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Map of the southern part of Michigan

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57570833


Item data

Title

Map of the southern part of Michigan

Collection

Maps of North America
Countries
United States (except New York)
States
Michigan

Names

Farmer, John, 1798-1859 (Creator)
J.H. Colton & Co. (Publisher)
S. Stiles & Co. (Engraver)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1856
Place: New-York
Publisher: Published by J.H. Colton and Co.

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 16-5390

Subjects

Lower Peninsula (Mich.)
Michigan
Mackinac Island (Mich. : Island)
Mackinac, Straits of (Mich.)
Michigan -- Lower Peninsula

Genres

Maps

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: By John Farmer ; engraved by S. Stiles & Co, New-York.
Statement Of Responsibility: "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co. ..." -- lower left margin.
Citation/Reference: New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 6, page 460, column 2, no. 7
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Content: Scale approximately 1:500,000 (W 87°25ʹ--W 82°10ʹ/N 44°05ʹ--N 41°30ʹ).

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : hand colored ; 58 x 83 cm
Accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 60969
NYPL Map Div. copy imperfect: portion of right side of map lacking.

Abstract

Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. Insets: Northern part of Michigan -- Map of Mackinaw Isle -- Map of the Straits of Mackinaw.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 43049710
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20645217
Folder number: US104.1.04
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 050bd640-a07d-0135-a104-45db3aad1690

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1856

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the southern part of Michigan" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1856. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/050bd640-a07d-0135-a104-45db3aad1690

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1856). Map of the southern part of Michigan Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/050bd640-a07d-0135-a104-45db3aad1690

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the southern part of Michigan" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/050bd640-a07d-0135-a104-45db3aad1690

Wikipedia citation

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