1/2in. (51.4 x 67.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 20 1/4 x 26 1/2in. (51.4 x 67.3cm)
Mount (height x width): 20 1/4 x 26 1/2in. (51.4 x 67.3cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

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. County divisions are shown in broken solid and dotted lines and outlined in bright pink, while towns are outlined in broken solid lines and colored blue, green, pink, yellow, or peach. Roads are shown. The New York, New Haven and Hartford; Portchester and Ridgefield; Housatonic; Naugatuck; New Haven and Northampton; Boston and New York Air Line; Connecticut Western; Hartford, Providence and Fishkill; Connecticut Valley; New London Northern; and Norwich and Worcester Railroad lines are all shown. Physical features depicted include rivers and lakes/ponds. In Long Island Sound, the "BOUNDARY LINE ESTABLISHED 1880" is prominently featured. Lists of towns with their populations in 1860, 1870, and 1880 are at left and right of the map.

Object number1991.195.0

MarkingsInside cover, top left, handwritten in pencil on label: "Maps / 90617"

Printed in black ink on label: "The Hartford Library Association / Accession No. 39946 / Class 91746 No. T45"

Stamped in faded black ink on label: "HARTFORD [illegible] LIBRARY / DISCARDED"

Bottom right, bookbinder's label [for the housing]
InscribedFront cover, gold tooled: "TILDEN'S / NEW MAP / OF / CONNECTICUT."

Recto, top center, handwritten in pencil: "96.20"

Bottom center, printed in black ink: "NEW MAP / OF / CONNECTICUT / Published by / S.D. TILDEN, / HARTFORD. / Scale 4 1/2 Miles to an Inch. / 1882"

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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