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Auction 180, Lot 279

"Map of the Head Waters of the Rivers Susquehanna & Delaware Embracing the Early Patents on the South Side of the Mohawk River...", Pease Lithography

Subject: Southern New York

Period: 1850 (circa)

Publication: The Documentary History of the State of New York

Color: Black & White

Size:
21.7 x 19.6 inches
55.1 x 49.8 cm
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Detailed land grant map of regions south of the Mohawk and east of the Tianaderha Rivers, showing the original grants with owner's names and dates. The map was drawn from a map by Simeon de Witt, Surveyor General of the State of New York in about 1790. A nice landscape vignette and elegant swash letter title complete the composition.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding, now flattened with minor soiling. The map has been professionally backed in linen to repair several short fold separations, tiny holes at fold intersections, a short tear at bottom, and a tear that runs along the top left corner of the map.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 11/18/2020

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