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Auction 122, Lot 301

"The State of New Hampshire Compiled Chiefly from Actual Surveys", Low, E.

Subject: New Hampshire

Period: 1810 (dated)

Publication: New Encyclopaedia

Color: Black & White

Size:
7 x 11.5 inches
17.8 x 29.2 cm
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Finely engraved map showing county lines, towns, roads, and good detail of the watershed and topography. The northernmost area of the state is blank, but notes the Indian Carrying Place and 42,000 acres to Dartmouth College. Another charming feature is a note in the blank area at right stating, The White Hills appear many Leagues off at Sea like white Clouds just rising above the Horizon. Drawn By. A. Anderson and engraved by C. Tiebout.

References: cf Cobb (NH) #78.

Condition: B+

Top margin has some chipping and there is some uneven toning.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $110

Closed on 12/5/2007

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