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Title
Mitchell's reference & distance map of the United States
Names
Mason, W. (Artist)
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868 (Publisher)
Young, J. H. (James Hamilton) (Engraver)
Dankworth, Frederick, approximately 1804- (Engraver)
Yeager, E. (Edward) (Engraver)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

Whole

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1835
Place: Philadelphia :
Publisher: Published by S. Augustus Mitchell,
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-5221
Topics
United States -- Maps
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Insets: North part of Maine -- Vicinity of Boston -- Vicinity of New York -- Vicinity of Philadelphia -- General map of the United States with contiguous British & Mexican possessions -- South part of Florida -- Vicinity of Albany -- Vicinity of Baltimore and Washington -- Vicinity of Cincinnati -- Vicinity of Charleston -- Vicinity of New Orleans -- Vicinity of Rochester, N.Y. -- Vicinity of the Falls of Niagara.
Content: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1833 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Clerk's Office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
Content: Includes text and decorative cartouche designed by W. Mason.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Prime meridian: Washington.
Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Statement of responsibility: by J. H. Young ; engraved by J. H. Young, F. Dankworth, E. Yeager & E. F. Woodward.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 135 x 162 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 28011043
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15108656
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): df51e9e0-c52a-012f-31b1-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1835: Issued
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Mitchell's reference & distance map of the United States" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1835. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-f0b8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Mitchell's reference & distance map of the United States" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-f0b8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1835). Mitchell's reference & distance map of the United States Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-f0b8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Mitchell's reference & distance map of the United States