Image Title

:  Map of the state of Maryland : laid down from an actual survey of all the principal waters, public roads, and divisions of the counties therein : describing the situation of the cities, towns, villages, houses of worship and other public buildings, furnaces, forges, mills, and other remarkable places, and of the Federal Territory : as also a sketch of the state of Delaware shewing the probable connexion of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays / by Dennis Griffith, June 20th, 1794 ; engraved by J. Thackara & J. Vallance.

Creator

: Griffith, Dennis -- Cartographer

Additional Name(s)

: Vallance, J. (John), 1770-1823 -- Engraver
Thackara, James, 1767-1848 -- Engraver

Published Date

: June 6th, 1795

Item Physical Description

: 1 map : hand col. ; 73 x 129 cm.

Notes

: "Registered and copy right secured agreeable to act of Congress, June 20th, 1794. Philip Moore, clk. of the District of Maryland." Note 2.) Described and ill. in Papenfuse's Hammond-Harwood House atlas of historical maps of Maryland, p. 48-53. Note 3.) Includes "Plan of the city of Washington and Territory of Columbia" and a dedication. Note 4.) National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. Note 5.) NYPL copy dissected, mounted on cloth, in 3 sheets, encapsulated in mylar as 1 sheet. Note 6.) Prime meridian: city of Washington. Note 7.) Relief shown pictorially.

Standard Reference

: Phillips. Maps of America, p. 395

Source

: Maps of North America. / Countries / United States (except New York) / States / Maryland

Location

: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

Catalog Call Number

: Map Div. 00-445 [Filed with Maryland, 1794]

Digital ID

: 433933

Record ID

: 252786

Digital Item Published

: 2-3-2004; updated 3-25-2011