DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO WIT: BE IT REMEMBERED, THAT.READING HOWELL, OF THE SAID DISTRICT, HATH DEPOSITED IN THIS OFFICE THE TITLE OF A MAP.TO WIT, "A MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA, & THE PARTS CONNECTED THEREWITH, RELATING TO THE ROADS AND INLAND NAVIGATION."

Howell, Reading

Published by [Philadelphia, 1795

19½ x 27½ inches. River route from Lake Erie to Philadelphia marked in contemporary color. On two sheets, joined at center. Older tape repair on verso; two tape repairs at top and bottom of center seam causing slight staining, primarily in blank areas. Small hole in neatline area of left top edge. Lightly but evenly toned. Still very good. Second state of the smaller version of Reading Howell's very important map of Pennsylvania. Howell's map was the first post-Revolutionary map of the entire state, and the first to show all the state's boundaries. "This is the best map of Pennsylvania to appear in the 18th century, and the first to show its exact boundaries" - Wheat & Brun. Howell was a landowner and a surveyor, and he used his own work, along with the personal surveys of others, to create his map. This condensed version of Howell's map, first published the same year as the larger version, shows the state in its entirety, with towns, roads, and topographical features. New canals are also shown, including one beginning at the mouth of Conewago canal on the Susquehanna River, and another beginning on the Delaware River just north of Pennsylvania and going to Norris Town. In this second state the counties are outlined and identified. The larger version of the map is extremely rare and almost unobtainable. WHEAT & BRUN 443. EVANS 24412 (ref). PHILLIPS, MAPS, p.678 (ref). Seller Inventory # WRCAM43621

Bibliographic Details

Title: DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO WIT: BE IT ...
Publisher: [Philadelphia
Publication Date: 1795