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A map of Pennsylvania exhibiting not only the improved parts of that Province, but also its extensive frontiers : laid down from actual surveys and chiefly from the late map of W. Scull published in 1770 : and humbly inscribed to the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, esquires, true and absolute proprietaries & governors of the province of Pennsylvania and the territories thereunto belonging.

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A map of Pennsylvania exhibiting not only the improved parts of that Province, but also its extensive frontiers : laid down from actual surveys and chiefly from the late map of W. Scull published in 1770 : and humbly inscribed to the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, esquires, true and absolute proprietaries & governors of the province of Pennsylvania and the territories thereunto belonging.

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A map of Pennsylvania exhibiting not only the improved parts of that Province, but also its extensive frontiers : laid down from actual surveys and chiefly from the late map of W. Scull published in 1770 : and humbly inscribed to the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, esquires, true and absolute proprietaries & governors of the province of Pennsylvania and the territories thereunto belonging.
Names
Scull, William (fl. 1765 ) (Cartographer)
Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm) (Publisher)
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Maps of North America

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United States (except New York)

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Pennsylvania

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Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1775-06-10
Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robt. Sayer & J. Bennett, map, chart, and print sellers, No. 53, Fleet-Street
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 00-400
Topics
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania -- Administrative and political divisions -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Pennsylvania -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: "Longitude west from London."
Content: "Published as the Act directs."
Content: Appears in Thomas Jefferys' The American atlas. 1775.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: NYPL copy trimmed at the bottom.
Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Content: Shows county boundaries.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 68 x 134 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 5400886
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15335100
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6c873a00-c52b-012f-b927-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

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  • 1775: Issued
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2021: Found by you!
  • 2022

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A map of Pennsylvania exhibiting not only the improved parts of that Province, but also its extensive frontiers : laid down from actual surveys and chiefly from the late map of W. Scull published in 1770 : and humbly inscribed to the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, esquires, true and absolute proprietaries & governors of the province of Pennsylvania and the territories thereunto belonging." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1775-06-10. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-efab-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A map of Pennsylvania exhibiting not only the improved parts of that Province, but also its extensive frontiers : laid down from actual surveys and chiefly from the late map of W. Scull published in 1770 : and humbly inscribed to the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, esquires, true and absolute proprietaries & governors of the province of Pennsylvania and the territories thereunto belonging." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 27, 2021. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-efab-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1775-06-10). A map of Pennsylvania exhibiting not only the improved parts of that Province, but also its extensive frontiers : laid down from actual surveys and chiefly from the late map of W. Scull published in 1770 : and humbly inscribed to the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, esquires, true and absolute proprietaries & governors of the province of Pennsylvania and the territories thereunto belonging. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-efab-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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A map of Pennsylvania exhibiting not only the improved parts of that Province, but also its extensive frontiers : laid down from actual surveys and chiefly from the late map of W. Scull published in 1770 : and humbly inscribed to the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, esquires, true and absolute proprietaries & governors of the province of Pennsylvania and the territories thereunto belonging.