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Auction 131, Lot 332

"[Manuscript Map] Township No. 53 N. Range No. 15 W. Mer. Mich."

Subject: Michigan

Period: 1850 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
11.5 x 12 inches
29.2 x 30.5 cm
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This beautifully hand-drawn map has an end paper attached with the following inscription: "Hon. Alpheus Felch U.S. Senate from Charles Noble Sur. Genl 1850." This is apparently the sole map from Noble's very scarce General Instructions to the Deputies; by the Surveyor General of the United States for the states of Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, Detroit: W.W. Hart, 1850. The map was used to demonstrate how to translate the detailed field notes from the township survey onto a map. OCLC locates only two copies of the book and we find no past sales information on the book or map. A great rarity.

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Condition: B+

On fragile banknote paper with a few light spots and creases along vertical fold.

Estimate: $120 - $200

Sold for: $60

Closed on 3/17/2010

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