Item 6: Hand-drawn Map by C[harles] I[saac] A[bel] Champan of “East Side of the Susquehanna River from Cambell’s Ledge to Monocanock Island (removed to map case #2-1-1), [ca. mid-late nineteenth century]
Item — Box: 15, Folder: 61
Dates
- [ca. mid-late nineteenth century]
Creator
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Map
Condition Note:
Poor. There is tearing along the seams where once folded accordion style.
Measurements:
43 ⅜ in. x 10 in.
Description:
The following item shows a hand drawn, accordion style map, created roughly during the mid nineteenth to early twentieth century, and focuses on the lands spanning from the eastern side of the Susquehanna. The lands are marked by Campbell’s Ledge and Monocanock Island. There appear two metropolitan areas, with the river bordering the locations of land on the left hand side. Some of the tracts possess the names of the people who own them, as well as a designation of Wintermoot Island, which lies as a halfway mark between Campbell’s Ledge and Monocanock Island. In red pen, there are numerous directional notations, coordinates for the lines of the surveys for each of the tracts of land. There are also a number of hatched lines on the map, which may allude to the inclusion of railroad tracks and coal shaft names, including Tompkins shaft.
A note on the back of the map states that this was a map of the said region, made at the request of Alice Chapman and kept as a keepsake for Donald.
Location:
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Transcription Attempt:
Middle and Main:
FRONT (unclear, very faint on bottom right) 500 A f-o-inch Copied by M-mma– For me Oct 1886 CIAC
BACK:
M---on Ma-- – Pittston Co. P. Blanchard
Left Side: Map of land on East side of Susquehanna River from Campbella Ledge to Monockannoc Island, by Chas [Charles] I. A. Chapman.
Right Side: To give to Alice Chapman by request. Keepsake for Donald
FRONT (unclear, very faint on bottom right) 500 A f-o-inch Copied by M-mma– For me Oct 1886 CIAC
BACK:
M---on Ma-- – Pittston Co. P. Blanchard
Left Side: Map of land on East side of Susquehanna River from Campbella Ledge to Monockannoc Island, by Chas [Charles] I. A. Chapman.
Right Side: To give to Alice Chapman by request. Keepsake for Donald
Creator
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu