The United States of America

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Map of the United States at the time of the Treaty of Paris, showing land south of the Great Lakes and east of the Mississippi River. The map includes four inset maps of "Claims and cessions of western lands, 1776-1802," illustrating the initial claim and those lands ceded by the British administration. The four maps show cessions of Connecticut and South Carolina, New York, Virgina and Georgia, and Massachusetts and North Carolina. Relief shown in hachures.

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1 map : hand col. ; 45 x 50 cm.

Creation Information

Buell, Abel 1938.

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  • Geological Survey (U.S.)
    Publisher Info: Reprinted 1938, by U.S. Geological Survey
    Place of Publication: [Washington, D.C.]

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  • Main Title: The United States of America
  • Added Title: The United States of America at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, from original maps in the American Geographical Society of New York and the Library of Congress at Washington.

Description

Map of the United States at the time of the Treaty of Paris, showing land south of the Great Lakes and east of the Mississippi River. The map includes four inset maps of "Claims and cessions of western lands, 1776-1802," illustrating the initial claim and those lands ceded by the British administration. The four maps show cessions of Connecticut and South Carolina, New York, Virgina and Georgia, and Massachusetts and North Carolina. Relief shown in hachures.

Physical Description

1 map : hand col. ; 45 x 50 cm.

Notes

Original title: "New and correct map of the United States of North America layd down from the latest observations and best authorities, agreeable to the Peace of 1783."

Original dedication: "Humbly inscribed to His Excellency the Governor and Company of the State of Connecticut."

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  • Accession or Local Control No: HSU-0307002084001
  • Accession or Local Control No: 8.A.14
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth493537

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Abilene Library Consortium

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  • 1938

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Buell, Abel. The United States of America, map, 1938; [Washington, D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth493537/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.

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