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Auction 201, Lot 275

"New Jersey Reduced from T. Gordon's Map", Tanner, Henry Schenck

Subject: New Jersey

Period: 1841 (dated)

Publication: A New Universal Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.6 x 14.1 inches
29.5 x 35.8 cm
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A handsome county map with good detail throughout locating numerous towns and villages, rivers, canals, and railroads, with distances along major wagon roads. Tables at bottom right name the counties and county seats with populations in 1820 and 1830. Steamboat and stagecoach routes from Trenton are given in several tables at left. County configuration is current to 1840 with the addition of Hudson Country from Bergen in the northern part of the state.

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Condition: B+

Full contemporary color with a couple of faint spots in the image and a signature in the top blank margin.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $75

Closed on 11/20/2024

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