Map A map of Pennsylvania exhibiting not only the improved parts of that Province, but also its extensive frontiers: Laid down from actual surveys and chiefly from the late map of W. Scull published in 1770; and humbly inscribed to the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, true and absolute proprietaries & Governors of the Province of Pennsylvania and the territories thereunto belonging. Copy 2

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Title

  • A map of Pennsylvania exhibiting not only the improved parts of that Province, but also its extensive frontiers: Laid down from actual surveys and chiefly from the late map of W. Scull published in 1770; and humbly inscribed to the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, true and absolute proprietaries & Governors of the Province of Pennsylvania and the territories thereunto belonging.

Names

  • Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
  • Scull, William, active 1765.

Created / Published

  • London, Printed for Robt. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1775.

Headings

  • -  Pennsylvania--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Pennsylvania--Administrative and political divisions--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania

Genre

  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:365,000.
  • -  Hand colored.
  • -  LC copy mounted on cloth and paper backing.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Bottom and right margin deteriorated.
  • -  "Longitude west from London."
  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Shows county boundaries.
  • -  Appears in Thomas Jefferys' The American atlas. 1775.
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1296
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2: 110; 651/1; 651/2

Medium

  • col. map 68 x 134 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3820 1775 .R6
  • G3820 1775 .R6 Copy 2 Vault Imperfect, upper margin trimmed and other margins and map folds deteriorated
  • G3820 1775 .R6 Copy 3 Vault Minor hand color variations. On verso: 19
  • G3820 1775 .R6 Copy 4 Vault : Am 1-19 Minor hand color variations. Margins trimmed
  • G3820 1775 .R6 Copy 5 Vault : Am 5-21 Minor hand color variations. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing
  • G3820 1775 .R6 Copy 6 Vault : Am 5-21 Minor hand color variations
  • G3820 1775 .R6 Copy 7 Vault : Am 6-14 Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 74692507

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Robert Sayer And John Bennett, and William Scull. A map of Pennsylvania exhibiting not only the improved parts of that Province, but also its extensive frontiers: Laid down from actual surveys and chiefly from the late map of W. Scull published in ; and humbly inscribed to the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, true and absolute proprietaries & Governors of the Province of Pennsylvania and the territories thereunto belonging. London, Printed for Robt. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1775. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/74692507/.

APA citation style:

Robert Sayer And John Bennett & Scull, W. (1775) A map of Pennsylvania exhibiting not only the improved parts of that Province, but also its extensive frontiers: Laid down from actual surveys and chiefly from the late map of W. Scull published in ; and humbly inscribed to the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, true and absolute proprietaries & Governors of the Province of Pennsylvania and the territories thereunto belonging. London, Printed for Robt. Sayer & J. Bennett. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/74692507/.

MLA citation style:

Robert Sayer And John Bennett, and William Scull. A map of Pennsylvania exhibiting not only the improved parts of that Province, but also its extensive frontiers: Laid down from actual surveys and chiefly from the late map of W. Scull published in ; and humbly inscribed to the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, true and absolute proprietaries & Governors of the Province of Pennsylvania and the territories thereunto belonging. London, Printed for Robt. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1775. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/74692507/>.