1. A Map of the British Colonies in North America with the Roads, Distances, Limits, and extent of the Settlements, Humbly Inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Halifax, and the other Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations by Their Lordships most obliged and very humble servant, Jno. Mitchell

Description:

John Mitchell's map was the only map consulted during the negotiations preceding the Treaty of Paris in 1782-1783. Several editions of the map were annotated with boundary lines marked in red ink. In 1934, Col. Lawrence Martin, then chief of the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, called Mitchell's map, "the most important map in American history." Manuscript annotations by J.E. Hawkins, draughtsman of the War Office certifying "that the boundaries transcript notes on this map are a true copy of those shown on the "Red Line" map in the British Museum. J.E. Hawkins, Intelligence Division War Office, 9th September 1898." This fourth edition published by William Faden with a new title reflecting the British defeat of the French and the annexation of Quebec.

Cartographer:

John Mitchell

Date:

1755

Attribution:

Accessed at https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:hx11z549x

2. A New and Correct Map of the United States of North America: Layed down from the Latest Observations and Best Authorities Agreeable to the Peace of 1783.

Description:

Reprint of the 1784 ed. published according to Act of the Connecticut Assembly, New Haven. "Reproduced from the original in the Map Collection of the New Jersey Historical Society." Issued with booklet: A new and correct map of the United States ... ([4] p. ; 26 cm.)

Cartographer:

Buell, Abel

Date:

1963 (reprint) 1784 (original)

Attribution:

Scan of item in Olin Print collection