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Auction 190, Lot 143

"Rhode-Island and Connecticut", Morse, Jedidiah (Rev.)

Subject: Connecticut & Rhode Island

Period: 1796 (circa)

Publication: The American Universal Geography

Color: Black & White

Size:
13.3 x 7.6 inches
33.8 x 19.3 cm
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This early map of Rhode Island and Connecticut was published in Morse’s The American Universal Geography. The map depicts counties, townships, rivers and numerous small lakes and ponds. In the west the Oblong is shown, which was a 2 by 50 mile stretch of land given to New York in return for Connecticut’s boundary extending westward along Long Island Sound. Drawn by Harding Harris and engraved by Samuel Hill.

References: McCorkle (18th C. Geography Books) #304-6; Wheat & Brun #287.

Condition: A

A clean bright example. Issued folding and now flat.

Estimate: $150 - $180

Sold for: $120

Closed on 11/16/2022

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