A beautiful example of the first edition of S. A. Mitchell’s 1860 map of Michigan and Wisconsin.  Depicts both states in considerable detail with color coding at the county level.  Also includes all of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron as well as parts of Lake Superior and Lake Erie.  Surrounded by the attractive floral border common to Mitchell atlases issued between 1860 and 1865.   In later editions of his atlas, Mitchell would update this map by increasing the scale and layout.  One of the more attractive atlas maps of New York to appear in the mid 19th century.  Prepared by S. A. Mitchell Jr. for inclusion as plate 34 in the 1860 issue of  Mitchell’s New General Atlas .  Dated and copyrighted, “Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1860 by S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 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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