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Map of Windham County Connecticut

SurveyorSurveyed by W. C. Eaton American, active 1855 - 1857

SurveyorSurveyed by E. P. Gerrish American, active 1855 - 1856

SurveyorSurveyed by D. S. Osborn American, active 1855 - 1856

SurveyorSurveyed by H. C. Osborn American, active 1856 - 1857

PrinterPrinted by Wagner & McGuigan American, 1845 - 1859

MakerMade by William H. Rease American, 1818 - after 1860

PublisherPublished by E. M. Woodford American, 1824 - 1862

Date1856

MediumLithography; black printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper mounted on fabric

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 58 x 45 1/4in. (147.3 x 114.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 60 x 47 1/4in. (152.4 x 120cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionMap of Windham County, Connecticut, with the town of Union, Connecticut and the state of Massachusetts to the north; Rhode Island to the east; North Stonington, Griswold, Lisbon, Franklin, and Lebanon to the south; and Mansfield and Willington to the west. Inset maps of Chaplin, Hampton, Windham, North Windham, South Windham, Willimantic, Woodstock, Thompson, Eastford, Brooklyn, Putnam, East Killingly, Daysville, Danielsonville, Central Village, and Almyville surround the main map. Ponds, swamps, hills, streams, rivers, roads, businesses, and property owners are shown on the main map and inset maps, with more detail on the inset maps. Elevation is indicated with hachure marks. Vignettes set in the decorative border at left and right depict the Z.N. Allen residence in North Ashford; Colonel William Alexander's house in Daysville; O. J. Lewis's house in Daysville; Putnam's wolf den; Wilkinson's Falls in Putnam; the court house in Brooklyn; Ballous Cotton Mill in Putnam; the mills of M.S. Morse and Company and C. Allen and G. C. Nightingale in Putnam Village; the Quinebaug House, an inn located at Putnam Station; the Hiram N. Brown house in Putnam; the William N. Chandler house in Thompson; and the W. H. Mason house in Thompson. A chart shows the population of each town in 1850, broken down into male and female, white and colored.

Object number2012.312.297

MarkingsOn verso, upper left, on gummed label, typed in black ink, "MAPS / Case 5 / No. 3"

On verso, upper right, on gummed label, typed in black ink, "MAPS / Case 5 / No. 3"InscribedOn recto, lower right, printed in black ink, "MAP / OF / WINDHAM / COUNTY / Connecticut / From actual Survey by E. P. GERRISH, W. C. EATON & D.S. & H.C. OSBORN / 1855 / PUBLISHED BY E. M. WOODFORD N.E. COR. 4TH & CHESNUT STS. / Philadelphia / Lith. by W. H. Rease N.E. Cor. 4th & Chesnut Sts. 1856 Printed by Wagner & McGuigan / Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1856 by E. M. Woodford in the Clerks office of the Eastern District of Penn."

On verso, upper left, in pencil, "MAPS / Case 5 / No. 3"

On verso, upper right, in pencil, "MAPS / Case 5 / No. 3"

On verso, lower right, in pencil, "2012.312.297"NotesCartographic Note: 1 1/2 inches equals one mile

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