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A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina

Title
  1. A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina / drawn by Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson in 1775.
Published by
  1. London : Printed for Robt. Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, & Thos. Jefferys at the corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross, [1775]
Author
  1. Fry, Joshua, approximately 1700-1754.

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Additional authors
  1. Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757.
  2. Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794.
  3. Jefferys, Thomas, -1771.
Description
  1. 1 map on 2 sheets : hand col.; 79 x 121 cm., sheets 79 x 61 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 64.
  2. National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Alternative title
  1. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US238.1.10
Subject
  1. Maryland > Maps > Early works to 1800
  2. Virginia > Maps > Early works to 1800
  3. Middle Atlantic States > Maps > Early works to 1800
Call number
  1. Map Div. 01-5085
Note
  1. Relief shown pictorially.
  2. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and Curratuck Inlet.
  3. "To the Right Honourable George Dunk, Earl of Halifax, First Lord Commissioner, and to the Rest of the Right Honourable and Honourable Commissioners, for Trade and Plantations. This map is most humbly inscribed to their Lordships. By their Lordships Most Obedient & most devoted humble servt. Thos. Jefferys."
  4. Described in: Fry & Jefferson map of Virginia and Maryland : facsimiles of the 1754 and 1794 printings. 1966. p. [21]
  5. Includes distance chart by J. Dalrymple and ill.
Indexed in (note)
  1. Cumming, W.P. Southeast in early maps
Author
  1. Fry, Joshua, approximately 1700-1754.
Title
  1. A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina / drawn by Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson in 1775.
Imprint
  1. London : Printed for Robt. Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, & Thos. Jefferys at the corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross, [1775]
Cartographic data
  1. Scale [ca. 1:650,000] (W 84⁰00ʹ--W 72⁰50ʹ/N 40⁰15ʹ--N 35⁰45ʹ).
Indexed in:
  1. Cumming, W.P. Southeast in early maps, 449
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757.
  2. Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794.
  3. Jefferys, Thomas, -1771.
LCCN
  1. 74693099
Research call number
  1. Map Div. 01-5085
  2. Map Div. 97-6283 [LHS 64, N. sheet only]
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