A map of South Carolina : constructed and drawn from the district surveys, ordered by the Legislature

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Title
A map of South Carolina : constructed and drawn from the district surveys, ordered by the Legislature
Names
Wilson, John (Creator)
Blackburn, George, 1765-1823 (Associated name)
Elford, James M. (James Maud), 1771-1826 (Associated name)
Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858 (Engraver)
South Carolina. Board of Public Works (Publisher)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

States

South Carolina

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1822 (Inferred)
Place: South Carolina
Publisher: Board of Public Works
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 17-5290
Topics
Administrative and political divisions
South Carolina
South Carolina -- Administrative and political divisions
Charleston Harbor (S.C.)
Charleston (S.C.)
Genres
Maps
Notes
Statement of responsibility: By John Wilson, late civil and military engineer of So. Cara.
Statement of responsibility: "The astronomical abservations by Professor Geo. Blackburn & I.M. Elford."
Statement of responsibility: "Engraved by H.S. Tanner, Philadelphia."
Statement of responsibility: "Entered according to Act of Congress, the 10th day of April 1822, by John Wilson, Agent of the Board of Public Works of the State of South Carolina."
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Citation/reference: Schwartz and Ehrenberg. The Mapping of America, p. 249
Citation/reference: New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 9, page 244, column 3, no. 3
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand colored ; 110 x 150 cm
NYPL Map Div. copy is divided into 2 sheets 110 x 74 or smaller; has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 58574.
Description
Shows boundaries, meeting houses, post offices, taverns, private houses, mills, battle grounds, streams, roads, canals, marshes, and swamps. Relief shown by hachures. Inset map of Charleston Harbor.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 728387697
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20646328
Folder number: US222.2.03
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0bd7d440-3a76-0135-fa92-0cb106661a22
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1822: Issued
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A map of South Carolina " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1822. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c10d3990-7a1c-0135-a6f5-4f353c29e260

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A map of South Carolina " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c10d3990-7a1c-0135-a6f5-4f353c29e260

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1822). A map of South Carolina Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c10d3990-7a1c-0135-a6f5-4f353c29e260

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A map of South Carolina