Map of Pennsylvania : constructed from the county surveys authorized by the state and other original documents /
Summary
General state map showing counties, townships, roads, and settlements.
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Also covers New Jersey (sans relief and townships).
Prime meridian: Washington D.C.
In lower margin: Entered according to Act of Congress, the 7th day of June 1822, by John Melish, of the State of Pennsylvania.
Originally printed on 3 sheets (western/central/eastern).
Hand colored (watercolor) to emphasize state boundaries, county boundaries, and map border.
LC copy imperfect: Brittle, missing edge sections, shellacked, mounted on cloth backing, annotated in pencil.
LC also has separately cataloged uncolored (earlier?) version (2006-625930): G3820 1822 .M4 Vault.
Includes text, statistical table, table of county map data, and state coat-of-arms.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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