In 1810 the county of Ontario was created, its name was changed to Bradford County in 1812 with the county seat at Towanda. Susquehanna County was also created in 1810 with the seat at Montrose. Additional counties created in this decade were: Schuylkill (seat at Orwigsburg then Pottsville) in 1811, Lehigh (Allentown) in 1812, Columbia (Bloomsburg), Lebanon (Lebanon), and Union (Lewisburg) in 1813, and finally Pike County (Milford) in 1814. There were now an even 50 counties.

	1810 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NORTHERN PART, from Pinkerton's Modern Atlas, London published 18 April 1810 by Cadell & Davies Strand & Longman Hurst Rees & Orme Pater Noster Row, drawn under the direction of Mr. Pinkerton by J. Herbert, Neele Sculp. 352 Strand. John Pinkerton was an English cartographer who died in 1826 (Lister). This large map covers the east from Maine to Virginia and includes southern Canada and Ohio, however only the Pennsylvania region is shown here. The map is attractive but not very accurate. The mountains are misplaced, the Erie triangle is missing, and the northeast boundary is incorrect. The atlas was also published in 1815 (Lister), with an American edition by T. Dobson, Philadelphia in 1818, see Phillips page 879. There is a companion 'southern part' map. Longitude west from Greenwich. Blank verso. Scale: 1 inch = 33 miles. Size: 20 x 27 inches.
	1811 A MAP OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA BY READING HOWELL MDCCCXI, engraved by J. Vallance, Philada., published by Kimber & Conrad & Johnson & Warner. Howell issued this updated version of his smaller 1792 and 1795 maps in a larger size. The northeast showing the elusive county of Ontario and part of the southwest are shown here. The topography is precisely drawn, as are roads, towns, and important buildings. The northeast view has been enlarged to show the detail in Howell's map. The dedication cartouche has an agricultural motif. In the lower right the title cartouche is surrounded by a vignette illustrating different aspects of the state and including the state crest. In the lower left is a drawing of the Schuylkill permanent Bridge, no longer standing in 1811. See Phillips page 680. Longitude from Philadelphia. Blank verso. Scale: 1 inch = 10 miles. Size: 21 x 34 inches.
	1812 A MAP OF THE UNITED STATES AND PART OF LOUISIANA, from Brookes’s General Gazetteer Improved; or a new and compendious geographical dictionary, orginally written by R. Brookes, M.D., the second American edition, published by Johnson and Warner, Philadelphia and Richmond 1812. The first American edition was published in 1806. The gazetteer is an approximately 500 page (pages unnumbered) geography book with 8 maps: World, North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Europe, West Indies, and this map, which has also been seen credited to early geography books by both Guthrie and Davis. Richard Brookes' book had a long publishing history continuing on after his death. Different sets of maps were included in different versions; a 1796 edition was seen with maps of the continents but no regional ones like this.
	1813 TOWN OF PLAINFIELD. This manuscript map in a very good hand shows a plan view of Plainfield, Northampton County. The original town plan is annotated in a different hand and bears the date 1813 on the verso on an attached (with paste) slip of paper at the bottom. It is not clear if the attachment was made for the note or to enlarge the sheet for the drawing. The names given are all landholders, no author identified. The town is still there, population 376 in 1990. The manuscript was originally folded. Size: 13 x 15 inches.
	1814 PENNSYLVANIA, Plate 14 from Mathew Carey's General Atlas, Philadelphia 1814. The map can be dated 1804-10 by the counties shown. Most of the map can be seen in this image. This attractive map shows mountains, rivers, and roads clearly. Editions of this atlas appeared in 1796, 1802, 1814, 1817, 1818 per Lister. Listed on page 680 of Phillips with an atlas date of 1818. Longitude from Philadelphia at bottom, west from London at top. Blank verso. Scale: 1 inch = 14 miles. Size: 11.5 x 18 inches.
	1815 THE EASTERN STATES WITH PART OF CANADA. The date of this map is uncertain, but it is believed to come from the William Guthrie geography book A new geographical, historical and commercial grammar... 2nd American edition, Johnson & Warner, Philadelphia 1815. Guthrie died in 1770 but his name continued to be used on geographies published up to c1820 (Lister). The map had a trifold and was bound along the right edge. It shows most of Pennsylvania and the region north and east, including New Jersey, New York, and New England including the 'District of Maine'. Maine was separated from Massachusetts and became a state in 1820. The map also shows the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, and part of Canada. Much of the cartography is wrong, Cape Cod is mishapen and mountain chains are incorrectly shown; this map comes from an old retouched plate. Longitude west from London at top, from Philadelphia at bottom. Blank verso. Scale: 1 inch = 93 miles. Size: 8 x 9.5 inches.
	1816 THE BAY AND RIVER OF DELAWARE, engraved for The American Coast Pilot, face page 166, New York, published by Edmund M. Blunt, 1816. This map, though dated 1816, is from the Tenth Edition of The American Coast Pilot published by Blunt in 1822. It shows the Delaware River from Philadelphia to the capes with many locations identified. A small ship with sails heads into the bay and river with its course charted through the sandbars with many depth readings. The first edition of The Pilot was published in 1796 and drew on earlier works such as Norman's American Pilot, The Atlantic Neptune, and The English Pilot: The Fourth Book. Nathaniel Bowditch, who produced the famous American Practical Navigator, had a long association with Blunt. The Pilot continued to be published by Blunt's sons until the 1860s, see Ristow, Chapter 15. Blank verso, Scale: 1 inch = 13 miles. Size: 7.25 x 8.25 inches.
	1817 NORTHERN PROVINCES OF THE UNITED STATES, drawn & engraved for Thomson's A New General Atlas, Plate No. 56, Hewitt Sc., Grafton Str., est. Tottenham Ct. Rd. Published by John Thomson & Co. The map includes the entire northeast with an engraving of Niagra Falls. A companion map shows the southeast and both maps include Pennsylvania , which is shown with inaccurate borders on the Erie triangle on the Northern map, and with no Erie triangle on the Southern map. Editions of the atlas appeared in 1817, 1821, and 1827 (Lister). Blank verso. Scale: 1 inch = 35 miles. Size: 26 x 22 inches. Small images from the Heritage Map Museum CD by permission.
	1818 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, compiled from the latest & best authorities by John Melish, engraved by Saml. Harrison, entered according to act of Congress 10th July 1818 and published by Murray, Draper, Fairman & Co. Philadelphia. The map shows the entire eastern United States west to Texas, only the eastern half is shown here. It was originally folded and comes from the 1818 edition of Melish's Travels Through the United States..., originally published in 1812, page 880 in Phillips. Longitude from Washington at top, from London at bottom. Blank verso. Scale: 1 inch = 120 miles. Size: 16 x 19.5 inches.
	1819 KARTE DER VEREINIGTEN STAATEN VON NORD AMERICA, Augsburg, bei Joh. Walch. This map by Johannes Walch is from Neuester Schul-Atlas and undated. A German database search lists Neuester Schulatlas Walch, Johann. - Augsburg : Ioh. Walch, 1819; so it likely dates to 1819. The map covers the eastern United States west to include Louisiana with territories - Missouri Territory, North West Territory and Mississippi Territory. Illinois (1818) is shown as a state further confirming a circa 1819 date. Brown ink underlines several cities and names Wisconsin, Iowa and Raleigh.The LOC has a listing for Walch dated 1808, The Allgemeiner Atlas, Augsburg, also published 1803, 1817. Longitude appears to be east from either Greenwich or Paris, blank verso. Scale: 1 inch = 200 miles. Size: 9.25 x 8 inches.

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