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Fort Washington

Date: 1790
Description: Fort Washington, built in 1789, where Cincinnati now stands.
Map or Atlas

From Dayton To Wheeling

Date: 1790
Description: Map of the region surrounding Dayton, Ohio showing rivers and other settlements, with a table of distances from Cincinnati to Dayton and to points outside ...
Print

Pennsylvania Lottery Ticket

Date: 1795
Description: State of Pennsylvania Lottery ticket authorised by law to benefit the Schuylkill and Susquehanna, and Delaware and Schuylkill Canals.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Northern Part of the United States

Date: 1798
Description: Uncolored. No scale. One of the earliest maps to show the proposed division of the northwest territory into states.
Map or Atlas

Plan of the City of Washington

Date: 1792
Description: Map of Washington D.C. Labeled on the map are all the main streets, the site of the Capitol and the President's House. The map also shows the relationship ...
Map or Atlas

Carte de l’Egypte Ancienne et Moderne, in Atlas Universel

Date: 1798
Description: Engraved and hand-colored map of Egypt. Map title appears on bottom left as a carving in stone next ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Western Part of the Territories

Date: 02 01 1793
Description: Text in the upper right corner reads, "A Map of The Western Part of the Territories belonging to the United States of America. Drawn from the best authorit...
Map or Atlas

Amérique Septentrionale: Dressée sur les Relations les Plus Modernes des Voyageurs et Navigateurs, ou se Remarquent les Etats Unis

Date: 1790
Description: An updated and corrected version of Robert de Vaugondy's 1750 map "Amérique Septentrionale: Dressée sur les Relations les Plus Modernes des Voyageurs et Na...
Map or Atlas

A Map of North America: Published under the Patronage of the Duke of Orleans by d'Anville

Date: 1791
Description: An English and updated version of d'Anville's 1746 map "Amérique Septentrionale Publiée sous les Auspices de Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans Prémier Prince du...
Map or Atlas

Map of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, Showing Proposed Canals Connecting the Rivers with the Ocean

Date: 1790
Description: This map of the north eastern states shows roads, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, mountains, cities, forts, mills, the Oneida Reservation, and "New York Donatio...
Map or Atlas

A Map of the Susquehanna Company Purchase

Date: 1790
Description: An ink and hand-colored map, showing the land and landowners of the Susquehanna company purchase in Pennsylvania. Rivers are shown and occasionally labeled...
Map or Atlas

A General Map of North America from the Best Authorities

Date: 1790
Description: Map of North America showing cities, states, Native American land, regions, lakes, and rivers. A few notes appear throughout the map, particularly west of ...
Map or Atlas

A General Map of North America: Drawn from the Best Surveys

Date: 1794
Description: Map of North America showing cities, trading houses, Native American land, settlements, missions, mountains, lakes, and rivers, all in great detail. The ma...
Map or Atlas

North America

Date: 1796
Description: An interesting depiction of North America from the North Pole to the beginning of South America. The continent appears elongated. The map features numerous...
Map or Atlas

British Colonies in North America: Drawn from the Best Authorities

Date: 1799
Description: Map of North America from the Great Lakes region to Baffins Bay. It shows settlements, Native American land, cities, trading houses and forts, mountains, a...
Map or Atlas

An Accurate Map of the United States of America: According to the Treaty of Peace of 1783

Date: 1794
Description: Map of the United States east of the Mississippi River. It shows borders, treaty lines, forts, cities, towns, Native American land, mountains, swamps, lake...
Map or Atlas

States of America Drawn from the Best Authorities

Date: 1799
Description: Map of the United States east of the Mississippi River. It shows borders, treaty lines, forts, cities, towns, Native American land, mountains, swamps, lake...
Map or Atlas

A Map of the Northern and Middle States: Comprehending the Western Territory and the British Dominions in North America from the Best Authorities

Date: 1792
Description: Map of the United States east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River. It shows the borders between the north eastern states, Canada and the U...
Map or Atlas

A New and General Map of the Southern Dominions Belonging to the United States of America: Viz North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia with the Bordering Indian Countries, and the Spanish Possessions of Louisiana and Florida

Date: 1794
Description: Extremely detailed map of the south-eastern states, south from Virginia and east of the Mississippi River. It shows roads and paths, cities, towns, forts, ...

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