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"Rhode-Island and Connecticut", Morse, Jedidiah (Rev.)
Subject: Connecticut & Rhode Island
Period: 1796 (circa)
Publication: The American Universal Geography
Color: Black & White
Size:
13.2 x 7.7 inches
33.5 x 19.6 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: B+
A crisp impression issued folding with light foxing.
Estimate: $140 - $170
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