Item 27: Map of Pennsylvania, [John Reid], (Removed to Grey Box #4), [1796]
Item — Box: 15, Folder: 82
Dates
- Created: [1796]
Creator
- Reid, John, [ca. 1775-ca.1800] (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Map
General Condition
Fair. Discolored and fragile page.
Measurements:
19 9/16 in. x 16 2/8 in.
Title:
The State of Pennsylvania from the latest surveys
Description:
The following item depicts a map of Pennsylvania, created by John Reid in 1796. It is an uncolored map that depicts counties, towns, and topography of the Pennsylvania region. There are pictorial drawings of mountains, like Bald Eagle Mountains, waterfalls such as Nonticoke falls, rivers such as the Delaware and Susquehanna, creeks with annotations, such as Tobys Creek, Sandy Lick, and others, Lake Erie, and boundary lines of the counties. There are annotations of the neighboring states, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia. The map is created by the latest version of the surveys for each of the regions.
David Rumsey’s Map Collection states that this map was part of the second American Atlas published in the United States.
Location:
Pennsylvania
Transcription Attempt:
In Pencil, at bottom of page:
1796- 1796 John Reed
1796- 1796 John Reed
Creator
- Reid, John, [ca. 1775-ca.1800] (Person)
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