To the right honourable, the Earl of Shelbourne, His Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the Southern Department : this plan of the colony of Connecticut in North-America is humbly dedicated

Containers:

Drawer 122 : L : 4, Section 1

Creator:

Moses, Park, active 1766-

Extent:

1 Sheets

Scope and content:

Moses Park, a surveyor from Preston, Connecticut, executed this map in 1766 with the assistance of Asa Spaulding of Norwalk and Samuel Mott of Preston. Displayed here is the second state of the map, which differs from the first state in the collection of the Clements Library at the University of Michigan. In this state, an "e" has been added to the name of Shelburne, and "Connecticut R." is seen on the bend of the river above Hadham. Other locational changes have been made in this state as well.

Language:

English .

Custodial history:

Client reference #128; WAG #289282; IL# 2020-IL-001-135

Arader Galleries, 23 November 2003.

Material specific details:

Scale [ca. 1:275,000]. Relief shown pictorially. Shows counties, towns, rivers, and post roads. State 2.

Physical description:

Toning in margin, some soiling in margin.

Physical facet:

1 map : hand colored

Dimensions:

52 x 73 cm

Other descriptive data:

[Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], 1766

Related material:

LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1022. Wheat & Brun. Maps and charts published in America, 258

Subjects:

Administrative and political divisions
Maps (documents)

Names:

Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Moses, Park, active 1766-
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805

Places:

Connecticut

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