Thrall Willis (2 results)

Hardcover. Folding engraved pocket map (23 4/8 x 20 6/8 inches) depicting the entire state with counties delineated, all with original hand-colour in full, decorated with a fine vignette view of Cincinnati within the title (separations at folds, recently laid down Japanese paper, browned). Contemporary red morocco, gilt. Showing Ohio bounded by Michigan and Lake Eerie in the north, Indiana in the west, Pennsylvania in the east, and Kentucky in the south (though not named). Although no railroads are shown on this map , in 1832 11 railroad charters were granted by the Ohio Legislature, but only one of the roads was ever built, "The Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad". This was the first railroad built in the State. Admitted as a state in 1803, in 1835, Ohio fought with Michigan in the Toledo War, a mostly bloodless boundary war over the Toledo Strip. Congress intervened, making Michigan's admittance as a state conditional on ending the conflict. In exchange for giving up its claim to the Toledo Strip, Michigan was given the western two-thirds of the Upper Peninsula, in addition to the eastern third that was already considered part of the state.

Small wall map in very good to fine condition with original linen and rods. A scarce map by a small regional mapmaker. At top left is a listing of the governors of Connecticut through 1831. Other inset maps are of Hartford, New Haven and lower New England. At the top right is a profile of the Farmington Canal. This map was taken from the plate by Daggett and Ely, first published in 1827. Thompson 85 indicates that this map is the second appearance of this plate.