File:1852 Colton Sectional Pocket Map of Illinois - Geographicus - Illinois-colton-1852.jpg

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J. H. Colton  (1800–1893)  wikidata:Q6105865
 
J. H. Colton
Alternative names
Joseph Hutchins Colton
Description American cartographer and geographer
Date of birth/death 5 July 1800 Edit this at Wikidata 29 July 1893 / 19 July 1893 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Longmeadow New York City
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artist QS:P170,Q6105865
Title
Colton's New Sectional Map of the State of Illinois. Complied from the United States Surveys. Also exhibiting the Internal Improvements, distances between Towns, Villages, & Post Offices: the outlines of Prairies, woodlands, Marshes & the lands donated to the State by the Genl. Govt for the purpose of Internal Improvement.
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English: This is an extremely scarce 1852 pocket issue map of the state of Illinois by published by J. H. Colton and prepared by J. M Peck, John Messinger, and A. J. Mathewson. Depicts the whole of Illinois with inset maps of “the vicinity of Galena, the Lead Region and part of Wisconsin and Iowa” and in the bottom left, the “Vicinity of Alton & St. Lewis”. This example is surrounded by a lovely decorative border, and includes an extensive legend, distance scales, a table giving the populations of towns and villages, and a large table discussing Public Land and Land Districts. Included with this map is the original 4 x 6 gilt on leather binder. Paper label on inside front cover lists numerous maps available in both mounted and pocket form from the publisher. Engraved by S. Stiles & co. of New York. Dated and copyrighted: “Entered according to the Act of Congress in the Year of 1836 by J. H. Colton & Co. in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.” Published from Colton’s 172 William Str. Office in New York.
Date 1852 (dated)
Dimensions height: 41 in (104.1 cm); width: 27.5 in (69.8 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,41U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,27.5U218593
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Geographicus link: Illinois-colton-1852
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