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Auction 162, Lot 285

"Plat of Cherokee Lands, Ind: Ter: Surveyed Under Instructions from Isaac McCoy", McCoy, Isaac

Subject: Oklahoma

Period: 1837 (dated)

Publication: Sen. Doc. 120, 25th Cong., 2nd Sess.

Color: Black & White

Size:
19.9 x 10.8 inches
50.5 x 27.4 cm
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This is one of the earliest printed maps to depict present-day Oklahoma in any detail. It shows a track of land that extends from the borders of Missouri and Arkansas to the "Western Limits of the United States" (100° W. Longitude from Greenwich). The map was drawn at the conclusion of the "Trail of Tears" and shows the furthest extent of the land reserved to the Cherokees, as well as several other reservations (part of which are in what is present-day Kansas). A terrific and early Indian Territory map surveyed by J.C. McCoy under Isaac McCoy's direction, dated in the plate Sept. 20th, 1837.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding with very light scattered foxing and offsetting, a crease at bottom left, and a binding trim confined to the left blank margin.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $170

Closed on 4/26/2017

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