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  1. Title: Upper territories of the United States.

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    Summary: 1 map, hand colored;Philadelphia and London.;Relief shown using hachures.;Lightly colored map of Upper Territories of the United States, including northwestern territory, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan;with major rivers, lakes.;26 x 20 cm.;ca. 1:5,000,000.

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  2. Title: A plan of London and its environs : shewing the boundaries of the cities of London and Westminster, metropolitan boroughs and parishes and distances in miles & quarters of the principal roads from the General Post Office

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    Summary: Mapmaker and imprint from Darlington and Howgego. Originally issued folded in covers.

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  3. Title: Eastern North America, 1813 (Image 2 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A correct map of the United States with the West Indies : from the best authorities by Samuel Lewis ; Fairman, scrt ; Hooker, sculpt. It was published by T.L. Plowman in 1813. Scale [ca. 1:4,875,000]. This layer is image 2 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the northwest portion of the map. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North American Lambert Conformal Conic coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, roads, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  4. Title: Eastern North America, 1813 (Image 4 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A correct map of the United States with the West Indies : from the best authorities by Samuel Lewis ; Fairman, scrt ; Hooker, sculpt. It was published by T.L. Plowman in 1813. Scale [ca. 1:4,875,000]. This layer is image 4 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the southeast portion of the map. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North American Lambert Conformal Conic coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, roads, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  5. Title: Eastern North America, 1813 (Image 3 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A correct map of the United States with the West Indies : from the best authorities by Samuel Lewis ; Fairman, scrt ; Hooker, sculpt. It was published by T.L. Plowman in 1813. Scale [ca. 1:4,875,000]. This layer is image 3 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the northeast portion of the map. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North American Lambert Conformal Conic coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, roads, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  6. Title: A map of Lewis and Clark's track across the western portion of North America, from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean : by order of the executive of the United States in 1804, 5 & 6

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and London. Facsimile. Historic Maps copy has note taped to verso: One hundred and sixty copies have been made by the American Philosophical Society Library from the original copperplate engraving ... of the map in the "Biddle edition" of History of the Expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark ... Of these 150 numbered copies are now offered to collectors and institutions.

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  7. Title: A map of Lewis and Clark's track, across the western portion of North America from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; by order of the executive of the United States in 1804, 5 & 6.

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    Summary: Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)--Maps.

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  8. Title: New Jersey 1812

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. "From Capt. Wm. Giberson's chart book, Toms River. Published by Thomas & Andrews, Boston." In upper margin: 111.

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  9. Title: A new and correct map of the United States, including great portions of Missouri Territory, Upper & Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, the Floridas, Spanish Provinces &c.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Philadelphia.

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  10. Title: Chile and part of the viceroyalty of La Plata

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Publication information from title page of atlas. 41.5 x 26 centimeters Scale approximately 1:1,200,000 General Map Collection

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  11. Title: New Jersey

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. From Aaron Arrowsmith's New and elegant general atlas. Boston, May 1812. "Meridian of Philadelphia."

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  12. Title: A map of Lewis and Clark's track across the western portion of North America, from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean: by order of the executive of the United States in 1804, 5 & 6, 1814

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    Summary: 1 map Scale approximately 1:4,400,000.

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  13. Title: A map of part of Rhode Island shewing the positions of the American and British armies at the siege of Newport, and the subsequent action on the 29th of August, 1778

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "Engraved for Washington's life." From: The life of George Washington / by John Marshall. Philadelphia : Printed and published by C.P. Wayne ..., 1807. Plate VII.

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  14. Title: A plan of New York Island, part of Long Island, &c. : shewing the position of the American and British armies before, at, and after the engagement on the Heights, Aug. 27, 1776

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. From: The life of George Washington / by John Marshall. Philadelphia : Printed and published by C.P. Wayne ..., 1807. Plate II. In central upper margin: Engraved for Washington's Life.

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  15. Title: Plan of the siege of Charleston in S. Carolina

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. In central upper margin: Engraved for Washington's Life. Plate X. From: The life of George Washington / by John Marshall. Philadelphia : Printed and published by C.P. Wayne ..., 1807. Plate X.

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  16. Title: A plan of the country from Frogs Point to Croton River : shewing the positions of the American and British armies from the 12th of October 1776 untill the engagement on the White Plains on the 28th

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Appears in John Marshall's The life of George Washington, 1807. In central upper margin: Engrav'd for Washington's Life. In upper right corner: Plate III.

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  17. Title: Pays situé entre Frog's Point et Croton River, et position des armées américaine et britannique, depuis le 12 Octobre 1776, jusqu'au 28 du même mois, qu'elle engagerent le combat sur les Plaines Blanches

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    Summary: Historical military map. Covers Westchester County (N.Y.) and the Bronx, New York (N.Y.) Shows position and movement of troops. Also shows landforms and streams. Relief shown by hachures. From John Marshall's Vie de George Washington. Collection de planches, no. 8. Maps in Marshall's Life of George Washington drawn by Samuel Lewis. Above neat line at upper right corner: "VIII."

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  18. Title: A map of the country from Rariton River in East Jersey to Elk Head in Maryland : shewing the several operations of the American and British armies, in 1776 & 1777

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. In upper margin: Engraved for Washington's life. From : Atlas to accompany John Marshall's The life of George Washington. Philadelphia, 1804-1807. (plate V).

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  19. Title: A map of those parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, & Georgia, which were the scenes of the most important operations of the southern armies

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "Engraved for the Life of Washington." "Plate VIII." From: The life of George Washington / by John Marshall. Philadelphia : Printed and published by C.P. Wayne ..., 1807. Plate VII.

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  20. Title: Connecticut.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Appeared in: Arrowsmith, Aaron. "A new and elegant general atlas."Boston, 1805. Drawn by: S. Lewis. Longitude in degrees and minutes east from Philadelphia and west from London; latitude in degrees and minutes north from equator. Shows roads, cities, and county borders. 1 map; 20 x 25 cm.

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