Map of the state of Maryland : laid down from an actual survey of all the principal waters, public roads, and divisions of the counties therein : describing the situation of the cities, towns, villages, houses of worship and other public buildings, furnaces, forges, mills, and other remarkable places, and of the Federal Territory : as also a sketch of the state of Delaware shewing the probable connexion of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays
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Map of the state of Maryland : laid down from an actual survey of all the principal waters, public roads, and divisions of the counties therein : describing the situation of the cities, towns, villages, houses of worship and other public buildings, furnaces, forges, mills, and other remarkable places, and of the Federal Territory : as also a sketch of the state of Delaware shewing the probable connexion of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays
Collection
Maps of North America
Countries
United States (except New York)
States
Maryland
Names
Vallance, J. (John), 1770-1823 (Engraver)
Griffith, Dennis (Cartographer)
Thackara, James, 1767-1848 (Engraver)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1795-06-06
Place: Philad[elphi]a :
Publisher: Published ... by J. Vallance, engraver, No. 145 Spruce Street,
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 00-445 [Filed with Maryland, 1794]
Subjects
Washington (D.C.) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Maryland
Delaware -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Maryland -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Genres
Notes
Content: Described and ill. in Papenfuse's Hammond-Harwood House atlas of historical maps of Maryland, p. 48-53.
Content: Includes "Plan of the city of Washington and Territory of Columbia" and a dedication.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: NYPL copy dissected, mounted on cloth, in 3 sheets, encapsulated in mylar as 1 sheet.
Content: Prime meridian: city of Washington.
Citation/Reference: Phillips. Maps of America, p. 395
Content: "Registered and copy right secured agreeable to act of Congress, June 20th, 1794. Philip Moore, clk. of the District of Maryland."
Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Statement Of Responsibility: by Dennis Griffith, June 20th, 1794 ; engraved by J. Thackara & J. Vallance.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 73 x 129 cm.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 5447564
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14946024
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4d139ff0-c52b-012f-5dd8-3c075448cc4b
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1795-06-06
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the state of Maryland : laid down from an actual survey of all the principal waters, public roads, and divisions of the counties therein : describing the situation of the cities, towns, villages, houses of worship and other public buildings, furnaces, forges, mills, and other remarkable places, and of the Federal Territory : as also a sketch of the state of Delaware shewing the probable connexion of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1795. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4d139ff0-c52b-012f-5dd8-3c075448cc4b
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1795). Map of the state of Maryland : laid down from an actual survey of all the principal waters, public roads, and divisions of the counties therein : describing the situation of the cities, towns, villages, houses of worship and other public buildings, furnaces, forges, mills, and other remarkable places, and of the Federal Territory : as also a sketch of the state of Delaware shewing the probable connexion of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4d139ff0-c52b-012f-5dd8-3c075448cc4b
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the state of Maryland : laid down from an actual survey of all the principal waters, public roads, and divisions of the counties therein : describing the situation of the cities, towns, villages, houses of worship and other public buildings, furnaces, forges, mills, and other remarkable places, and of the Federal Territory : as also a sketch of the state of Delaware shewing the probable connexion of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4d139ff0-c52b-012f-5dd8-3c075448cc4b
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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4d139ff0-c52b-012f-5dd8-3c075448cc4b | title= (cartographic) Map of the state of Maryland : laid down from an actual survey of all the principal waters, public roads, and divisions of the counties therein : describing the situation of the cities, towns, villages, houses of worship and other public buildings, furnaces, forges, mills, and other remarkable places, and of the Federal Territory : as also a sketch of the state of Delaware shewing the probable connexion of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays (1795) | author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library | accessdate=December 16, 2025 | publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>