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1770.1
To the Honorable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires,
true and absolute Proprietaries and Governors of the
Province of Pennsylvania and the Territories thereunto
belonging and to the Honorable John Penn, Esquire,
Lieutenant-Governor of the same, THIS MAP. OF THE
PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Is humbly dedicated, by their
most obedient humble servt: W. Scull. Henry Dawkins,
sculpt. Philadelphia, Printed by James Nevil, for the
author, April 4st, 1770. The map is reproduced in Fite
& Freeman#57, Ristow, and Schwartz & Ehrenberg,
and elsewhere. William used information about western
Pennsylvania gained during the French and Indian War to
update his grandfather Nicholas Scull's 1759 map. Thus,
the locations of Braddock's defeat and Bouquet's victory
are shown near Pittsburgh. This map shows considerably
more of the state than the 1759 map, but not all. It
extends north only to about 41d 45m and west only to the
Beaver River. The southern boundary was fixed by the 1768
Mason-Dixon survey only as far as the Maryland boundary
extends. The western boundary with Virginia was left
undefined. The most common versions of this map are the
1775 Sayer & Bennett which appeared in Faden's North
American Atlas of 1777, shown here from the Library
of Congress, and the 1778 French copy by Le Rouge.
Sellers & van Ee #1295, Phillips page 674, Wheat
& Brun #425. |
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1770.2
A CORRECT MAP OF NORTH AMERICA. Paas sc Holborn. Despite
the title, this map shows only the Mid-Atlantic region
and is a copy of the de Vaugondy map 1755.20. This
undated map was seen at auction dated 1770 and that date
is used here. McCorkle (#800.2) dates it to 1800, however
that may be a later use of the plate as the map would be
way out of date by then and it is hard to imagine it
being re-engraved. |
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1770.3
PLAN OF FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP containing 31,723 a[cres], 1
rod 34 p[erches] of land divided among the Proprietors
into twelve lots; viz, the River-lots containing 1,860 a[cres]
. . . each, and the back or rear lots 3,426 a[cres] each.
Copied from Robert Lettis Hooper, Jr., plan dated in
November 1770. Scale: 1 inch =100 chains. This manuscript
map was found listed as #16 in the map archives of the American
Philosophical Society in the papers of William
Franklin dated circa 1770. |
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1770.4
(Pennsylvania) An anonymous and undated manuscript map in
the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
dated 177_. The catalog title is EAST, WEST, AND SOUTH
BOUNDARIES OF PENNSYLVANIA. See Docktor #25_A5, #27_A5. |
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1770.5
(Western Pennsylvania) There are two untitled and undated
manuscript maps in the collections of the Historical
Society of Pennsylvania by John Erving and Alexander
Stuart concerned with establishing the western boundaries,
and dated 177_. See Docktor #27_E5, #27_E6. |
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1770.6
(Berks County) There are two anonymous and undated
manuscript maps at the Historical Society of Wisconsin
showing the location of the birthplace of Daniel Boone.
They are dated 1770 here because one of them appears to
be copied from the 1770 Scull map. Docktor #2_B5, #2_B6, #2_B7. |
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1771.1
A NEW AND ACCURATE MAP OF PART OF NORTH AMERICA
COMPREHENDING THE PROVINCES OF NEW ENGLAND, NEW YORK,
PENSILVANIA, NEW JERSEY, CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND &
PART OF VIRGINIA, CANADA, AND HALLIFAX, for the
illustration of Mr. Peter Kalms Travels. J. Gibson sculp.
Published according to Act of Parliament March 7th, 1771.
The title describes what this map is all about.
Pennsylvania extends north to about 42d 40m with its
western boundary along the 80th meridian. The southern
boundary follows the Mason-Dixon line complete with the
Delaware circle. McCorkle (#770.1) dates the map to 1770
apparently because that is the date on Kalm's published Travels
into North America. Sellers & van Ee (#726) use
the date on the map, which is followed here. This is a
very good map for the time though much of the west is
blank. There was also a 1772 Dutch version. This image is
from the Library of Congress. McCorkle #772.3, Sellers
& van Ee #727. |
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1771.2
(Eastern North America) An untitled map by Rigobert Bonne,
which shows the full east coast through the Mississippi
Valley and into the Plains. The northern portion of the
Mississippi River extends to Lake Rouge. The Missouri
River extends through 'Kanzez' to 'Ces Nations Sauvages'.
The image here shows the northeast including Pennsylvania.
State (or colony) boundaries are not shown, Philadelphia
and Fort Duquesne are named. The map is untitled because
it is the lower part of a two sheet map showing Canada
and the United States. The title appears on the upper
part: PARTIE DE L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE, QUE COMPREND
LE CANADA, LA LOUISIANE, LE LABRADOR, LE GROENLAND, LA
NOUVELLE ANGLETERRE, LA FLORIDE &C. The map appeared
in the Atlas Moderne and there were several
subsequent versions, see McCorkle #771.2,773.2, 776.7,
777.5, 781.4; Sellers & van Ee #165. Blank verso,
longitude east from Paris. Scale: 1 inch = 160 miles.
Size: 11.5 x 17 inches. |
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1771.3
A MAP OF PART OF PENNSYLVANIA & MARYLAND INTENDED TO
SHEW, AT ONE VIEW, THE SEVERAL PLACES PROPOSED FOR
OPENING A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE WATERS OF THE
DELAWARE & CHESOPEAK BAYS. This map was published in
the Transactions of the American Philosophical
Society in 1771. It was also issued as a broadside
in 1772, and published in the Transactions again
in 1789 with some changes. The original manuscript map is
attributed to Thomas Fisher. Wheat & Brun #300-01,
305. |
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1771.4
To His Excellency William Tryon Esqr., Captain General
& Governor in Chief of the Province of New-York
&& This MAP OF THE COUNTRY OF THE VI NATIONS
PROPER, with part of the adjacent colonies, is humbly
inscribed by his Excellency's Most obedient humble
servant Guy Johnson 1771. This map is somewhat similar to
the Colden map of 1724 and was prepared to illustrate the
Indian treaty of 1768. Central Pennsylvania appears along
the bottom with Kittanning named. It is illustrated in
Fite & Freeman #58. The image here is from Winsor (1884). |
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1772.1
PLAN OF FORT PITT OR PITTFBOURG, from Mante's History
of the Late War, London 1772, reproduced in Winsor
which is the image shown here; also reproduced in Egle.
The Late War is the French and Indian War which ended
circa 1763. This is the form of the fort begun in 1759
and the foundations and a surviving blockhouse can be
seen today at Point State Park in Pittsburgh. Brown shows
a sequence of plans dating from a manuscript sketch of
Fort Duquesne in 1754 up to the 'Plan of the New Fort at
Pittsburgh', November 1759, which is almost identical to
this image. The history of the forts at Pittsburgh is
complex. The first fort was a rudimentary one built by
Virginians in 1754 and called Fort Prince George. It was
destroyed the same year by the French who built Fort
Duquesne. On December 1, 1758, the ruins of Fort Duquesne
were officially renamed and from then on the Forks of the
Ohio was called Pittsburgh. A temporary fort was built
circa 1758-59 near the Monongahela River to house troops
under the command of Colonel Hugh Mercer, and was called
Mercer's Fort, see Brown, No. 35 and map 1758.9. This was
followed by Fort Pitt, which took several years to build.
It was abandoned by the British in 1772, taken over by
Virginians in 1774 and renamed Fort Dunmore. It was again
abandoned when the new Fort Fayette was constructed in
1791-92. This newer fort was used by General Anthony
Wayne during the Indian wars in the Northwest Territory. |
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1772.2
A MAP OF THE BRITISH DOMINIONS IN NORTH AMERICA according
to the treaty in 1763; by Peter Bell, geographer. 1772.
This map showing the east from Newfoundland to Florida
and west to the Mississippi appeared in The History
of the British Dominions in North America, London
1773. There was also a re-engraved German edition shown
here, identical to the English, both shown in McCorkle #772.1,
2. It is titled CHARTE DER BRITTISCHEN LAENDER IN NORD
AMERICA, NACH DEN FRIEDEN VON 1763: von Peter Bell
geograph: 1772; and was published in Geschichte der
englishen Kolonien in Nord-Amerika, Leipzig 1775. The
area shown is from Florida to Newfoundland and west to
include the Mississippi. The colonies of Virginia, the
Carolinas, Georgia and Florida all extend to the
Mississippi River; some coastal and interior detail with
towns, Indian villages, rivers and fishing banks.
Pennsylvania extends to 43 degrees with an uneven western
border; Philadelphia, York, and Pittsburgh are named.
Sellers & van Ee #98. Originally folded, longitude
west from London, blank verso. Scale: 1 inch = 185 miles.
Size: 12 x 15 inches. |
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1773.1
CARTE DE LA NOUVELLE ANGLETERRE NOUVELLE YORK ET
PENSILVANIE, POUR SERVIR A L' HISTAIRE DES ETABLISSEMENS
EUROPEENS, par M. B. Ing, de la Mar. This map is a later
edition of the 1757 map by Bellin, however the engraving
is not identical. Apparently a new plate was cut using
the old as a guide for a new book Atlas portatif pour
servir a ... l'histoire philosophique et politique...
by E. van Harrevelt, Amsterdam 1773 (McCorkle #773.1, #783.2).
There were many versions of this Bellin map and the exact
dating of this copy is uncertain. The boundary of
Pennsylvania and New York is carried to the 43rd parallel
and the Delaware separation is not shown. Delaware's
separation from Pennsylvania was not shown on many
colonial maps because both colonies had the same
proprietor, a Penn. Longitude is west from Paris. Blank
verso, the color is not original. Scale:1"=56 miles.
Size: 9.5 x 14. |
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1773.2
CARTE DE LA VIRGINIE, DE LA BAYE CHESAPEACK, et Pays
Voisins Jacques Nicolas Bellin. This map of Chesapeake
Bay is believed to be a companion to the one above. A
small part of southeastern Pennsylvania is included. Like
the map above, there was a previous 1757 issue. This
version was seen at auction. |
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1774.1
TO THE HONORABLE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FREEMEN
OF PENNSYLVANIA THIS MAP OF THE CITY AND LIBERTIES OF
PHILADELPHIA WITH THE CATALOG OF PURCHASERS ...... by
John Reed. Commonly called Reed's Plan of First
Purchasers, this large landownership map (59 x 30 inches)
was published in 1774. The small portion shown here
contains one of the map's most interesting features,
which is a scale given in perches, 100 perches to an inch.
According to the OED, a perch is about 5.5 yards, and
this measurement appears often on land survey maps of the
period. This image comes from a reproduction of the
original published in the Third Series of the
Pennsylvania Archives 1894. The image is from the
northwestern portion showing the Schuylkill River. The
complete map shows Philadelphia and surrounding territory
with an inset map of the city center and lists of the
land owners and acreage owned. It was accompanyed by the
pamphlet An Explanation of the Map of the City and
Liberties of Philadelphia. Sellers & van Ee #1311,
Wheat & Brun #457-58, M. P. Snyder, Figure 39. |
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1774.2
PARTIE DU NORD DE L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE POUR SERVIR A
L'HISTOIRE PHILOSOPHIQUE ET POLITIQUE DES ETABLISSEMENS
ET DU COMMERCE DES EUROPEENS DANS LES DEUX INDES, dresse
par M. Bonne Mtre. de Mathematiques. Andre sculp. Tom. VI.
et VII. A map from the Histoire of Abbe Raynal
as the title says, this one shows all of eastern North
America from Florida to Greenland. Several different
versions are illustrated in McCorkle #774.1, 776.17, 777.17,
779.9, for Dutch, English, Italian, and other editions of
Raynal's work. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and F.
Duquesne are all named on this small scale map. Longitude
east of Ferro, blank verso. Scale: 1 inch = 285 miles.
Size: 12.75 x 9.5 inches. |
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1774.3
THE BRITISH DOMINIONS IN NORTH AMERICA, from a late
survey. Engrav'd for the Monthly Miscellany. This map has
the familiar image from Newfoundland to a cutoff Florida
and west to the Mississippi. Pennsylvania's boundary
extends to 43 degrees and "Ft. du Quesne or Pitsburg"
is named. McCorkle #774.2 |
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1774.4
A MAP OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN NORTH AMERICA. By Samuel
Dunn, mathematician. London: Printed for Robt. Sayer, No.
53 in Fleet Street. as the Act directs 20 January 1774.
This map resembles the Bonne map above (1774.2) but with
more information on the English colonies added,
Pennsylvania extends to the 43rd parallel. It appeared in
Dunn's A New Atlas of the Mundane System, and in
Jeffreys' American Atlas. McCorkle #774.3, 776.9,
Sellers & van Ee #128-130 |
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1774.5
NORTH AMERICA FROM CAPE FLORIDA TO BAFFINS BAY, with the
isles & limits conquer'd ceded & confirm'd to
Great Britain by treaty. Tho. Kitchin sculp. Present
State vol. 4. 293. This map comes from John Entick, The
Present State of the British Empire... London 1774.
Like the Dunn map, it shows eastern North America from
Greenland to Florida. Philadelphia, Venango, and
Pittsburgh are named. McCorkle #774.5 |
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1774.6
SKETCH OF THE RIVER AT ABOUT 42 N. SHOWING THE POSITION
OF BOUNDRY MARKERS. The river referred to is the Delaware.
This manuscript map is included in a report on
establishing the 42 degree parallel as the New York -
Pennsylvania border. The report was prepared by Samuel
Holland (for New York) and David Rittenhouse (for
Pennsylvania) and is in the Public Record Office (now the
National Archives) London. Guthorn (1972) #59-1. |
