Content: "The publisher is indebted to the politeness of Major S.H. Long for the use of his documents in the construction of that portion of this map west of the Mississippi River."
Content: Includes statistical table listing states with areas, populations, capitals, and populations of principal cities and towns.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Statement Of Responsibility: J.H. Young, sc.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 42 x 53 cm., folded in cover 15 x 10 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 45672036
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14951584
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d2d080c0-c52a-012f-4527-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1827

Cite this item

MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the United States, constructed from the latest authorities" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1827. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d2d080c0-c52a-012f-4527-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1827). Map of the United States, constructed from the latest authorities Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d2d080c0-c52a-012f-4527-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the United States, constructed from the latest authorities" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 19, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d2d080c0-c52a-012f-4527-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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