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Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection

50 Linear Feet

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

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Allgemeine charte von Nord America als den sitz des krieges zwischen den Konigl. Engl. truppen u:den provinzialen 1 Sheets Drawer 122 : L : 3, Section 5

The map displayed here is an unrecorded version of a German broadside known only at the Library of Congress. This state is unique in that it was sold by a different person, and there are differences in the text portion of the broadside. It is a variant state of LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 142.

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Ted and Mary Wendell early American collection

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This collection consist of 47 documents, 10 maps, and 1 map slipcase collected by Ted and Mary Wendell. The collection pertains to George Washington and includes 25 documents written, annotated, or signed by Washington. Much of the material concerns the Revolutionary War, western land claims following the French and Indian War, and British and American governmental records. The dates of the material range from 1721-1826.

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A general map of the middle British colonies, in America; viz. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island: Of Aquanishuonîgy, the country of the Confederate Indians; comprehending Aquanishuonîgy proper, their place of residence, Ohio and Tïiuxsoxrúntie, their deer-hunting countries, Couxsaxráge and Skaniadarâde, their beaver-hunting countries; of the Lakes Erie, Ontário, and Champlain, and part of New-France: Wherein is also shewn the antient and present seats of the Indian nations 1 Sheets Drawer 122 : L : 4, Section 5, Folder OUT

Copied from the 1755 original, includes historical notes and 3 distance tables. It also locates hundreds of European and Native American settlements and depicts networks of roads and trails. Includes notations for Dartmouth College, the location of 'elephant bones', salt and limestone deposits, petroleum in western Pennsylvania, and coal in Ohio.

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A map of Louisiana and of the river Mississipi: this map of the Mississipi is most humbly inscribed to William Law of Lanreston, Esq 1 Sheets Drawer 122 : L : 4, Section 5

This map of French Louisiana and the Mississippi Valley is from,'A new general atlas, containing a geographical and historical account of all the empires, kingdoms, and other dominions of the world', 1721. Includes information about Native American settlements.

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Paul Stevens map collection

26 Sheets

The collection contains 26 maps of the New World, dating 1541-1778, which illustrate the progression of European geographic knowledge about Virginia and North America from the 16th through the 18th centuries

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Carte du Mexique et de la Floride des Terres Angloises et des Isles Antilles : du cours et des environs de la Riviere de Mississipi [sic], dressée sur ungrand nombre de memoires principalemt. sur ceux de M.rs d'Iberville et le Sueur 1 Sheets Drawer 122 : L : 7, Section 2

"Europeans had a more precise understanding of North America and the Caribbean by the early 18th century. Guillaume De L'Isle drew on earlier French expeditions into the continental interior to create the first accurate map of the Mississippi River. His use of color falsely implies fixed borders between competing European and indigenous peoples." -- Mapping the "New World": Highlights from the Paul Schott Stevens Collection

The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

Historic map collection

22 Sheets

This collection of historic maps date from 1675-1971, and primarily relate to the Washington and Custis families, the Revolutionary War, and society life in antebellum Washington D.C. and Virginia. Includes matching editions of maps personally owned by George Washington.

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