To the right honourable, the Earl of Shelbourne, His Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the Southern Department : this plan of the colony of Connecticut in North-America is humbly dedicated

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Title:
To the right honourable, the Earl of Shelbourne, His Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the Southern Department : this plan of the colony of Connecticut in North-America is humbly dedicated
Title (alt.):
Plan of the colony of Connecticut in North America
Description:
Moses Park, a surveyor from Preston, Connecticut, executed this map in 1766 with the assistance of Asa Spaulding of Norwalk and Samuel Mott of Preston. Displayed here is the second state of the map, which differs from the first state in the collection of the Clements Library at the University of Michigan. In this state, an "e" has been added to the name of Shelburne, and "Connecticut R." is seen on the bend of the river above Hadham. Other locational changes have been made in this state as well.
Creator:
Park, Moses
Name on Item:
by his lordship's most obedient humble servt. Moses Park. Novr. 24, 1766.
Date:
1766
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
Connecticut--Maps--Early works to 1800
Connecticut--Administrative and political divisions--Maps--Early works to 1800
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Places:
Connecticut
Extent:
1 map : hand col. ; 52 x 73 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
[S.l.] : [s.n.]
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:275,000]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
MVLA record
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially.
Shows counties, towns, rivers, and post roads.
State 2.
Identifier:
06_01_009524
LCCN:
73691553