Image / Map of the State of Pennsylvania, by Reading Howell, MDCCXCII (1792)

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Title: Map of the State of Pennsylvania, by Reading Howell, MDCCXCII (1792)
Creator: Howell, Reading, 1743-1827, creator
Howell, Reading, 1743-1827, cartographer
Contributor: Caldwell, Samuel
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1792
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Kashnor notes, "The original issue of this map, with the declaration of Samuel Caldwell, dated, 'the eleventh day of January, in the fifteenth year of Independence of the United States of America.'" Wheat & Brun shows numerous states of this map. This appears to be state 2, but publication location is uncertain. Cartouche: wreath around dedication.. Prime meridian: Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: Wheat & Brun 434. Verso Text: MS note: 572/ Mus. Col. 93.
Type: image
Extent: 1 map ; 47 x 80 cm., sheet 58 x 84 cm.
Identifier: 093:572 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/10000
Language: English
Time Period: 1792
Place: North America
United States
Pennsylvania
W 81°
W 74°/N 42°30'
N 39°30'
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, April, 1924.

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