New Jersey Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title New Jersey
  • Added Title New Jersey at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, from an original map in the Library of Congress at Washington.
  • Added Title The Province of New Jersey, Divided into East and West, commonly called the Jerseys.

Creator

  • Engraver: Faden, William
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Second edition with considerable improvements engraved & published by Wm. Faden, Charing Cross, December 1st, 1778.

Contributor

  • Director: The United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: Issued by the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission.

Publisher

  • Name: Geological Survey (U.S.)
    Place of Publication: [Washington, D.C.]
    Additional Info: Reprinted 1937, by U.S. Geological Survey.

Date

  • Creation: 1937

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Map of New Jersey and the surrounding area at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing counties, towns, roads, mountain ranges, bays, rivers, creeks, inlets, and harbors, with explanatory notes on certain geographic features. Map includes an astronomical observations table in the lower-right corner. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:633,600] (approximately 10 miles to the inch).
  • Physical Description: 1 map : hand col. ; 59 x 43 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: New Jersey -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: New York -- Maps.
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Geography and Maps
  • Keyword: surveying
  • Keyword: provinces

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - New Jersey
  • Coverage Date: 1778-12-01

Collection

  • Name: Abilene Library Consortium
    Code: ABCM
  • Name: Jesse Wallace Williams Map Collection
    Code: JWWMC

Institution

  • Name: Hardin-Simmons University Library
    Code: HSUL

Resource Type

  • Map

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: HSU-0307002083946
  • Accession or Local Control No: 8.A.7
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth493486
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