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Auction 164, Lot 232

"Map of Fort Hill Monterey California Reduced by Scale from Lieut Warner's Field Map Made in 1847 by P.M. McGill, C.E.", U.S. War Department

Subject: Northern California

Period: 1850 (published)

Publication: HR Doc. 17, 31st Congress, 1st Session

Color: Black & White

Size:
9.2 x 13 inches
23.4 x 33 cm
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A fully engraved map with much topographical information. Locates the fortified Monterey Redoubt, the Old Mexican Fort, and the claims of Doyle, Shubrick, Bailey, Spence and Little. Military themed engraving in title. Lithographed by Ackerman in New York.

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Condition: B

Issued folding with a binding trim at top left that just enters the neatline. There is faint scattered foxing and an extraneous crease at bottom left.

Estimate: $90 - $120

Sold for: $40

Closed on 9/13/2017

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