Subject: Connecticut & Rhode Island
Period: 1796 (circa)
Publication: The American Universal Geography
Color: Black & White
Size:
13.1 x 7.7 inches
33.3 x 19.6 cm
This early map of Rhode Island and Connecticut was published in Morse’s The American Universal Geography. The map depicts counties, townships, rivers and numerous small lakes and ponds. In the west the Oblong is shown, which was a 2 by 50 mile stretch of land given to New York in return for Connecticut’s boundary extending westward along Long Island Sound. Drawn by Harding Harris and engraved by Samuel Hill.
References: McCorkle (18th C. Geography) #304-6; Wheat & Brun #287.
Condition: A
A nice impression issued folding with several short fold separations that have been archivally repaired.