Statement Of Responsibility: By John Farmer ; engraved by John Farmer.
Statement Of Responsibility: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Clerks Office of the District of Michigan in the Territory of Michigan by John Farmer on the 4th day of July A.D. 1835."
Citation/Reference: Karpinski, Louis Charles. Bibliography of the printed maps of Michigan. 129D3
Citation/Reference: New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 6, page 459, column 2, no. 2
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Content: Scale approximately 1:500,000 (W 87°20ʹ--W 82°20ʹ/N 43°50ʹ--N 41°30ʹ).

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : hand colored ; 54 x 80 cm, folded in cover to 15 x 10 cm
Filed flat and encased in mylar with original covers.
NYPL Map Div. copy imperfect: small pieces of map lacking.

Abstract

Shows township grid, counties, roads, swamps, cities, towns, and notable physical features for southern portion of Michigan Territory; lead mines and land plats on insets. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. Includes text notes relating to War of 1812 and 5 insets: Map of the Straits of Michillimackinac from actual survey -- Map of Pte. Ste. Ignace -- Map of the most important part of the lead mine district near the Mississippi River -- Map of the private claims at Green Bay from actual survey -- Map of Michillimackinac Isle. Inside front cover: [explanation of public lands]. Publisher's map list pasted inside back cover.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 84187052
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20645193
Folder number: US103.1.02
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ca480ee0-a231-0135-fb39-06322a470f9b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1836

Cite this item

MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "An improved edition of a map of the surveyed part of the Territory of Michigan" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1836. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ca480ee0-a231-0135-fb39-06322a470f9b

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1836). An improved edition of a map of the surveyed part of the Territory of Michigan Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ca480ee0-a231-0135-fb39-06322a470f9b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "An improved edition of a map of the surveyed part of the Territory of Michigan" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ca480ee0-a231-0135-fb39-06322a470f9b

Wikipedia citation

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