UNITED STATES. Russell. Dated 1794. 1799.
An Accurate Map of the United States of America, according to the Treaty of Peace of 1783. Imprint under bottom center: London. Publish’d as the Act directs, Oct 18, 1794 by H. D. Symonds No: 20 Pater Noster Row. Lower right: Russell del et sculp: 18 ¼”w x 14 ¼”h. Uncolored. Depicted in McCorkle, Map 794.14. Backed with archival tissue to re-enforce folds. Image very good.

This map is from An Historical, Geographical, Commercial and Philosophical View of the American United States by William Winterbotham (1763-1829) published in London in 1799. The map was drawn and engraved by John Russell of London. Howes W581.

This is a detailed map of the newly-formed United States. As such, it extends only to the Mississippi River and shows only part of Florida (Florida was a Spanish possession at this time). Relief is shown pictorially. Shown are mountains, rivers, lakes, and towns. Indian tribes are named.

“The Twenty League Line” is shown in the Atlantic off the east coast. The Treaty of Peace, ending the hostilities between the new United States and Great Britain, stipulated that the United States would have control over "all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States,... excepting such islands as now are, or hereafter have been within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia."

NORTHERN USA. Morse. 1797.
Map of the Northern Part of the United States of America by Abraham Bradley Junr. Below bottom neatline: Engraved for Morse’s American Gazetteer.... Lower right: B. Callender Scp. 15 ½”w x 8 ¼”h. Partial separation at one fold and short tear at binding edge repaired with archival materials. Backed on rice paper. Some faint transference from having been folded in the Gazetteer. Image in good condition. Reference Wheat & Brun 158.

Map by Abraham Bradley, Jr. Engraved by Benjamin Callender, Jr. (1773-1856). Published in Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826), The American Gazetteer.... Boston: Thomas & Andrews, 1797. First edition. Howes M839.

The five proposed new states of the “Northwest Territory” are indicated by Roman numerals with boundaries approximating those of present-day Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Several Indian reservations are shown as “Re” beyond a dotted line marked “Indian Boundary by Gen. Wayne’s Treaty 1795”. “New Connecticut” is shown below Lake Erie.

UNITED STATES. Smith. “STATE OF FRANKLIN”. 1794/1806.
The United States of America Confirmed by Treaty. 1783. 11”w x 9 ½”h. Lower right above neatline Published Feby 10th. 1806, by R. Wilkinson, No. 58, Cornhill, London. Lower right below neatline: B. Smith sc. Original outline and wash color. Wash color partly augmented. Lower left corner of margin missing small piece. Margins lightly soiled but image in very good condition.

Engraved by B. Smith. Published in A General Atlas being a Collection of Maps of the World.... London: Robert Wilkinson, 1800. But the Contents page is dated 1805 and the map is dated 1806.

Extends from Maine south to include Georgia and west past the Mississippi River. A table at the lower right lists the states and their date founded (most as colonies). Included in the table is “Franklinia 1785”. This proposed state of "FRANKLINIA" is shown located in eastern Tennessee. It was formed in the western lands of North Carolina (now part of Tennessee) in 1784. It had its first legislative session in Jonesboro and established its capital at Greenville. Franklinia was never recognized by US Congress. By 1790, the government of the State of Franklin had collapsed entirely and the territory was firmly back under the control of North Carolina. North Carolina ceded the western lands (the east part of Tennessee) to the Federal Government in 1790.

Tennessee spelled “Tennassee”. The area above Kentucky is called “Western Territory”. An undefined region west of the Mississippi River (present-day Missouri and Arkansas) is named "New Iberia".

UNITED STATES. John Melish. 1821.
United States of America. Compiled from the latest & best Authorities by John Melish. 21 ¼”w x 17” h. Lower right: Engraved by B. Tanner. Lower center: Philadelphia. Published by M. Carey & Son. 1821. Upper right: No. 68. Backed with archival tissue. Image very good condition. Wash color.

Published in C. V. Lavoisne, A Complete Genealogical, Historical, Chronological, and Geographical Atlas.... Philadelphia: Mathew Carey & Son, 1821.

Engraved by Benjamin Tanner who began his career in New York City (1792-1805), but moved to Philadelphia (1805-1845) where he engraved this map for Melish.

The map extends west to the Rockies. The geography of the large Missouri Territory in the upper left benefits from the Lewis and Clark expedition.

EARLY ROAD MAP. U. S. Army. 1836.
Sketch of the Country embracing several Routes from Portsmouth Ohio, to Linville, N. C and exhibiting the relative positions of the contemplated road, and various important points situated between the Atlantic Ocean and the Northern Lakes. Drawn by Lieut. F. L. Dancy U. S. Army, under direction of Lieut. Col. S. H. Long of the Top'l. Engineers. January 1832. In script: U. S. Topographical Bureau Washington City, D. C 20 Feb. 1836 Wash: Hood Lieut U. S. Army. 41"h x 12"w. Numerous fold lines. Image very good.

Published in House Document 169, p. 16, Serial 289. Reference Claussen Descriptive Catalog of Maps Published by Congress, No. 124.

Based on Col. Long’s reconnaissance and survey in 1831. "Cleaveland", Ohio and Erie, Pennsylvania are shown along the shore of Lake Erie. The map extends through Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee and the Carolinas to Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia at the bottom. Dozens of roads and trails are shown, as are numerous streams, mountains and rivers. Relief is shown by hachures.

UNITED STATES. First Edition Pocket Map. Mitchell. 1843.
Mitchell's National Map of the American Republic of United States of North America. Together with Maps the Vicinities of Thirty-Two of The Principal Cities and Towns of the Union.

Philadelphia: Mitchell, 1843. An engraved map, with full original color, 24¼ x 33½ inches, and a second folding sheet measuring 25¼ x 34¾ inches having a table of statistics from the 1840 census, surrounded by thirty-two insets of American cities. The two maps fold into an embossed gilded leather cover, 4.5" x 7.5" with a brass clasp. The front cover is lettered in gilt below a radiating sun design; the back cover shows an eagle surrounded by 26 stars, and above a partial earth & clouds with a banner: "E Pluribus Unum". Separations at folds. Tears.

This is the first pocket edition of an important map of the United States. The map was also published in the same year as a wall map on rollers, surrounded by the thirty-two inset maps of American cities. This version has two maps: one of America and the other of American Cities. The map of the American Republic extends west to approximately the 95th degree meridian, showing parts of the Iowa and Indian Territories and eastern Texas. Two insets are "Map of the North-Eastern boundary of the United States According to the Treaty of 1842" and "Map of the Southern part of Florida." There is a "Population Table based on the Census of 1840" in the lower left. David Rumsey lists editions of 1843, 1846, 1848 and 1850 in a wall map format, but no subsequent pocket map versions.

GEOLOGICAL MAP. Hall. 1843.
Geological Map of the Middle and Western States. 32 ¼” w x 22 ¾”h. Very good condition. Original wash color. Under title: Lith. of Endicott, New York.

Removed from James Hall, Geology of New York. Part IV. Comprising the Survey of the Fourth Geological District. (Albany: Printed by Carroll and Cook, 1843.) Issued as part of the series Natural History of New York (New York: D. Appleton & Co. and Wiley & Putnam, 1843). A complete copy of the book is included with the map (now detached).

This is a colorful geological map by the eminent American geologist and paleontologist James Hall (1811-1898). Twenty-two geological formations are named at the lower right and identified using hand-applied colors. The map covers the eastern U.S. from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and from the Great Lakes south to the Virginia-North Carolina border. Included are Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario. This is a beautiful example of an early and scarce geological map.

In 1836 New York began a multi-year survey to collect information on the geology and natural history of New York. For purposes of the survey, the state was divided into four districts. James Hall became assistant geologist for the Second District. His initial assignment was to study iron deposits in the Adirondack Mountains. The following year the survey was reorganized and Hall put in charge of the Fourth District in western New York. In 1839 he became State Geologist for New York. In 1843 he made his final report on the survey of the fourth geological district, which was published as Geology of New York, Part IV.

NANTUCKET TO CAPE HATTERAS. U. S. COAST SURVEY. 1863.
U. S. Coast Survey A. D. Bache Supt. Atlantic Coast of the United States (in four sheets) Sheet No. II Nantucket to Cape Hatteras 1863. 23"h x 27"w. Toning at folds.

Shows Nantucket Island, Martha's Vineyard, Long Island, Delaware Bay, most of the Chesapeake Bay, and Cape Hatteras off Pamlico (Pamplico, on this chart) Sound. Also shows the Gulf Stream. Soundings in fathoms.

UNITED STATES MAP IN SWINTON'S CONDENSED UNITED STATES. Wells. 1871/1878?
Map to Illustrate the Territorial Growth of the United States. Under bottom neatline: Copyright , 1878, by Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. N. York. J. Wells Del. 6”h x 7 ½”w. 2-inch separation at centerfold. Color. Image excellent.

Bound in Swinton's Condensed United States: A Condensed School History of the United States, Constructed for Definite Results in Recitation ... Revised edition. New York and Chicago: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co., Copyright 1871, but published later. 7"h x 5"w. viii, (4), 334 pp. 40 maps; 5 are colored.