Phelp's National Map of the United States[,] a Travellers Guide

Sub-Title

Embracing the Principal Rail Roads, Canals, Steam Boat & Stage Routes throughout the Union

Subject

Eastern Unites States. United States Presidents, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk; Columbus, Lafayette, Franklin, Roger Williams, William Penn; signing of the Declaration of Independence; state seals of Iowa, Texas, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Mississippi, Michigan, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Florida, Alabama, United States, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Georgia.

Date

1845 (historical)

Mapmaker

Phelps, H[umphrey]

Publisher

Ensign & Thayer

Place of Publication

New York

Accession Number

8738

Condition

Fair. Missing bottom r area, where map was once attached to binding. Was apparantly conserved sometime in the past.

Curatorial Notes

Nice outline color.

Insets

1. Vicinity of Philadelphia 2. Vicinity of Baltimore 3. Vicinity of New York 4. [Vicinty of Boston] 5. N[orthern] Part of Maine 6. Southern Part of Florida 7. Vicinity of Pittsburg; Cinncinati, St. Louis, Chicago

Notes

Originally published by Phelps in 1845, this map was re-issued by Phelps' successors, Ensign & Thayer. Surrounded by visual representations of United States Presidents: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk; other historical figures: Columbus, Lafayette, Franklin, Roger Williams, William Penn; visual representation of the signing of the Declaration of Independence; state seals of: Iowa, Texas, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Mississippi, Michigan, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Florida, Alabama, United States, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Georgia.

Media Type

pocket map

Size

20 x 25 3/8

Storage

c04d02