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Auction 113, Lot 170

"Northern Provinces of the United States", Thomson, John

Subject: Northeastern United States

Period: 1817 (dated)

Publication: New General Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23 x 19.3 inches
58.4 x 49 cm
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Handsome and detailed map covering from Virginia to the District of Main, which reflects the British view of the border. The name Indiana appears in present-day West Virginia and the Connecticut Reserve appears in the Cayahoga valley. The Township of the Six Nations is shown north of Lake Erie in a Great Track of Woodland. A vignette view of Niagara Falls in included.

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Condition: A

Original color in map with some color added to vignette and title block. Short fold separation in bottom margin, repaired on verso. Bit of very faint offsetting, still very good.

Estimate: $350 - $400

Sold for: $250

Closed on 12/7/2005

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