NEW HAVEN HARBOR. U. S. Coast Survey. 1838.
Extract from the U. S. Coast Survey New Haven Harbour 1838. 37"h x 23"w. Folded; excellent condition.

From "Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting A Map of New Haven and its harbor, in the State of Connecticut. February 18, 1839."

This map was prepared under the direction of Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler, a Swiss mathematician who was appointed Superintendent of the Coast Survey in 1811. Hassler was apparently more concerned with precision than speedy production of charts. Peter J. Guthorn writes: "Probably in response to criticism, three charts were published in 1839; of Bridgeport, Connecticut; New Haven, Connecticut; and Newark Bay, New Jersey ... As the Survey had no engraving or printing facilities, the charts were lithographed and printed privately." Thus, this is one of the three earliest U. S. Coast Survey charts. Alexander Dallas Bache succeeded Hassler at Hassler's death in 1843. A large scale (six inches to one mile) showing the edge of the city, terrain features, buildings, soundings in feet, and a light house.

MAINE. Finley. 1829?
Map of Maine New Hampshire and Vermont Compiled from the Latest Authorities. Upper right: 3. Lower left: D. H. Vance Del. Lower right: J. H. Young Sc. Bottom center: Philadelphia. Published by A. Finley. 17”h x 21 ½”w. Original wash color. Some browning at fold lines. Pinholes at a few intersections. Margins narrow as issued. Backed on archival tissue.

From a pocket version of Anthony Finley’s A New American Atlas… (Philadelphia, A. Finley, 1829?). Reference Phillips Atlases 1378, Map 3, for the 1826 folio version of the atlas.

This map is one of 15 found in the scarce A New American Atlas. One very rare version of the atlas had maps in a pocket guide (or traveler’s) format on thin paper folded to 3 ½” x 6”. Two of the maps (“North America” and “South America”) in the pocket atlas from which the above map was removed are dated 1829. Thus, there was an 1829 or later edition of the pocket atlas not recorded in Phillips. The pocket atlas was issued without a title page but had an index pasted to the inside of the cover. Eleven maps from the 1829 edition have no date (two maps not present may have been dated). The 1826 maps are dated in the lower margin. No copies of an 1829 or later edition of the pocket atlas were located on OCLC, except an 1831 edition authored by Finley and published by Mitchell. Ristow, American Maps and Mapmakers, indicates on page 270: “The same plates, with dates and publisher’s name changed, were used by S. Augustus Mitchell in 1831 for an atlas published under the same title as Finley’s 1826 volume.” However, neither the maps nor the atlas from which this map of Maine was removed are attributed to Mitchell, and most map plates are undated. Inset upper left: “North part of Maine”. A “Statistical Table” at the lower right gives populations for 1810 and 1820.

MASSACHUSETTS. Finley. 1829?
Map of Massachusetts Connecticut and Rhode Island Constructed from the Latest Authorities. Upper right: 4 . Lower left: Drawn by D. H. Vance. Lower right: Engraved by J. H. Young. 17”h x 21.5”w. Original wash color. Some browning at fold lines. Pinholes at intersections of folds. Margins narrow. Backed on archival tissue.

From a pocket version of Anthony Finley’s A New American Atlas… (Philadelphia, A. Finley, 1829?). See Phillips Atlases 1378, Map 4, for the 1826 version of the folio atlas.

This map is one of 15 found in the scarce A New American Atlas. One very rare version of the atlas had maps in a pocket guide (or traveler’s) format on thin paper folded to 3 ½” x 6”. Two of the maps (“North America” and “South America”) in the pocket atlas from which the above map was removed are dated 1829. Thus, there was an 1829 or later edition of the pocket atlas not recorded in Phillips. The pocket atlas was issued without a title page but had an index pasted to the inside of the cover. Eleven maps from the 1829 edition have no date (two maps not present may have been dated). The 1826 maps are dated in the lower margin. No copies of an 1829 or later edition of the pocket atlas were located on OCLC, except an 1831 edition authored by Finley and published by Mitchell. Ristow, American Maps and Mapmakers, indicates on page 270: “The same plates, with dates and publisher’s name changed, were used by S. Augustus Mitchell in 1831 for an atlas published under the same title as Finley’s 1826 volume.” However, neither the maps nor the atlas from which this map of Massachusetts was removed are attributed to Mitchell, and most plates are undated.

A “Statistical Table” gives populations for 1810 and 1820.

STELLWAGEN’S BANK. U.S. Coast Survey. 1854.
Preliminary Chart of Stellwagen’s Bank Massachusetts Bay Discovered in October 1854 By the Hydrographic Party under the command of Lieut. H. S. Stellwagen U.S.N. Assist. 1854. Above the title: (A No 7) U.S. Coast Survey A. D. Bache Supdt. Lower left: Drng by E. Cordell. Lower right: Eng’g by App. S. W. Bradley. Upper left: No. 8. Upper right: Lith James Ackerman NY. 8 ¼”w x 8 ¾”h.

This chart covers an area approximately 45 miles square in the Massachusetts Bay. Boston and Boston Harbor are at the left. Cape Cod is at the lower right. A table of notes and abbreviations is at the lower left.

MASSACHUSETTS - BRISTOL COUNTY - 1871.
Bristol County . 22" h x 15"w. Short centerfield separations mended with archival tape on verso; otherwise image very good. County in original wash color.

From Walling & Gray, Official Topographical Atlas of Massachusetts (Boston: Stedman, Brown & Lyon, 1871).

Includes the towns of Fall River and New Bedford. Townships separately colored. Part of Rhode Island is on the left.

CHATHAM, MA. U. S. Geological Survey. 1890.
Massachusetts Chatham Sheet. U. S. Geological Survey. J. W. Powell, Director. Lower left: Henry Gannett, Chief Geographer . . . Lower right: Forbes Co. Boston & N. Y. 17"h x 13"w. Printed on heavy paper. Excellent condition. Color. Henry Gannett (1846-1916) was the Chief Geographer of the U. S. Geological Survey.

Published by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1890.

This is one of a preliminary edition of 54 topographic maps of Massachusetts published in 1890. The scale is 1:62,500 or 1 mile to 1 inch. This map covers Chatham and vicinity in Cape Cod along the Atlantic coast. Pleasant Bay, Nauset Beach, and Monomoy Island are shown. The Atlantic Ocean occupies much of the map. Street patterns and buildings are shown in the towns. The map includes an area of approximately 17 1/2 miles by 13 miles.

LAWRENCE, MA. U. S. Geological Survey. 1890.
Massachusetts Lawrence Sheet. U. S. Geological Survey. J. W. Powell, Director. Lower left: Henry Gannett, Chief Geographer . . . Surveyed in 1886. Lower right: Forbes Co. Boston & N. Y. 17"h x 13"w. Printed on heavy paper. Excellent condition. Color. Henry Gannett (1846-1916) was the Chief Geographer of the U. S. Geological Survey.

Published by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1890.

This is one of a preliminary edition of 54 topographic maps of Massachusetts published in 1890. The scale is 1:62,500 or 1 mile to 1 inch. This map covers Lawrence in the North, Andover in the center, and Reading and Wakefield in the South. Street patterns are shown in the towns. The map includes an area of approximately 17 1/2 miles by 13 miles.

SPRINGFIELD, MA. U. S. Geological Survey. 1890.
Massachusetts - Connecticut Springfield Sheet. U. S. Geological Survey. J. W. Powell, Director. Lower left: Henry Gannett, Chief Geographer . . . Surveyed in 1886 and 1887. Lower right: Forbes Co. Boston & N. Y. 17"h x 13"w. Printed on heavy paper. Excellent condition. Color. Henry Gannett (1846-1916) was the Chief Geographer of the U. S. Geological Survey.

Published by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1890.

This is one of a preliminary edition of 54 topographic maps of Massachusetts published in 1890. The scale is 1:62,500 or 1 mile to 1 inch. This map covers Springfield in the center, Holyoke in the North, and a portion of Connecticut in the South. The Connecticut River extends through the middle of the map. The map includes an area of approximately 17 1/2 miles by 13 miles.

PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MA. Walker. 1891.
Massachusetts. Atlas Plate No. 7. Under lower neat line: Copyright 1891 by Geo. H. Walker & Co. Boston, Mass. 18"h x 26"w. Short separation upper centerfold. Lower right corner of margin missing within 1/4" of neat lines. Edges chipped. Image good. Outline color and waters in blue-green.

Includes the area along Cape Cod Bay from Plymouth to a portion of Barnstable County in the lower right. At the far left is Middleborough P. O. Scale is 1 mile to 1 inch.

NANTUCKET, MA. 1901/1940.
Nantucket, Mass. (Fifteen Minute). 17"h x 13"w. A 1940 reprint of a 1901 edition. A topographic map by the Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. Stamp on margin dated 1940.

A large scale map showing the town of Nantucket and most of the island. Land topography shown by contour lines. The Nantucket Central R.R. is shown leading south from Nantucket to the shore line, then east along the shore to Siasconset.

NEW ENGLAND. Russell. Dated 1795. 1799.
Map of the Northern, or, New England States of America, Comprehending Vermont, New Hampshire, District of Main, Massachusetts, Rhode-Island, and Connecticut. By J. Russell. Imprint under bottom center: London. Publish’d as the Act directs, Feb’y 7, 1795 by H. D. Symonds No: 20 Paternoster Row. Lower right: Russell del & sculp: Constitution R. Grays Inn La. 18 ½”w x 14 ¼”h. Dark impression. Uncolored. Two-inch tear at right and partial separation of fold mended with archival materials. 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 engraved by John Russell of London. Howes W581.

The map extends south from the St. Croix River, which is part of the eastern boundary with Canada, to Nantucket Island and west to mid-New York state.

In the north the District of Main (sic) is bounded by “The Dividing Highlands” whose imprecise location was the cause for friction between the US and British North America (Canada). The map shows the Highlands extend to 46 degrees North Latitude. The present border originated with the Treaty of Paris in 1783, which ended the war between Great Britain and the United States. The “Aroostook War” was an undeclared (and ultimately bloodless) confrontation in 1838-39 between the United States and Great Britain over the international boundary between Canada and Maine. The dispute resulted in a mutually accepted border between the state of Maine and provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec. Today, Maine extends north beyond 47 degrees.

NEW ENGLAND. Gillet. 1821.
Map of the Northern part of New England Compiled for Prest. Dwights Travels, by George Gillet Esq. 1821. Lower right: N. & S.S. Jocelyn Sc. N.H. Inset: “Head Waters of Connecticut River.” 13 ½’w x 8 ¼”h. Uncolored. Fold lines. Short repaired tear at right margin. Narrow tape stains at edges of three margins, but well away from the image. Backed on archival tissue.

The map was published in Timothy Dwight’s Travels in New England and New York. Only American edition, New Haven: Published by Timothy Dwight, 1821-22. Howes U.S.IANA D-612.

George Gillet (1771-1853) was Surveyor General of Connecticut from 1813. Gillet and Moses Warren made the extremely rare wall map: "Connecticut, From Actual Survey, Made in 1811; By, and under the Direction of, Moses Warren and George Gillet; And by them Compiled. Published under the Authority of the General". Phillip’s Maps, p247.

Nathaniel Jocelyn (1796-1881) and his brother S.S., perhaps Simeon Smith Jocelyn (1799-1879), were engravers and publishers in New Haven, Connecticut. They worked together as N. & S.S. Jocelyn in the 1820s.

Timothy Dwight, IV, (1752–1817) was a minister, theologian, educator, and author. He was the eighth president of Yale College, from 1795 to 1817. As author of the book in which the map was published, Dwight had the opportunity to have Yale College selected as the location of the Prime Meridian for the map (see the lower left of the map). All three maps in his Travels used the Yale Prime Meridian. This is the only time we have seen Yale College used to locate a prime meridian.

The map in the London edition (not included) was re-engraved by W. Wright, dated 1823, and printed in Volume 2 of Dwight’s Travels with imprint “London: Printed for William Baynes and Son, and Ogle, Duncan, & Co. Paternoster Row; and H. S. Baynes and Co., Edinburgh. 1823.” Howes U.S.IANA D-612.

NEW ENGLAND. Gillet. 1823.
Map of the Northern part of New England Compiled for Pres’t. Dwights Travels, By George Gillet Esq. 1823. Lower left: W. Wright, Sc. Temple St. Hackney Road. Inset lower right: “Head Waters of Connecticut River.” 13 ½’w x 8 ¼”h. Uncolored. Light toning along one fold line. Some foxing. Margins stained.

This London edition was published in Volume 2 of Dwight’s Travels in New-England and New-York with imprint “London: Printed for William Baynes and Son, and Ogle, Duncan, & Co. Paternoster Row; and H. S. Baynes and Co., Edinburgh. 1823.” Howes U.S.IANA 612.

The map was first published in Timothy Dwight’s Travels in New England and New York. New Haven: Published by Timothy Dwight, 1821-22. Howes 612.

George Gillet (1771-1853) was Surveyor General of Connecticut from 1813. Gillet and Moses Warren made the extremely rare wall map: "Connecticut, From Actual Survey, Made in 1811; By, and under the Direction of, Moses Warren and George Gillet; And by them Compiled. Published under the Authority of the General". Phillip’s Maps, p247.

Timothy Dwight, IV, (1752–1817) was a minister, theologian, educator, and author. He was the eighth president of Yale College, from 1795 to 1817. As author of the book in which the map was published, Dwight had the opportunity to have Yale College selected as the location of the Prime Meridian for the map (see the lower left of the map). All three maps in his Travels used the Yale Prime Meridian. This is the only time we have seen Yale College used to locate a prime meridian. Jan Smit’s list of 64 sites used as prime meridians does not include Yale (or New Haven), nor does Lloyd Brown include Yale in his The Story of Maps where he lists more than a dozen additional sites. The (Greenwich) International Prime Meridian was not adopted until the 1884 International Meridian Conference at Washington DC.

NEW ENGLAND. Gillet. 1823.
Map of the Southern part of New England Compiled for Pres’t. Dwights Travels, By George Gillet Esq. 1823. Lower left: W. Wright, Sc. Temple St. Hackney Road. 13 ½’w x 11”h. Uncolored. Fold lines.

This London edition of the map was published in Volume 1 of Dwight’s Travels in New-England and New-York having the imprint “London: Printed for William Baynes and Son, and Ogle, Duncan, & Co. Paternoster Row; and H. S. Baynes and Co., Edinburgh. 1823.” Howes, U.S. IANA D-612.

The map was first published in Timothy Dwight’s Travels in New-England and New-York. New Haven: Published by Timothy Dwight, 1821-22. Howes D-612.

George Gillet (1771-1853) was Surveyor General of Connecticut from 1813. Gillet and Moses Warren made the extremely rare wall map: "Connecticut, From Actual Survey, Made in 1811; By, and under the Direction of, Moses Warren and George Gillet; And by them Compiled. Published under the Authority of the General". Phillip’s Maps, p247.

Timothy Dwight, IV, (1752–1817) was a minister, theologian, educator, and author. He was the eighth president of Yale College, from 1795 to 1817. As author of the book in which the map was published, Dwight had the opportunity to have Yale College selected as the location of the Prime Meridian for the map (see just above the bottom neatline). All three maps in his Travels used the Yale Prime Meridian. This is the only time we have seen Yale College used to locate a prime meridian. A list of 64 sites used as prime meridians does not include Yale (or New Haven). The (Greenwich) International Prime Meridian was not adopted until the 1884 International Meridian Conference at Washington DC.

NEW YORK. Tanner. 1823.
New York by H. S. Tanner. Imprint: Engraved & Published by H. S. Tanner, Philadelphia. entered ... May 1819 ... 22"h x 26"w. Centerfold stains; margins ragged but ample for framing; good. Counties in watercolor wash.

Published in A New American Atlas (Philadelphia: H. S. Tanner, 1823). Illustrated in Allen p. 123.

New York City was the capital of the state until 1797 when the capital was moved to Albany, north along the Hudson River (explored by Henry Hudson in 1690). The Finger Lakes, 11 finger-shaped lakes, are left-overs from the last Ice Age and dominate the center of the map below Lake Ontario.

NEW YORK. Wright. 1823.
Map of the State of New York Engraved for Pres’t. Dwights Travels. 1823. Lower left: W. Wright, Sc. Temple St. Hackney Road. 12”w x 11 ½”h. Uncolored. Toning on fold lines.

This London edition was published in Volume 3 of Dwight’s Travels in New-England and New-York having the imprint “London: Printed for William Baynes and Son, and Ogle, Duncan, & Co. Paternoster Row; and H. S. Baynes and Co., Edinburgh. 1823.” Howes U.S.IANA 612.

The map was first published in Timothy Dwight’s Travels in New England and New York. New Haven: Published by Timothy Dwight, 1821-22. Howes 612.

Timothy Dwight, IV, (1752–1817) was a minister, theologian, educator, and author. He was the eighth president of Yale College, from 1795 to 1817. As author of the book in which the map was published, Dwight had the opportunity to have Yale College selected as the location of the Prime Meridian for the map (see the lower center above neatline). All three maps in his Travels used the Yale Prime Meridian. This is the only time we have seen Yale College used to locate a prime meridian. A list of 64 sites used as prime meridians does not include Yale (or New Haven). The (Greenwich) International Prime Meridian was not adopted until the 1884 International Meridian Conference at Washington DC.

NORTHEAST. Appleton. 1857.
Map of the Eastern and Middle States &c. and also the British Provinces. Insets: "Falls of Niagara" and "Land and Water Routes from Cleveland to Detroit & Chicago". 11"h x 15 1/2"w. Original hand color. Short tear at binding edge.

Bound before book title in Appletons’ Illustrated Hand-Book of American Travel. Part 1. The Eastern and Middle States, and the British Provinces. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1857. Contains 61 illustrations; 29 foldout maps on 16 sheets. Maps in very good condition.

The travel book and maps.

NORTHEAST. Mast et al. 1892.
Map of Massachusetts. Rhode Island. Connecticut. 13"h x 20"w. Lightly toned; small chips in edges of margins; image very good. Original wash coloring.

Published by Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick as a broadside advertisement for their The Popular Atlas of the World (Philadelphia: 1892). See Phillips Atlases 973.

"A Specimen Map from the Popular Atlas". This map of the three states is surrounded by advertising for the forthcoming publication of the atlas containing 60 maps. The verso also contains advertising and specific reference to the publisher. The image of the three states shows towns, counties, railroads and roads. A RARE ADVERTISING PIECE.

PENNSYLVANIA. Finley. 1829?
Map of Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware Constructed from the Latest Authorities. Upper right: 6. Lower left: D. H. Vance Del. Lower right: J. H. Young Sc. Bottom center: Philadelphia. Published by A. Finley. 17”h x 21.5"w. Original wash color. Some browning at fold lines. Pinholes at some intersections of folds. Margins narrow as issued. Backed on archival tissue.

From a pocket version of Anthony Finley’s A New American Atlas… (Philadelphia, A. Finley, 1829?). Reference Phillips Atlases 1378, Map 6, for the 1826 folio edition of the atlas.

This map is one of 15 found in the scarce A New American Atlas. One very rare version of the atlas had maps in a pocket guide (or traveler’s) format on thin paper folded to 3 ½” x 6”. Two of the maps (“North America” and “South America”) in the pocket atlas from which the above map was removed are dated 1829. Thus, there was an 1829 or later edition of the pocket atlas not recorded in Phillips. The pocket atlas was issued without a title page but had an index pasted to the inside of the cover. Eleven maps from the 1829 edition have no date (two maps not present may have been dated). The 1826 maps are dated in the lower margin. No copies of an 1829 or later edition of the pocket atlas were located on OCLC, except an 1831 edition authored by Finley and published by Mitchell. Ristow, American Maps and Mapmakers, indicates on page 270: “The same plates, with dates and publisher’s name changed, were used by S. Augustus Mitchell in 1831 for an atlas published under the same title as Finley’s 1826 volume.” However, neither the maps nor the atlas from which the map of Pennsylvania was removed are attributed to Mitchell, and most map plates are undated. A “Statistical Table” at the lower left gives populations for 1810 and 1820.

VERMONT. Cram. c1896.
Vermont. 20"h x 13"w. Very good condition. Original wash color.

Very attractive. Mountains shown by hachures.