A map of the United States east of the Mississippi River in which the land ceded by the Treaty of Paris is divided by parallels of latitude and longitude into fourteen new states

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Item Information

Title:
A map of the United States east of the Mississippi River in which the land ceded by the Treaty of Paris is divided by parallels of latitude and longitude into fourteen new states
Creator:
Hartley, David, approximately 1731-1813
Contributor:
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Name on Item:
by David Hartley
Date:
[1784]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
United States--Maps
Places:
United States
Extent:
1 ms. map ; 23.4 x 18.8 cm.
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Scale:
Scale ca. 1:12,500,000.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Pen and ink tracing showing Thomas Jefferson's initial proposal for the division of lands between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River into new states.
Map drawn on tissue on a vertical format that includes part of Florida.
Laid into a copy of a letter from Hartley to Lord Carmarthan of January 9, 1785.
Letter and map were part of a group of manuscripts owned by the Duke of Buccleuch and purchased with the Charles Townshend Papers.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
814
Barcode:
B3701023