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Auction 156, Lot 282

"The State of New Hampshire, Compiled Chiefly from Actual Surveys", Reid, John

Subject: New Hampshire

Period: 1796 (dated)

Publication: The American Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.1 x 17.4 inches
28.2 x 44.2 cm
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This map was copied from Mathew Carey's The State of New Hampshire Compiled Chiefly from Actual Surveys, 1795. It shows the state divided into five counties, all named. Good detail of the topography, watershed, towns and a surprisingly large network of early roads. A portion of a huge compass rose with fleur-de-lis is in the lower right corner. The notation (N.B.) says the "White Hills appear many leagues off at Sea like White Clouds: just rising above the Horizon." The head of the Sougegon River appears in a lake close to the five hills. This map was also published in Winterbotham's America and also in the Census Bureau's First Census of New Hampshire at the front. Engraved by B. Tanner.

References: Wheat & Brun #189.

Condition: B+

Issued folding, now pressed on sturdy paper with minor soiling and a few tiny abrasions.

Estimate: $475 - $600

Sold for: $300

Closed on 2/17/2016

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