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Map of the Southern Parts of the United States of America By Abraham Bradley Junr. Corrected by the Author. [1804] This map was initially published in Morse's American Gazetteer in 1797 with Georgia Western Territory extending to the Mississippi River. The 1797 edition also had a Morse imprint at the bottom center and the engraver's imprint, S HILL SC., at bottom right (Wheat & Brun 496). This updated 1804 edition reflects the organization of the Mississippi Territory which occurred in 1798. "Corrected by the Author" has been added to the title and the imprints have been erased.
North Carolina by Samuel Lewis [1804] This map was drawn by Samuel Lewis and engraved by "Tanner " (Benjamin). According to Williams in Tar Heel Maps, this map is unchanged throughout its appearance in LOC copies of the 1804, 1805, 1812, and 1819 editions of A New and Elegant General Atlas by Arrowsmith and Lewis. Although the engraving remains unchanged, the obvious wear shows on later editions in which the horizontal lines in the ocean become progressively weaker. The North Carolina Collection in Chapel Hill has loose copies of the above map, one with strong horizontal engraved lines in the ocean, another with the lines almost completely absent. One copy has attractive but grossly inaccurate outline coloring of the counties. The NCC has a nearly identical map, also drawn by Samuel Lewis, but engraved by "H.S.Tanner" with a slightly altered border around the title and an overall increase of 2 cm in the width of the map. The H.S.Tanner engraving adds Ashe and Washington Counties and replaces the mountains in the inset with the comment, "This Part of the State Not Yet Surveyed." This particular map, shown below, can be found in A New and Elegant General Atlas Containing Maps of Each of the United States, published in 1816 by Fielding Lucas, Jr., in Baltimore.
N. Carolina from Fielding Lucas's 1816 atlas
The thumbnail above links to a full color 3mb image provided courtesy of Donald Heald Rare Books. The links for 1st and 2nd states provided in the discussion below are smaller file b/w scans at NC Archives. To David Stone and Peter Brown Esqrs. This First Actual Survey of the State of North Carolina Taken by the Subscribers is respectfully dedicated by their humble Servants Jona. Price. John Strother. 1808 Engraved by W. Harrison Philada Printed by C.P. Harrison. One of our nation's earliest state maps based on actual survey, the remarkable map of North Carolina by Jonathan Price and John Strother was almost 20 years in the making. Even then, it might never have been published were it not for the generosity of David Stone and Peter Browne, prominent citizens of the State who provided the funds necessary to have the map published. Two states are known. The first state is undated and has typographical and topographical errors; an example of both is the peculiar naming of a non-existent Davie County in the NW corner of the state, but misspelled "DDVIE". The 2nd state is dated 1808 and has corrections to the typo/topo errors found on the 1st state.
North Carolina From the Latest Surveys, by Samuel Lewis Both of these maps appeared in Carey's General Atlas... in 1814. The one on the left presumably appeared in earlier 1814 copies of the atlas, and includes a more decorative title and the engraver's imprint (Wm Charles). The one on the right appeared in later 1814 copies of Carey's Atlas and does not have an engraver's imprint. Also, Anson County was inadvertently left unnamed on this 1814 version, but the name was added to this plate for the 1817 and 1818 editions of Carey's Atlas. The one on the left was from a new plate. The reason for its replacement so quickly by another engraving is unknown; certainly not the most economic business decision. If there is anyone out there familiar with Carey's business records, please let us know via the e-mail link at the bottom of this page if you have an answer.
1814 The State of Georgia 1822 The map on the left, engraved by Enoch Gridley, is from the 1814 edition of Carey's General Atlas, and is also found in 1817 and 1818 editions of Carey's Atlas. The one on the right is from the same copperplate which has been extensively re-engraved and updated, presumably by Gridley since his name is still at bottom right. Even most of the rivers and streams have been revised. The state borders are more accurate than previously; West Florida and Alabama are now named. There are multiple new counties and even those present on the earlier map are completely redrawn on the later map. The depiction of the counties on the later map appears to have been taken from the large 1818 map (no image available) of Georgia by Daniel Sturges. "South Boundary of the United States" between Georgia and Florida has been removed, suggesting a publication date of 1819 or later. In fact, the map on the right was published by Robert DeSilver in 1822 in an atlas he produced using plates purchased from Mathew Carey. DeSilver also published the map separately in 1827 (Rumsey). Click on either map above for a large image of the entire map. For comparison and discussion of changes to SW corner of the copperplate, click here.
Above left: A Map of the Southern Section of the United States including the Floridas and Bahama Islands, Shewing the Seat of War in that Department, 1813 by John Melish. Above right: Southern Section of the United States including Florida &c. by John Melish 1816 [1824] (image courtesy of Old World Auctions) Click the following links for other digitized examples of the 1813 map and the 1824 map (or here). Please
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A Plan of the Town of New Bern and Dryborough With the Lands adjoining Contained within the bounds of the Original Grant to Danl Richardson in 1713. By Jonathan Price 1817-24 [c1861]
The above Plan of the Town of New Bern... is a transfer lithograph, likely printed in the late 1850s or early 1860s. A manuscript letter on the verso is dated 15 March 1862 (the day after the Battle of New Bern) and is signed by Charles A. Folsom, 1st Lt. in Company E of the Twenty-fourth Regiment of Massachusetts. Company E was the advance guard for the Yankees during the Battle of New Bern. I have not been able to decipher the Boston addressee. The original copper-plate engraving was published c1817. Upon Jonathan Price's death in 1822, the purchaser of the plate had views of Presbyterian Church (erected 1822) and Christ Church (1824) added to the engraving (Reference). Thus far, 2 examples printed from the original copper-plate (both 1824 or later) have been located. One is in the North Carolina Collection at UNC-CH (catalog entry) and the other is in the collection of Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens, New Bern, North Carolina (image). As the right lower corner has been replaced in facsimile in the above lithograph, it is unknown whether or not the lithographer's imprint may have been included at the lower right. Anyone with additional knowledge of the copper-plate engraving or the later lithograph is kindly requested to contact the WPC Map Society.
United States of America Compiled from the Latest & Best Authorities by John Melish
A Flurry of Fielding
Fielding Lucas maps of North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and the United States from his scarce 1823 atlas entitled A General Atlas Containing Distinct Maps of all the Known Countries of the World...Constructed from the Latest Authority. His broad outline coloring is very distinctive and attractive.
Map of North and South Carolina by H.S. Tanner Published in Tanner's beautiful elephant folio American Atlas of 1823. You can click on the thumbnail above for the entire map, or click the following link for a close up of the North Carolina Piedmont. The North Carolina Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill also has a later edition, dated 1851, issued as a pocket map. No later dated examples of any of the maps from Tanner's American Atlas are known to us at this time.
North Carolina by Anthony Finley, 1824 (left, digital photo) and circa 1826 (right, scanned image) Anthony Finley published A New General Atlas, in 1824, 1826, and 1829 through 1834. The map of North Carolina in the 1824 edition is the only one in this series that does not show Davidson County and Greensboro. A few more roads can also be seen on maps from 1826 compared to the 1824 edition. According to Ristow, the page size is slightly larger in 1829 than previously. In 1831, extensive detail in the surrounding states was added to the engraving, a border was placed around the title, and Macon County was added in the SW corner of the state (Williams in Tar Heel Maps). Greensboro, established in 1808, was named in honor of Major General Nathanael Greene of Revolutionary War fame. His army battled that of Lord Cornwallis at nearby Guilford Battlefield on March 15, 1781. Although technically a victory for Cornwallis since Greene ordered the retreat of his army, the casualties inflicted upon the British (28% killed or wounded) were far greater than those suffered by the Americans (6%). These results prompted one member of Parliament to claim "another such victory would be the ruin of the British army." An 1829 Greensboro census reported a total of 496 residents, including 101 slaves and 5 free blacks (source: Gayle Hicks Fripp/Greensboro Historical Museum).
Georgia 1824 (left) and 1831 (right) by Anthony Finley These attractive Finley maps show progressive encroachments on the Creek and Cherokee territories in Georgia compared to maps of just a decade earlier (see Carey 1814 map above). There are several missionary outposts in the Cherokee territory, including "Spring Place a Moravian Station." Compared to the 1824 map, the 1831 map includes a lot more counties and a lot less Native Americans. The Creeks have been removed; just a few more years and the Cherokee will be gone. The Okefenokee Swamp is spelled "Oke Fen O Cau" on Finley's 1831 map, compared to "Eoke Fino Kee" on his 1824 map shown above.
Map of North and South Carolina and Georgia, Constructed from the Latest Authorities In 1826, Anthony Finley published A New American Atlas with larger maps (folio) than in his earlier General Atlas. As shown above, most maps included more than one state. The atlas may have been an effort to compete with Tanner's 1823 folio atlas of the same title. Although both were of excellent quality, it is likely that neither atlas was a commercial success given the current scarcity of either intact atlases or individual maps. The above map came from an 1829 pocket atlas edition of Finley's work.
Le Provincie Meridionali degli Stati Uniti (1825) This map is in an 1825 Italian edition of Storia Della Guerra Americana (or History of the American War) by Carlo Botta. It is strikingly similar to the map found in La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt's book of 1799. Botta's book was first published in 1809 and was reprinted 20 times before 1860 (Howes B-636). Howes also lists a French translation of 1812-13, an American edition of 1820 with many reprints, and a Scottish edition in 1844. Click here to see the map from La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt's 1799 book.
1832 Map of the States of North & South Carolina According to Williams in Tar Heel Maps, Fenner, Sears & Co. were the engravers/printers for this map which was published by Simpkin & Marshall (London) and Wardle (Philadelphia) in 1832. A similar, if not identical, map was also published by Hinton.
GOLD!!!
Click thumbnail above to see image courtesy of Old World Auctions Geology of the Gold Region of NORTH CAROLINA (1829) The above map accompanied an 1829 American Journal of Science and Arts article by Elisha Mitchell. The map was likely drawn by Mitchell; it was engraved by Amos Doolittle of New Haven, CT. The Journal of Science and Arts was published by Professor Benjamin Silliman of Yale. Prior to becoming a North Carolinian, Dr. Mitchell attended and was graduated from Yale where he had been a student of Professor Silliman. For more information on Dr. Mitchell and his great contributions to The University and citizens of North Carolina, please try the following link: http://docsouth.unc.edu/browse/bios/pn0001194_bio.html
GEOLOGICAL MAP of the MINING DISTRICTS in the State of GEORGIA, Western parts of N. CAROLINA and in EAST TENNESSEE by Jacob Peck. This map was published in 1833 as an accompaniment to a similarly titled article which appeared in The American Journal of Science and Arts, Vol. XXIII. Please click here for a higher resolution image of the tiny kettle illustrated on the above map. Any insight into what that thing was used for would be appreciated. There is an e-mail link at the bottom of this web page.
A New Map of the State of North Carolina. Constructed from Actual Surveys, Authentic Public Documents and Private Contributions by Rob't H. B. Brazier. Published Under the Patronage of the Legislature by John MacRae. (1833) High resolution images of each of the 4 sections of the MacRae-Brazier map in the NC State Archives.
A New Map of Nth Carolina... c1833 from Henry Schenck Tanner's Universal Atlas.
North and South Carolina 1834 by David Burr
1835 Bradford map of North Carolina, South Carolina, & Georgia 1835 Bradford map of North Carolina Interestingly, both of these maps appeared in an 1835 edition of A Comprehensive Atlas Geographical, Historical & Commercial by T. G. Bradford. Of multiple copies examined at the Library of Congress, the NC map on the right was only in the Boston edition with the American Stationers' Company imprint on the title page. The map of NC/SC/GA, above on the left, was in all copies, including the one with the American Stationers' imprint. Bradford apparently used multiple publishers in multiple cities. Editions of this atlas from later years were not examined. The NC map is not included in the Table of Contents and, therefore, is not listed in Phillips. These maps are smaller than the maps in Bradford's 1838 An Illustrated Atlas Geographical Statistical and Historical of the United States and the Adjacent Countries (see below) or his 1842 A Universal Illustrated Atlas, Exhibiting a Geographical, Statistical & Historical View of the World.
1838 Bradford map of North Carolina
North and South Carolina 1842 by Greenleaf Jeremiah Greenleaf used the same plate that David Burr had used in the 1830s. Greenleaf added Yancey County in the mountains and erased the publisher's imprint below the neat line.
1853 Pictorial Map of the United States by Thayer Some of the Indian Territory names include: Cherokees, Chickasaws, Seminoles, Shawnees, Pawnees, Delaware, Kickapoos, Pottawatomies, and Half Breeds. The southern Arizona/New Mexico land acquired by the Gadsden purchase in 1853 is not yet included.
Cooke's new map of the state of North Carolina : constructed from actual surveys, private contributions & authentic public documents procured for the purpose under a special resolution of the General Assembly of the state / by William D. Cooke, Principal of the North Carolina School for the deaf & dumb and the blind / 1857 ; Engraved, printed and mounted by J.H. Colton & Co.High resolution scan available at Library of Congress web site by clicking on the map. At least 3 states of this map exist, one with no publisher credit, a second with credit to Colton and S. Pearce of Hillsboro, NC, and a third (above) with Colton credit only. The final state also has the top left pictorial inset of the North Carolina Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind. This particular copy in the Geography & Map Division of the Library of Congress has numerous manuscript updates circa 1861, including the following counties: Alleghany (est. 1859) and Mitchell (1861); but not Clay (1861) or Transylvania (1861). The border on the later states is much more elaborate than on the 1st state. The NC State Archives has a black & white photocopy (incomplete) which would indicate that 4 states exist. The incomplete photocopy would be the 3rd state (retaining the Pearce imprint at bottom right, but with the addition of the Institution at the top left) with the map shown above thus representing the 4th state. The first state correctly spells Tarboro; on later states it is spelled "Tauboro", a misspelling of "Tawboro". For an interesting explanation of Tarboro/Tawboro and the never-ending wonders (or blunders) of bureaucracy as reported in a contemporary newspaper article, please click here.
Map of the State of Georgia compiled by James R. Butts, Late Surveyor General, Macon 1859 This large map, measuring 62" by 53", was published in 1859 and a copy of it was used by Sherman's topographical engineers in planning that heinous march to the sea. Click on the following for close ups of: Title, Asylum for Lunacy, Toccoa Falls, Atlanta region.
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