A beautiful example of S. A. Mitchell Jr.’s 1863 map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland.  Detailed to the county level with special attention both political and geographic elements.  Notes important river systems, railways, canals, and cities.  An inset in the lower left features the city of Philadelphia.  An inset in the lower right quadrant features Baltimore, Maryland. One of the most attractive American atlas maps of this region to appear in the mid 19th century.  Features the floral border typical of Mitchell maps from the 1860-65 period. Prepared by W. H. Gamble  for inclusion as plate no. 18 in the 1863 issue of  Mitchell’s New General Atlas .  Dated and copyrighted, “Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1860 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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1860 (dated)
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