Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Smither, James, 1741-1797
2. Harris, Caleb
3. Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839

Description

1. 1 map; 33 x 23 cm, on sheet 52 x 31 cm

Alternative title

1. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US218.1.03

Subject

1. Rhode Island
2. Early works
3. Maps
4. Early maps
5. Rhode Island > Administrative and political divisions > Maps > Early works to 1800
6. Rhode Island > Maps > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

1. Early works.
2. Maps.
3. Early maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 17-5252

Note

1. Shows city and township boundaries.
2. Does not cover most of Block Island; shows its northern tip only.
3. From: Carey's general atlas. Philadelphia : M. Carey, 1796.

Indexed in (note)

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Author

1. Harris, Harding, compiler.

Title

1. The state of Rhode-Island / compiled from the surveys and observations of Caleb Harris by Harding Harris ; J. Smither sculp.

Publisher

1. [Philadelphia] : [Mathew Carey], [1796]

Cartographic data

1. Scale approximately 1:285,000 (W 71°55ʹ--W 71°07ʹ/N 42°01ʹ--N 41°12ʹ).

Type of content

1. cartographic image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Indexed in:

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 8, page 509, column 3, no. 4

Local note

1. NYPL Map Div. copy has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 59583.

Source

1. US218.1.03

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Added author

1. Smither, James, 1741-1797, engraver.
2. Harris, Caleb, surveyor.
3. Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839, publisher.

Related to

1. Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839. Carey's general atlas. Philadelphia : M. Carey, 1796. (OCoLC)5036980

Research call number

1. Map Div. 17-5252